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# Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Another Code Camp bites the dust. 

Things that went well:

  • Great speakers and topics.  It never ceases to amaze me that these guys will give up their precious weekend and pay for themselves to travel all over the country to speak at community events like this. 
  • Attendance.  This was the first 'mainland' Code Camp so our expectation were not high for a huge audience, but I was very please with the turn out.  We had 130 registrations and only 20-ish no-shows.  Anything less than 20% for a free event is pretty fantastic I think.  I also expected a lot less attendees on Sunday, but most suck around and were rewarded with some great sessions.
  • Catering.  Subway was a big hit and the cost was very competitive - much cheaper than anything else we have used before.
  • Volunteers.  I spent most of the weekend listening to speakers and making sure everything was running sweetly.  I had plenty of time to relax thanks to the fantastic job done by a great bunch of volunteers.  Thanks again to Dan, Bryn, Chris C, Chris F, Simeon, Dave & Gary.
  • Weather.  Despite predictions of rain, the weather was lovely.

Things that went badly:

  • Only thing I can think of - we ran out of milk late on Saturday :)

 

So, on balance, I think that was pretty successful!  I think a repeat next year will be possible - but I don't want to think about that just yet.

Tuesday, November 06, 2007 7:14:51 PM (New Zealand Daylight Time, UTC+13:00)  #    Comments [0]   General | NZ .Net User Group  | 
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