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SHDH45 Postmortem Notes

Stop doing:

 

NDA

One sign-in computer

Having SHDH end at 10 (which is too early)

Expecting us to do our own dishes without telling us

Using catering that's through the host (too expensive)

Not getting enough paper plates (via underestimating attendees)

Food showed up late

Have the lightning talks room be a place that's already full

Procreation (Not naming any names, JOEL FRANUSIC, but we need the planners to be spending their time on what's really important)

Losing the hats

More active google group, have meetups

Make huge messes

 

Start doing:

 

If there's going to be an NDA to agree to or something like that, have copies of it available ahead of time so people can read it while in line

Have power set up for all areas ahead of time

When we're at a place where we're not allowed everywhere, have signs set up telling us where we're not allowed to go

When dealing with a large corporation that might have internal politics about how much to allow SHDH to do, take responsibility for advocating / marketing ourselves to that company 

Have a list of things we need at a devhouse ("So you want to run a Large Coorporate Devhouse"), like a list of riders a band has for a venue

Extract a promise to return the hats when you give out the hats

Have T-Shirts for sale!

Have more furnature outside

Maybe have power outside?

Turn off everything that can run popups on the lightning talks presentation laptop

Keep the lightning talks presentation laptop on the resolution it's going to be presented on

Have a suggested lightning talk presentation format (usepow.com)

Have warning signs around equipment you aren't supposed to use

Say at sign-in what things we aren't allowed to do (or have printouts)

Say everywhere that we announce the event (facebook, emails, frontpage) what the expectations are for what we're allowed to do

Have diet drinks // low sugar drinks

Thank Google for use of the facility

Try to reduce the trip-inducing array of power cables somehow

 

Keep doing:

 

L&L Hawaiian Barbecue

Predict lateness with catering

Having solid wireless (there were complaints but fewer than ever)

Have enough room

Have a good layout for the lightning talks room - furnature set up to focus on the lightning talks

Have outdoor spaces

Massage Guy