Real9

What was useful?

Lots of connections
Validation of ideas already and confidence to try new things
Understanding the "now what?"
Useful to meet with people
Breaks
People came together to build tangible resources during the course of the conference
The ad hoc nature really worked, no powerpoints
Everything was on time
Participant guidelines
A mixture of non-profits and for-profits, but we need more for-profit people
Gunner MC factor

Outcomes?

A coalition came together around an open source social networking project (Crabgrass)
Omar knows who to call about collaborating on a GIS
RFP, proposal, and project management document library on the wiki
Renewed tech cooperative network, and a big vegan dinner together
The wiki
Decisions about what tool and processes I'm going to use for a client

How to move forward?

Less interesting sessions
More hallway interactions
Structuring informal time or work sessions
A session where you say "find one or two people to collaborate with and really flesh that out"
Speed meeting at the end to say what to do next
Want a Web 2.0 in-between event connective tissue -- how do you find it, do you see it
Social networking focused on groups rather than individuals
A conference focused around one idea to build something out that is not just a code sprint
Building out Kellan and Evan's calendaring system -- people can define what sessions they want to attend -- and a conflict computing system
Build a thing in a box with swarm donations
More events like this
More plane tickets paid for
More designers and non-developer implementers
More people skipping out on sessions
More women, international people, and people of color