Let's make the transition for new ploners into the community easier! Some thoughts from the mailing list:
- When talking about how to prevent attrition of devs in the community, there was the fantastic idea of having a "talk" on the first day of the conference that introduces newbies to the plone community, how it works, and what the conferences are about. This would be something similar to "How to rawk sxsw" for those that are familiar. Additionally, we can focus on pairing up people who are less familiar with the community with those that are more familiar so that they have someone to introduce them to whos who and make sure that they participate in the "after-school" activities
- A really good discussion on post-conference events reveals that the focus is very much on eating and drinking. There is some concern that this "college kids" mentality is scaring away people that would otherwise come out. For Bristol, let's try to think of a couple alternative activities for those that don't want to go out and drink (i.e. touring the city on foot) and make sure that we get some major plone players to participate. People shouldn't feel like they are missing out if they don't want to get smashed.
How can we get started? The easiest/most obvious thing is to submit a proposal to talk at Bristol. While the talks aren't open yet, this is a great opportunity to get some speaking experience in, even if it's not on a technical topic. This could easily be a tow or three person talk as well. Any takers?
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