diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9761fbf..6442ec5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -25,22 +25,21 @@ If you know for SURE that the wifi will be shaky ... you can get a 0 cost conference made with love,but a little rougher -## Where / when ? +## Where / when ? -A Squat in Paris, that will not yet be disclosed for obvious reasons ... +A Squat in Paris, that will not yet be disclosed for obvious reasons ... -It will happened at the end of November. +It will happened 2014 November 15th . -## The plan +## The plan -We are a bunch of crazy programers that believe in anarchy and distributed systems, conferences included. +We are a bunch of crazy programers that believe in anarchy and distributed systems, conferences included. We will provide a place, we will provide a context, some talks, and the rest will be up to you ... -## Who is behind this +## Who is behind this -SquatConf is an Idea that came after [LXJS](http://2014.lxjs.org/), It was a great conference, -and the organisation made one of the most amazing job, and after the final day of the event we ended up [dominictarr](https://github.com/dominictarr), [joates](https://github.com/joates) and [I](https://github.com/gorhgorh) talking about autonomous self driving boats when this idea came to live, now the idea mature and (insert list of interested folks here ... ^^) are in the loop +SquatConf is an Idea that came after [LXJS](http://2014.lxjs.org/), It was a great conference, and the organisation made one of the most amazing job, and after the final day of the event we ended up [dominictarr](https://github.com/dominictarr), [joates](https://github.com/joates) and [I](https://github.com/gorhgorh) talking about autonomous self driving boats when this idea came to live, now the idea matured and some folks ([mmalecki](https://github.com/mmalecki),[no9](https://github.com/no9/),[substack](https://github.com/substack/)) are in the loop now. ## Ok so you are a bunch of idealist that will make a 10 ppl conference in a dump ... @@ -49,43 +48,6 @@ What you will get out of SquatConf is, in the end literally what you will want p - Tickets will be on donation, you want a cheap conf give 0, you want provided food ... - this won't be a 400 ppl conf for sure, but do you NEED that much ppl ? - there are already speakers interested for who you would enjoy spend some bucks :) -- you have idead to improve this thing ? they are gladly welcome. -- we plan to make it zero sum ... ie, we will split eventual benefit with atendees, ROI in a squat conference !!! - - -## additional notes - -so this is the first draft of what I think squatconf is, feel free to modify =) - -We have the venue almost secured, we should now think of a date ... the latter the better, considering that we have not yet enough speakers and no intendance. - -what we could pull in this little time frame would be IMO - -- single track -- one / two day depending nbr of speakers -- should be in a week end so volunteers/attendees don't blow holiday to help/attend. -- 50 / 70 attendees (chairs, minimal internet/ local network) - -what I already have - -- a space (we can talk about it but not here) -- sound system for the room -- video proj. -- domain : [squatconf.eu](http://squatconf.eu/) - -working on : - -- lights - -needed : - -- people, lots of em :) -- website -- chairs -- minimal amount of food - -a we need to finalise this doc and remove this part so we start to talk about it - -we could create a gitter room to have an IRC like channel to chat with ppl that get involved and have history of our discutions. - +- you have ideas to improve this thing ? they are gladly welcome. +- we plan to make it zero sum ... ie, we will split eventual benefit with attendees, ROI in a squat conference !!!