Attendee Feedback Form

This is a list of questions we ought to ask attendees after each conference. The precise wording can be tweaked later, the important point is capturing the issues themselves.

(does anyone have a copy of last year's feedback form?)

About the Attendee Him/Herself

• From which country/city/ZIP code did you travel to attend?
• Did you pay for your attendance or did your employer?
• Are you an annual attendee? Is this your first PyCON? Is it your last?
• What is your experience level with Python?
• What is your experience level with C, C++, Java?
• What is your experience level with other languages.
• Where do you get your news about Python and PyCon? - announcements on www.python.org - mailing list: python-list - mailing list: python-announce - mailing list: pycon-announce - mailing list: pycon-interest - blog: AMK's Journal - blog: Daily Python-URL - blog: planet.python.org - blog: oreillynet.com - other (please write in)

About the Conference Site

• Were the rooms too hot/cold?
• Were the rooms too small?
• Were the guest rooms acceptable?
• Any problems with the wireless network?
• Any problems with the wired network?
• Was the room layout acceptable? Any problems getting from A to B?
• Could you hear the presentations?
• Could you see the presentations/screens?

About the Presentations

• Who would you like to see as a keynote speaker?
• Must each keynote speaker talk about Python or is a more general topic acceptable?
• Were the talk durations; too short, just right, too long?
• Were the talk technical levels; too deep, just right, too shallow?

About the Sprints

• How many sprint days, and in which arrangement, do you want?
• Did you participate? In which sprint topics?
• Did you work alone or pair?
• Were the sprint durations re 4-days; too short, just right, too long?

About the Calendar Scheduling of the Conference

• In 2005, did you leave PyCon early because of Good Friday/Easter observances?
• Does having the conference on
  (a) Sat
  (b) Sun
  interfere with your religious observances sufficient to cause to you
  (a) not attend
  (b) leave early/arrive late?
• Please weight the aspects of PyCON for which you attend?

   [ ] tutorials  [ ] keynotes [ ] lectures   [ ] sprints   [ ] informal social encounters
   [ ] food

• Do you prefer the main PyCon days to be
  (a) during the week
  (b) over the weekend?
  Even if the latter saves you > US$ 30/day?

About the website(s)

• Usability
• Look and feel