Comments on: DevReach v0.8 http://vdachev.net/2008/10/15/devreach-v08/ Mindlog of a Freak Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:11:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Download Cinema http://vdachev.net/2008/10/15/devreach-v08/comment-page-1/#comment-24501 Download Cinema Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:46:56 +0000 http://vdachev.net/blog/?p=670#comment-24501 THANK YOU THANK YOU

]]> By: Valery Dachev http://vdachev.net/2008/10/15/devreach-v08/comment-page-1/#comment-17761 Valery Dachev Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:39:49 +0000 http://vdachev.net/blog/?p=670#comment-17761 Thank you for reading this blog and once again for the great event! Back in 2006 Microsoft tried something that I personally liked - they hired Arena Cinema - Mladost for two (Microsoft) days. Would you consider renting the last floor for example (if enough for the attendees) and restrict the access to it for two days as I suppose big movies are shown in the larger halls on the lower floors. It would be fine if there is no catering as there are some places attendees could buy food from at any time they want to. There is also a lot of parking place as well as reasonable transportation to the site. And it's near the offices of many companies (incl. some ISPs :)). Unfortunately I am not aware of the price Arena Cinema in Mladost would give but I don't think that they make much profit during business days on the last floor of the cinema. But I think that attendees would gladly spend some money there on food and movie tickets. :) Thank you for reading this blog and once again for the great event!

Back in 2006 Microsoft tried something that I personally liked – they hired Arena Cinema – Mladost for two (Microsoft) days.

Would you consider renting the last floor for example (if enough for the attendees) and restrict the access to it for two days as I suppose big movies are shown in the larger halls on the lower floors.

It would be fine if there is no catering as there are some places attendees could buy food from at any time they want to. There is also a lot of parking place as well as reasonable transportation to the site. And it’s near the offices of many companies (incl. some ISPs :) ).

Unfortunately I am not aware of the price Arena Cinema in Mladost would give but I don’t think that they make much profit during business days on the last floor of the cinema. But I think that attendees would gladly spend some money there on food and movie tickets. :)

]]> By: The organizers http://vdachev.net/2008/10/15/devreach-v08/comment-page-1/#comment-17754 The organizers Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:24:06 +0000 http://vdachev.net/blog/?p=670#comment-17754 1. That's a valid point. Unfortunately, Sofia doesn't have that many places which can accommodate a conference of this kind. Most hotels have a big conf room, and a few smaller ones. We researched the issue in great detail, but IEC still seems the only option except for the National Palace of Culture. The NPC has too many problems to be considered:( If you have ideas about other places which have a conf room that can hold up to 500 people and has 3-4 other rooms which can hold 150-200 attendees, we would be happy to discuss and see what we can do for 2009. 2. Valid comment again. This was more of a temp solution. For 2009 we will try to arrange space onthe ground floor and break it down into several conf rooms so that there's ample space for all attendees. 3. Unfortunately, we don't have much control over what happens on the conference days. When we evaluate vendors, we get served food that's really good.Much to our regret, the quality of the food is not the same during DevReach. Next year we will try a different approach - if we are not happy, the vendor will have to make a partial refund. If we, and more importantly the attendees, are happy, they will get a bonus. 4. Point taken. Next year the registration process will be much improved. And while we do admit that there were omissions on our side, the IEC helped considerably by making two people from our staff wait for 30 mins "because someone forgot to come to open the premises". 5. We're surprised by that one as this was one of the things we wanted to do differently compared to DevReach 2007. WNext year we will get even more bandwidth. Hopefully there won't be issues. Thanks for your feedback! If you have any other sugestions, drop us a line or just continue the discussion here on the blog. Best, The organizers 1. That’s a valid point. Unfortunately, Sofia doesn’t have that many places which can accommodate a conference of this kind. Most hotels have a big conf room, and a few smaller ones. We researched the issue in great detail, but IEC still seems the only option except for the National Palace of Culture. The NPC has too many problems to be considered:( If you have ideas about other places which have a conf room that can hold up to 500 people and has 3-4 other rooms which can hold 150-200 attendees, we would be happy to discuss and see what we can do for 2009.

2. Valid comment again. This was more of a temp solution. For 2009 we will try to arrange space onthe ground floor and break it down into several conf rooms so that there’s ample space for all attendees.

3. Unfortunately, we don’t have much control over what happens on the conference days. When we evaluate vendors, we get served food that’s really good.Much to our regret, the quality of the food is not the same during DevReach. Next year we will try a different approach – if we are not happy, the vendor will have to make a partial refund. If we, and more importantly the attendees, are happy, they will get a bonus.

4. Point taken. Next year the registration process will be much improved. And while we do admit that there were omissions on our side, the IEC helped considerably by making two people from our staff wait for 30 mins “because someone forgot to come to open the premises”.

5. We’re surprised by that one as this was one of the things we wanted to do differently compared to DevReach 2007. WNext year we will get even more bandwidth. Hopefully there won’t be issues.

Thanks for your feedback! If you have any other sugestions, drop us a line or just continue the discussion here on the blog.

Best,
The organizers

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