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Great feedback Anita - thank you :)

On 1 June 2016 at 20:42, Anita Kuno <anteaya at anteaya.info> wrote:

> On 06/01/2016 03:29 PM, David Medberry wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 2:12 AM, Matt Jarvis <
> matt.jarvis at datacentred.co.uk>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> The general consensus in the discussions we've had, and from the Austin
> >> summit sessions and the Manchester feedback session, is that between
> >> 150-200 attendees should be the maximum size.
> >>
> >
> > Two comments, points
> >
> > 1) The last day of the Austin summit, ops had their own room. It was very
> > poorly organized and had about 40ish seats and another 10-20 people on
> the
> > floor. Even with just 40ish before it got SROd, it was difficult (again,
> > primarily because of the layout) to keep to one conversation and have
> > everyone interested participate. That said, I think the layouts we've had
> > for the Mid-Cycles I've been to are more amenable to discussion with kind
> > of podium and audience layout.
> >
> > 2) I think with that podium/audience layout 200 is doable 300 is probably
> > max. We'll still need quite a few 2ary rooms of at least 20 people size
> to
> > make progress in breakouts.
> >
> > So, I'm 300ish max.
> >
> >
> >
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> I've attended the Palo Alto and Manchester Operators meetups.
>
> In Palo Alto (I don't have the size statistics) I talked with a handful
> of people, most of whom I knew already. I didn't have the energy to meet
> new people as I had concerns of being mobbed rather than considered as
> one participant in an active discussion.
>
> In Manchester (I don't know the size but I think it was more around 100)
> I met a lot of new people over the two days. I was much more comfortable
> having group chats with folks I didn't know (I had no visions of some
> group targeting me for interrupting) so I could relax and get to know
> some new folks, which was nice since for me this is my goal. In sessions
> we kept seeing the same faces so I learned some people's names and by
> the end was able to ensure folks were included (I chaired the feedback
> session) since I could acknowledge them by name and I hope they felt
> more participant than audience by the end.
>
> This is my own biased opinion, take it for what value you find in it.
>
> Thank you for asking the question, Matt,
> Anita.
>
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