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==Participant's thoughts==
<h2>Participant's thoughts</h2>
===Aleksandar Savić===
<h3>Aleksandar Savić</h3>
====What was good====
<h4>What was good</h4>
====What was bad====
<h4>What was bad</h4>
====Suggestions for improvement====
<h4>Suggestions for improvement</h4>
 
<h3>Adi Zeljković</h3>
===Adi Zeljković===
<h4>What was good</h4>
====What was good====
<h4>What was bad</h4>
====What was bad====
<h4>Suggestions for improvement</h4>
====Suggestions for improvement====
<h3>Gent Thaci</h3>
 
<h4>What was good</h4>
===Gent Thaci===
<ul><li> Venue,
====What was good====
</li><li> Hotel,
* Venue,
</li><li> Food,
* Hotel,
</li><li> Organizing.
* Food,
</li><li> Community Balkans Members
* Organizing.
</li></ul>
* Community Balkans Members
<h4>What was bad</h4>
====What was bad====
<ul><li> Postponing sessions,
* Postponing sessions,
</li><li> Wake and meetup up in time to leave hotel.
* Wake and meetup up in time to leave hotel.
</li></ul>
====Suggestions for improvement====
<h4>Suggestions for improvement</h4>
* Agenda pre-set in time
<ul><li> Agenda pre-set in time
* Etherpads prepared
</li><li> Etherpads prepared
* Different places to eat, more tradinional food.
</li><li> Different places to eat, more tradinional food.
 
</li></ul>
===Altin Ukshini===
<h3>Altin Ukshini</h3>
====What was good====
<h4>What was good</h4>
* Places (Hotel, Restaurants)
<ul><li> Places (Hotel, Restaurants)
* Lunch, Dinner
</li><li> Lunch, Dinner
* People (very friendly)
</li><li> People (very friendly)
====What was bad====
</li></ul>
* All things went up in hurry
<h4>What was bad</h4>
* Agenda changed so often because speakers didnt prepare their presentations in time, and Etherpads should have been prepared earlier.
<ul><li> All things went up in hurry
====Suggestions for improvement====
</li><li> Agenda changed so often because speakers didnt prepare their presentations in time, and Etherpads should have been prepared earlier.
* Start preparing documents earlier for participants who have to apply for Visas.
</li></ul>
* More places to visit...
<h4>Suggestions for improvement</h4>
* More hands on code/hacking/sessions
<ul><li> Start preparing documents earlier for participants who have to apply for Visas.
 
</li><li> More places to visit...
===Novica Nakov===
</li><li> More hands on code/hacking/sessions
====What was good====
</li></ul>
*big turnout
<h3>Novica Nakov</h3>
*meeting the local hacker community
<h4>What was good</h4>
*axel's and brian's patience
<ul><li>big turnout
====What was bad====
</li><li>meeting the local hacker community
*not enough hands-on stuff
</li><li>axel's and brian's patience
*not enough power cords  
</li></ul>
*we should have spend more time on the swot.
<h4>What was bad</h4>
*t-shirts with big football-like prints on the back :)
<ul><li>not enough hands-on stuff
====Suggestions for improvement====
</li><li>not enough power cords  
*more hands-on stuff
</li><li>we should have spend more time on the swot.
 
</li><li>t-shirts with big football-like prints on the back&#160;:)
===Damjan Georgievski===
</li></ul>
====What was good====
<h4>Suggestions for improvement</h4>
====What was bad====
<ul><li>more hands-on stuff
====Suggestions for improvement====
</li></ul>
 
<h3>Damjan Georgievski</h3>
===Ioana Chiorean===
<h4>What was good</h4>
====What was good====
<h4>What was bad</h4>
====What was bad====
<h4>Suggestions for improvement</h4>
====Suggestions for improvement====
<h3>Ioana Chiorean</h3>
 
<h4>What was good</h4>
===Alex Lakatos===
<h4>What was bad</h4>
====What was good====
<h4>Suggestions for improvement</h4>
====What was bad====
<h3>Alex Lakatos</h3>
====Suggestions for improvement====
<h4>What was good</h4>
 
<h4>What was bad</h4>
===Oskar Ivanić===
<h4>Suggestions for improvement</h4>
====What was good====
<h3>Oskar Ivanić</h3>
* Hotel, food, positive atmosphere, learned interesting stuff from presentations, especially about Summer Campaign 2012 in which I'm interested. Croatian team took a really good care of us.
<h4>What was good</h4>
====What was bad====
<ul><li> Hotel, food, positive atmosphere, learned interesting stuff from presentations, especially about Summer Campaign 2012 in which I'm interested. Croatian team took a really good care of us.
*Weather -_- , Sunday should be day for hangouts (because workshop ended up early) .
</li></ul>
====Suggestions for improvement====
<h4>What was bad</h4>
*More hands on sessions.
<ul><li>Weather -_- , Sunday should be day for hangouts (because workshop ended up early) .
Get some sleep so you could be more organized and less stressful. :)
</li></ul>
 
<h4>Suggestions for improvement</h4>
===Dejan Binder===
<ul><li>More hands on sessions.
====What was good====
</li></ul>
Totel,Mozillians,positive atmosphere,food,visit to the hack lab, logistics
<p>Get some sleep so you could be more organized and less stressful.&#160;:)
 
</p>
====What was bad====
<h3>Dejan Binder</h3>
Not enough sights visited, the mix up around the agenda, the weather :D
<h4>What was good</h4>
 
<p>Totel,Mozillians,positive atmosphere,food,visit to the hack lab, logistics
====Suggestions for improvement====
</p>
 
<h4>What was bad</h4>
===Brian King===
<p>Not enough sights visited, the mix up around the agenda, the weather&#160;:D
 
</p>
====What was good====
<h4>Suggestions for improvement</h4>
* Nikola / Niko / Vedran / Lahorka
<h3>Brian King</h3>
* Hotel
<h4>What was good</h4>
* Venue / WiFi
<ul><li> Nikola / Niko / Vedran / Lahorka
* Food
</li><li> Hotel
* People - passionate and engaged
</li><li> Venue / WiFi
* Axel's guidance on socialising
</li><li> Food
* T-Shirt
</li><li> People - passionate and engaged
* SWOT Session
</li><li> Axel's guidance on socialising
* Talks most were good, a mix of technical and non-technical
</li><li> T-Shirt
** Mike's talks on community and how he setup an FLOSS community in Kosovo
</li><li> SWOT Session
** Selim's talk on the press
</li><li> Talks most were good, a mix of technical and non-technical
* Pranks on Nikola
<ul><li> Mike's talks on community and how he setup an FLOSS community in Kosovo
 
</li><li> Selim's talk on the press
====What was bad====
</li></ul>
* No show of Greece and Bulgaria
</li><li> Pranks on Nikola
* Sessions started too late every day
</li></ul>
* Poor moderation of sessions
<h4>What was bad</h4>
* Schedule was not advertised well enough / clear enough
<ul><li> No show of Greece and Bulgaria
* Late nights
</li><li> Sessions started too late every day
* Slightly disappointing turnout from the Mozilla Croatia community
</li><li> Poor moderation of sessions
* Pranks on Brian
</li><li> Schedule was not advertised well enough / clear enough
 
</li><li> Late nights
====Suggestions for improvement====
</li><li> Slightly disappointing turnout from the Mozilla Croatia community
* Better coffee setup in the room
</li><li> Pranks on Brian
* More snacks, e.g. fruit
</li></ul>
* More power cords
<h4>Suggestions for improvement</h4>
* Don't wait for latecomers in the morning, they should not hold up the schedule
<ul><li> Better coffee setup in the room
* Organisers should focus on getting more sleep
</li><li> More snacks, e.g. fruit
* More workshops / hands-on sessions
</li><li> More power cords
* Assign moderator to sessions to:
</li><li> Don't wait for latecomers in the morning, they should not hold up the schedule
** make sure everything goes on time
</li><li> Organisers should focus on getting more sleep
** introduce sessions and speakers
</li><li> More workshops / hands-on sessions
** make organisational announcements
</li><li> Assign moderator to sessions to:
* More variation in restaurants, perhaps closer to hotel / venue
<ul><li> make sure everything goes on time
* More pranks on Nikola
</li><li> introduce sessions and speakers
 
</li><li> make organisational announcements
===Nino Vranešič===
</li></ul>
====What was good====
</li><li> More variation in restaurants, perhaps closer to hotel / venue
====What was bad====
</li><li> More pranks on Nikola
====Suggestions for improvement====
</li></ul>
 
<h3>Nino Vranešič</h3>
===Selim Sumlu===
<h4>What was good</h4>
====What was good====
<h4>What was bad</h4>
====What was bad====
<h4>Suggestions for improvement</h4>
====Suggestions for improvement====
<h3>Selim Sumlu</h3>
 
<h4>What was good</h4>
===Michelle Thorne===
<h4>What was bad</h4>
====What was good====
<h4>Suggestions for improvement</h4>
* Good turnout, good level of cooperation and interest
<h3>Michelle Thorne</h3>
* Nice location, comfortable hotel
<h4>What was good</h4>
* Well-organized pick-up and drop-off for airport bus
<ul><li> Good turnout, good level of cooperation and interest
* Yummy food
</li><li> Nice location, comfortable hotel
* Great to hear the country reports
</li><li> Well-organized pick-up and drop-off for airport bus
* Friendly host team, very considerate and fun to work with.
</li><li> Yummy food
====What was bad====
</li><li> Great to hear the country reports
* More hands-on sessions would've helped create good energy, learn and discuss more intensely. Can be in small groups and allow people to participate in session that interest them.
</li><li> Friendly host team, very considerate and fun to work with.
* Important to give clear meeting times. Often confusion about when meeting vs. when things are starting.
</li></ul>
* No plan for next steps. The SWOT analysis was helpful, but it would've been good to decide on next steps as a group.
<h4>What was bad</h4>
====Suggestions for improvement====
<ul><li> More hands-on sessions would've helped create good energy, learn and discuss more intensely. Can be in small groups and allow people to participate in session that interest them.
* Mix up the groups. Not everything has to be in plenary with everyone. Sometimes smaller discussion/hacking groups are more effective.
</li><li> Important to give clear meeting times. Often confusion about when meeting vs. when things are starting.
* Structure the one day of sessions so that Sunday is for exploring, relaxing, hanging out together.  
</li><li> No plan for next steps. The SWOT analysis was helpful, but it would've been good to decide on next steps as a group.
* Etherpads set up in advance for collaborative note-taking.
</li></ul>
 
<h4>Suggestions for improvement</h4>
===Axel Hecht===
<ul><li> Mix up the groups. Not everything has to be in plenary with everyone. Sometimes smaller discussion/hacking groups are more effective.
====What was good====
</li><li> Structure the one day of sessions so that Sunday is for exploring, relaxing, hanging out together.  
====What was bad====
</li><li> Etherpads set up in advance for collaborative note-taking.
====Suggestions for improvement====
</li></ul>
 
<h3>Axel Hecht</h3>
===James Michael Dupont===
<h4>What was good</h4>
====What was good====
<h4>What was bad</h4>
* Food, Hotel, Travel, Rooms, people.
<h4>Suggestions for improvement</h4>
====What was bad====
<h3>James Michael Dupont</h3>
* Planning was a bit chaotic.
<h4>What was good</h4>
* too much beer and energy drinks.
<ul><li> Food, Hotel, Travel, Rooms, people.
====Suggestions for improvement====
</li></ul>
* get more sleep for the organizers
<h4>What was bad</h4>
* we could have skipped friday, it would have been fine in two days. only sat was really used.
<ul><li> Planning was a bit chaotic.
 
</li><li> too much beer and energy drinks.
 
</li></ul>
===Ioan Marius Chiorean===
<h4>Suggestions for improvement</h4>
====What was good====
<ul><li> get more sleep for the organizers
-Hotel - very nice and comfortable, good wifi
</li><li> we could have skipped friday, it would have been fine in two days. only sat was really used.
</li></ul>
<p><br />
</p>
<h3>Ioan Marius Chiorean</h3>
<h4>What was good</h4>
<p>-Hotel - very nice and comfortable, good wifi
-Venue - hypocenter was nice, also good wifi
-Venue - hypocenter was nice, also good wifi
-People - very nice and friendly,  
-People - very nice and friendly,  
        - thanks for their support in helpind the coordinators to Lahorka and Vedran
</p>
-Food - very good location, good food
<pre class="_fck_mw_lspace">      - thanks for their support in helpind the coordinators to Lahorka and Vedran
</pre>
<p>-Food - very good location, good food
-The presence of Axel and Brian was very productive
-The presence of Axel and Brian was very productive
-Mike's presentation about FOSS
-Mike's presentation about FOSS
-Interesting discussions at Hack Lab
-Interesting discussions at Hack Lab
 
</p>
====What was bad====
<h4>What was bad</h4>
====Suggestions for improvement====
<h4>Suggestions for improvement</h4>

Revision as of 21:16, 17 May 2012

Participant's thoughts

Aleksandar Savić

What was good

What was bad

Suggestions for improvement

Adi Zeljković

What was good

What was bad

Suggestions for improvement

Gent Thaci

What was good

  • Venue,
  • Hotel,
  • Food,
  • Organizing.
  • Community Balkans Members

What was bad

  • Postponing sessions,
  • Wake and meetup up in time to leave hotel.

Suggestions for improvement

  • Agenda pre-set in time
  • Etherpads prepared
  • Different places to eat, more tradinional food.

Altin Ukshini

What was good

  • Places (Hotel, Restaurants)
  • Lunch, Dinner
  • People (very friendly)

What was bad

  • All things went up in hurry
  • Agenda changed so often because speakers didnt prepare their presentations in time, and Etherpads should have been prepared earlier.

Suggestions for improvement

  • Start preparing documents earlier for participants who have to apply for Visas.
  • More places to visit...
  • More hands on code/hacking/sessions

Novica Nakov

What was good

  • big turnout
  • meeting the local hacker community
  • axel's and brian's patience

What was bad

  • not enough hands-on stuff
  • not enough power cords
  • we should have spend more time on the swot.
  • t-shirts with big football-like prints on the back :)

Suggestions for improvement

  • more hands-on stuff

Damjan Georgievski

What was good

What was bad

Suggestions for improvement

Ioana Chiorean

What was good

What was bad

Suggestions for improvement

Alex Lakatos

What was good

What was bad

Suggestions for improvement

Oskar Ivanić

What was good

  • Hotel, food, positive atmosphere, learned interesting stuff from presentations, especially about Summer Campaign 2012 in which I'm interested. Croatian team took a really good care of us.

What was bad

  • Weather -_- , Sunday should be day for hangouts (because workshop ended up early) .

Suggestions for improvement

  • More hands on sessions.

Get some sleep so you could be more organized and less stressful. :)

Dejan Binder

What was good

Totel,Mozillians,positive atmosphere,food,visit to the hack lab, logistics

What was bad

Not enough sights visited, the mix up around the agenda, the weather :D

Suggestions for improvement

Brian King

What was good

  • Nikola / Niko / Vedran / Lahorka
  • Hotel
  • Venue / WiFi
  • Food
  • People - passionate and engaged
  • Axel's guidance on socialising
  • T-Shirt
  • SWOT Session
  • Talks most were good, a mix of technical and non-technical
    • Mike's talks on community and how he setup an FLOSS community in Kosovo
    • Selim's talk on the press
  • Pranks on Nikola

What was bad

  • No show of Greece and Bulgaria
  • Sessions started too late every day
  • Poor moderation of sessions
  • Schedule was not advertised well enough / clear enough
  • Late nights
  • Slightly disappointing turnout from the Mozilla Croatia community
  • Pranks on Brian

Suggestions for improvement

  • Better coffee setup in the room
  • More snacks, e.g. fruit
  • More power cords
  • Don't wait for latecomers in the morning, they should not hold up the schedule
  • Organisers should focus on getting more sleep
  • More workshops / hands-on sessions
  • Assign moderator to sessions to:
    • make sure everything goes on time
    • introduce sessions and speakers
    • make organisational announcements
  • More variation in restaurants, perhaps closer to hotel / venue
  • More pranks on Nikola

Nino Vranešič

What was good

What was bad

Suggestions for improvement

Selim Sumlu

What was good

What was bad

Suggestions for improvement

Michelle Thorne

What was good

  • Good turnout, good level of cooperation and interest
  • Nice location, comfortable hotel
  • Well-organized pick-up and drop-off for airport bus
  • Yummy food
  • Great to hear the country reports
  • Friendly host team, very considerate and fun to work with.

What was bad

  • More hands-on sessions would've helped create good energy, learn and discuss more intensely. Can be in small groups and allow people to participate in session that interest them.
  • Important to give clear meeting times. Often confusion about when meeting vs. when things are starting.
  • No plan for next steps. The SWOT analysis was helpful, but it would've been good to decide on next steps as a group.

Suggestions for improvement

  • Mix up the groups. Not everything has to be in plenary with everyone. Sometimes smaller discussion/hacking groups are more effective.
  • Structure the one day of sessions so that Sunday is for exploring, relaxing, hanging out together.
  • Etherpads set up in advance for collaborative note-taking.

Axel Hecht

What was good

What was bad

Suggestions for improvement

James Michael Dupont

What was good

  • Food, Hotel, Travel, Rooms, people.

What was bad

  • Planning was a bit chaotic.
  • too much beer and energy drinks.

Suggestions for improvement

  • get more sleep for the organizers
  • we could have skipped friday, it would have been fine in two days. only sat was really used.


Ioan Marius Chiorean

What was good

-Hotel - very nice and comfortable, good wifi -Venue - hypocenter was nice, also good wifi -People - very nice and friendly, 

       - thanks for their support in helpind the coordinators to Lahorka and Vedran

-Food - very good location, good food -The presence of Axel and Brian was very productive -Mike's presentation about FOSS -Interesting discussions at Hack Lab

What was bad

Suggestions for improvement

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