Boris Mann hosted an informal Northern Voice Post-Mortem Saturday afternoon to get feedback for next year’s

(Blame Tod for the typos. I can't type fast.)

The Wiki

• Maybe we need a wiki host? -- someone responsible for the wiki, like how Rebecca live-blogs (unofficially and generously).
• Is it the most efficient way to do registrations?
• There should be a screen-cast on how to use the wiki
• Why are there TWO SITES?! (wiki and main site)
• Wiki can be intimidating to newcomers?
• Should we have an email list to promote the next (un-)conference? Non-bloggers probably won't follow the blogs or subscribe to the Moosecamp RSS feed.

Registration

• People want a single sign-up (not just one for the dinner, one for each day, blah blah...)

Human Graphing

• Could have been publicized better
• Maybe shouldn't have been done first thing in the morning?

Day One: BootCamp 101

• Necessary to have - a lot of people are new and could be intimidated from Day Two.
• Some BootCamp presenters seemed to just be "winging it" -- more work on the presentations needed
• Podcasting 101 could have had more practical how-to content (e.g., how to use the Libsyn interface, etc.)
  • A "walk-through" isn't necessary per se, but at least some discussion on practicalities
• Presenters should use the wiki more/better
• "What's Next" presentation didn't really talk about what was next, but the topic that emerged was okay with everyone
• Should we develop a ratings-system for expertise level? Seemed to be very different levels in the audiences.
  • Beginners/"Newbies": Dunce Cap?
  • Intermediate/"Normies": Star?
  • Advanced: "Alpha Nerds": Propeller Hat?
  • A "jargon-meter"?
• But, shouldn't apply to everything, especially those where breaking up the group into expertise levels might mean there'd only be a handful of each
• Do we even NEED a BootCamp? Does it mean the conference is inaccessible and therefore needs a bootcamp?

Schedule

• Need to do a better job 'splaining the sessions (more descriptive abstracts)
• How are our day-to-day life culturally impacted by all this?
• Titles and abstracts often sound too generic or acedemic.
• with Moosecamp, we were actually pretty light on sessions this year, and we could work on the scheduling/slotting process. There were a few that would really have benefitted from longer sessions, some that flowed naturally from each other and some that either needed bigger or smaller rooms.
• Maybe a few more minutes between sessions, there wasn't enough time to say a quick word to the leader/speaker and also get into the next session on time (mostly re: MooseCamp/Bootcamp)

Steering Committee

• We don't have anyone representing the "newbie" delegates... committee is all aplha-nerds
• it might be nice to have a bit of rotation of committee members to give some other folks a chance too

Random Comments 

• "Sheriffs" a cool idea
• We should have a place where people can answer questions from newcomers in advance of the event (on the wiki?)
• Food was AWESOME! Thanks for providing the yummy lunches, it gave all of us that much more time together to talk.