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===== When should the event be held? ===== |
===== When should the event be held? ===== |
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We usually run our events as a one-day workshop on a Saturday or Sunday, however it should be possible to split between two weekend evenings or to expand across two weekend days. Our default schedule is [[ |
We usually run our events as a one-day workshop on a Saturday or Sunday, however it should be possible to split between two weekend evenings or to expand across two weekend days. Our default schedule is [[Open Source Comes to Campus/Logistics/Schedule | here]]. |
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Generally, we find events early in the semester are better attended than events later in the semester, and fall events are better attended than spring events. |
Generally, we find events early in the semester are better attended than events later in the semester, and fall events are better attended than spring events. |
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* School calendar, if at a school. Watch out for school vacations, spring break, midterms, final exams. |
* School calendar, if at a school. Watch out for school vacations, spring break, midterms, final exams. |
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* General holidays and three day weekends. We accidentally scheduled an event once for a three day weekend and it was very sad. |
* General holidays and three day weekends. We accidentally scheduled an event once for a three day weekend and it was very sad. |
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* Season: publicity/attendance can be very hard during the summer and holiday seasons, both because students are off campus and because contacts such as mailing list admins and organization leaders/outreach officers may be on vacation. (We seem to get 75% response from mailing list admins during the school year and 0-10% response during the summer.) |
* Season: publicity/attendance can be very hard during the summer and holiday seasons, both because students are off campus and because contacts such as mailing list admins and organization leaders/outreach officers may be on vacation. (We seem to get 75% response from mailing list admins during the school year and 0-10% response during the summer.) |
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===== What kind of space should we use? ===== |
===== What kind of space should we use? ===== |
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