Does Railscamp scale?

Leveraging synergiesAndrew Grimm

Disclaimer

None of this is intended to criticize individual organizers, or the hard work they put into railscamp

Aim is to suggest the benefits of different approaches

RORO nights

Analog Blog?

Lightning talks

Presentations

Chatting with others over beverages

Hack nights

Presentation pitches and votingCodingDemoing what we managed to achieve

Werewolf nights / LAN parties

WerewolfFirst person shooters

Railscamps

CodingPresentationsWerewolfFirst person shootersCardsSleepWhat we achieved on the weekendPrizes?Askingwhatothers are doing

For increased scalability

Presentations

Presentationroom 1Presentationroom 2Presentationroom 3Presentation pitches and voting

Collision avoidanceFTW!

(Schedule breaks betweentalks)

Scalability of Railscamps

O(1000000):Bus transport

Catering

Wireless

O(1000000 log n):Internet caches (apt-get, homebrew, tutorials)

Benefits of bigger railscamps

Bigger railscamps => more railscampers

More railscampers => more organizers

More organizers => better specialization

Better specialization => better defined responsibilities

More railscampers FTW!

So what if not everyone knows everyone?Nobody knows everyone in real life

Learn from people with similar interests

How are people who book within one day of tickets going on sale more worthy of coming to Railscamp?

Aren't people who aren't already In the loop, the new rubyists, the people we want the most?

More rubyistas FTW!

We want more rubyists:More libraries

Better libraries

Better tools

Less FUD

More cross-pollination

More innovation

Dealing with oversubscription

Ticket quotas?Allocate tickets for organizers / tutors

Allocate tickets for ruby newbies

Ticket lotteries?Allow indication of interest for one month after opening

Hold a lottery if there's more people than tickets

Take a break if been to previous 2 camps?

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