Could you be specific here?

> and a lot of the links don’t work

Could you point to examples, please? I’m one of the people who could fix the busted links, but not if I can’t find them, and I can’t.

As for the “not saying when the conference is” complaint, that should be addressed in the FAQ later today. The registration is done by a third-party, and we’re working with them to sort it out.

Various pages disagree about fees and deadlines. The Call for Papers says that registration is $450 until 4/15, the Registration page says 4/16. The Call for Sessions page says that speakers get a $100 discount, when the Registation page lists the discount at $75 (prior to 4/16).

The Registration page has a link at the bottom titled “Reserve your space”, but when I click it, I just get taken back to the registration page. The Hotel Information page has similar issues with its “register now” link.

Eric referred me to last year’s MacHack FAQ, which seems well-written and comprehensive; I’m surprised it wasn’t carried forward and updated. Everything in the “Location & Transportation”, “Conference Facilities” and “Logistics” sections is vital information that should have been on the current ADHOC site.

As for why content wasn’t carried over from last year, the main reason is that nobody took on that responsibility. Aside from Expotech handling the big details, all the work is done by volunteers, and if someone doesn’t volunteer to do something, it doesn’t get done.

Yes. The conference looks amateurish because of that. We’re amateurs.

That’s not to say your efforts aren’t appreciated, but your attendance will eventually drop off if you don’t make it professional and work well. I’m sure attendees will put up with some bumps here and there since you are amateurs, but if there’s not a certain level of smoothness to operations, folks will choose to spend their $1,000 elsewhere.

I hope you’ll take this in the way it’s intended – constructive.

Wade

Mike Bentley
Sessions Chair
ADHOC / MacHack 19