<h2id="who-is-behind-this-">Who is behind this?</h2>
<h2id="who-is-behind-this-">Who is behind this?</h2>
<p>The inception of SquatConf was at <ahref="http://2014.lxjs.org/">LXJS</a>. It was a great conference, and the organisation did an amazing job, and after the final day of the event we ended up with <ahref="https://github.com/dominictarr">dominictarr</a>, <ahref="https://github.com/joates">joates</a> and <ahref="https://github.com/gorhgorh">I</a> talking about autonomous self-driving boats when this idea came to life. Now the idea matured and some folks (<ahref="https://github.com/mmalecki">mmalecki</a>, <ahref="https://github.com/nathan7">nathan7</a>, <ahref="https://github.com/no9">no9</a>, <ahref="https://github.com/substack">substack</a>, ...) are in the loop now.</p>
<p>The inception of SquatConf was at <ahref="http://2014.lxjs.org/">LXJS</a>. It was a great conference, and the organisation did an amazing job, and after the final day of the event we ended up with <ahref="https://github.com/dominictarr">dominictarr</a>, <ahref="https://github.com/joates">joates</a> and <ahref="https://github.com/gorhgorh">I</a> talking about autonomous self-driving boats when this idea came to life. Now the idea matured and some folks (<ahref="https://github.com/mmalecki">mmalecki</a>, <ahref="https://github.com/nathan7">nathan7</a>, <ahref="https://github.com/no9">no9</a>, <ahref="https://github.com/substack">substack</a>, ...) are in the loop now.</p>
<h2id="okay-so-you-re-a-bunch-of-idealists-running-a-10-people-conference-in-a-dump-">Okay, so you're a bunch of idealists, running a 10-people conference in a dump.</h2>
<h2id="okay-so-you-re-a-bunch-of-idealists-running-a-10-people-conference-in-a-dump-">Okay, so you're a bunch of idealists, running a 10-people conference in a dump.</h2>
<p>What you'll get out of SquatConf is in the end exactly what you to put into SquatConf.</p>
<p>What you'll get out of SquatConf is in the end exactly what you put into SquatConf.</p>
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<li>Tickets will be donation-based. You want a cheap conference? Give us nothing. You want food? Contribute.</li>
<li>Tickets will be donation-based. You want a cheap conference? Give us nothing. You want food? Contribute.</li>
<li>This won't be a 400-people event, but do you <em>need</em> that many people?</li>
<li>This won't be a 400-people event, but do you <em>need</em> that many people?</li>