[LAU] LAC 2015 feedback

Hi everyone Hope that all attendees had a safe return. My impressions of the LAC 2015 we all positive and I can only thank the organization for putting such a big effort in organizing such a good event. I have some some suggestions and considerations regarding the Hack’n Roll space. Since it was a first time of such a place I reckon there’s a lot of optimizations to be done. Overall I think that the experience of the Hack n’ Roll was well worth. I saw many people jamming and I also had the opportunity to play some chops (as Gerald noted :-). Some points for maintaining or for improvement: - Location: the room was placed in a very convenient spot. Not on the way but at the same time, close enough. The staircase provided what I think to be a nice separation. From the hallway one could here the music going on without being bothered by it. - Opening hours: this I believe was the main drawback. I think that the Hack n’ Roll should run “off hours” (lunch time and post presentations). It could even be closed during the “work hours”. This would make the space much more useful and would also prevent competition in attendance to the other events. I understand that this leads to practical issues, specially regarding man power, but I really think it is something to be thought of. Also, I think it would be great if the space was opened on Sunday so that those that do not want to go on the field trip can spend the sunday there putting all the post-LAC ideas into practice :-) - Booking; this is tricky. Whereas the space was free to “come and play” I think that an “on demand booking system” would be handy. It could be a simple sheet of paper attached to the front door with the time slots division where people would fill in. Having a totally free using space is cool in a way, but one needs to adapt to whatever and whoever is at the place. This somehow prevents the organization of small planned sessions. - Sound equipment: this is a thing that I believe did not get clear on the emails prior to the event. I luckily took my stage bag with some guitar leads and those were very useful, but before the event I thought those would be available and almost did not took mine. I think the space should have: Mixer + PA + Loudspeakers (+ a MIDI keyboard, maybe). The rest should all be brought by participants and this should be clear from the start. - General equipment: the infrastructure of the room was great. More AC plugs that one would ever need and the desks proved also very handy. More than one time I saw people there just sitting and coding anything with actually participating in a jam. I consider this to be very nice. Guess that’s it. I had a great time at the event and would surely like to attend again. One again I’d like to thank the organization for doing such a great job. Hope to see everyone next year Regards Gianfranco The MOD Team