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@stephenboothuk Thanks for the user stories!
As an attendee I want access to printing and scanning at a reasonable cost (less than two pence a page for A4 black on white) so that I can print documents to give to other attendees.
Can you help me understand the underlying goal here please? Thanks!
As a previous-organiser (@ntoll)
I want to give attendees to have nyan-cat badges as swag
So that we have something rather different as a memento of the event.
As an attendee, I want it to be very easy to tell who is available to answer questions. That means conference organizers and representatives wearing bright colors - like yellow or orange. I shouldn't have to hunt for someone who can answer important questions, as I will when the conference worker uniform is a dark zipper hoodie and dark conference t-shirt.
As a self-employed person who is considering submitting to the CFP, I want it to be immediately clear whether I will be expected to pay for my own ticket if it is accepted, as well as any other perks (e.g. travel and accommodation, additional payment, etc)
As an attendee, I want your conference website to be clear and easy to use.
As a visually impaired attendee, I need your conference website to be accessible.
As an LGBT attendee, I would like it to be made clear whether the country in which the conference is being held is safe and legal for me to attend.
As a foreign attendee, I would like information about required visas to be clearly linked to.
As an attendee, a list of recommended hotels near the conference venue is extremely helpful for planning my attendance.
As a person from another profession (teacher, doctor, government employee, artist, musician etc...) I would like to feel welcomed. Developers can appear to be scary and intimidating and I'm way out of my comfort zone so a clear and unambiguous welcome would be wonderful. If I work in an underpaid or overworked (i.e. public sector) role it should be easy for me to get time off work (for example, my cover is paid for as some sort of sponsorship so my boss has no excuse for denying my attendance).
As an attendee I'd like to organise and take part in BoF sessions.
As an attendee I'd like to take part in different types of event - not just a series of sit-down-shut-up-and-listen-to-some-speaker-talk events. I'd like to attend well chaired debates and discussions, dojo like practical sessions, teacher led workshops, ad-hoc gatherings (BoF) and other social opportunities (for example, a TDD-lunch or musicians-who-code coffee slot).
As an attendee I'd like clear and unambiguous expectations and an ice-breaker for how to interact with people in the corridor track.
As an attendee I'd like to know how to volunteer.
As a speaker I'd like to know the context for my talk as soon as possible (for example, my talk is the middle of three all about Django).
As an attendee, I'd like announcements, AGM and other bureaucratic cat-herding to be done quickly and efficiently so we can get on with the conference.
As a speaker I'd like to know where and when the video of my contribution is online.
As a watcher I'd like high quality video and audio produced to a semi-professional standard without feedback, distortion, clunky camera handling or unfocussed slides.
As a person interacting with the conference online, I'd like clear and obvious links to online "spaces" - Twitter account, Facebook group, Slack channel, IRC room, mailing list, hashtag etc...
As an organiser, I'd like enough time to enjoy the conference as a regular attendee.
As an attendee I expect to find gender neutral restrooms.
As an attendee who's concerned about security and privacy I'd appreciate a GPG key-signing event.
(Also, a big +1 to all the user stories above about vegan food, code of conduct and stopping the swag.)
As a prospective speaker,
I'd like the CFP to be early and well advertised,
so that I know when I have to get my stuff together.
As a prospective speaker,
I'd like the CFP to make it clear that contributions from minority and groups that are traditionally under-represented are particularly welcome,
so that I feel inspired to write my first presentation.
As an attendee,
I'd like info displays around the venue to show timely and useful stuff
So that I can play where to go when without getting my phone out
As an attendee, I want titles and descriptions of talks to accurately reflect the content so I can make informed choices about which talks to attend.
As an attendee who will be staying in a hotel the night before, I want a cloakroom so that I can leave my bags in a secure location and not have to carry them around with me or return to the hotel to pick them up.
As an attendee, I want exhibitors to make sure that there is someone on their stand at all times who can respond to questions about their product/service so I can get the information I need without having to keep coming back.
As an attendee, I want somewhere to sit during lunch so that I'm not standing and trying to have a conversation whilst balancing a plate and glass without spilling on myself or others.
As an attendee I want there to be a conference hashtag and any tweets posted with that to be displayed on screens around the venue so that I can engage with other attendees.
As an attendee I want good signal from all major mobile networks in all corridors and concourse areas so that I can make phone calls when needed.
As an attendee I want secure Wi-Fi coverage with the passcode in my welcome pack that I can get a connection back to work without the security software my employer insists on blocking what it sees as an insecure network.
As an attendee I want access to printing and scanning at a reasonable cost (less than two pence a page for A4 black on white) so that I can print documents to give to other attendees.