BarCamp Galway aftermath

[...] I got to DERI at about 9:45 and picked up my pack for the day and of course the customary barcamp t-shirt. I had forgotten to bring a notepad so was very thankful for the notepad and pen. My collection of barcamp t-shirts is growing steadily however I am missing one for Waterford and Belfast. (I must check EBay to see if they are for sale as a collectors item ) John Breslin opened the day and let us know the agenda for the day. Even though he said the no shows effected his mood, he definitely didn’t show it. The conference room was pretty impressive with 3 screens on the go at once. Edgecastmedia streamed all the days events for those who could not be there and the Jaiku feed was up on the screen so we could see all the comments and questions from the online viewers. I stayed for John’s talk about Boards.ie, its amazing to think that up until now all the people working on this having been part time. It now boasts on average 30,000 visitors per day. I don’t know how John keeps this going along with all his other work in DERI. [...]

I'd be happy to donate 20 Euro to a charity of your choice for being a no-show!

I'd like to echo the praise and thanks to you and the team for an excellent event, John. My only regret was not being able to stay for a pint afterwards!

(Well, that and not having made more effort to join the local tech community sooner.)

With regard to silent no-shows: it's a simple fact of life. Annoying, but not worth loosing such a great event over. You could think of it like airlines overselling seats because X% won't show up. Perhaps you've got an initial estimate for X now.

I'd also suggest adding a strong note to the wiki asking people to remove themselves and/or email if they can't attend. The current page doesn't. People often need a gentle reminder.

Hi John, I just wanted to say it was an excellent event and really well organised. I got a lot out of it. Loved the T-shirts, the lunch and snacks and of course the talks. Got to meet Tim Bunce, Martha Rotter and heard some really interesting talks.
Well done. It will be a shame if the next BarCampGalway isn't as well organised.

[...] Why did so many people not go to BarCamp when they said they were? Can we blame Eddie O’Sullivan for that too? [...]

I thought that Eddie O'Sullivan did his best to make sure we'd be at full strength with the result in the French game the night before - perhaps people lost the run of themselves after we got a whole 3 points :)

The thing is BarcampGalway was an excellent. You put in an incredible performance. The organizers, volunteers and participants have a huge amount to be proud of. As Joe Drumgoole said recently "we might be the first country in the world with 0 degrees of separation" so I'm sure you'll hear the whole story over the next few days.

Of course, it goes without saying, I hope you'll start planning the next one after Ireland's golden generation sort out Argentina. :) Well done, much appreciated.