Lessons learned after 39C3
This year, many Hackeriet members attended the 39th Chaos Communication Congress. It was a blast! As part of our efforts to improve how we organize these trips, we held a lessons-learned meetup afterward. Around 15 people joined the meeting, and there was good engagement and a strong willingness to contribute. There was broad agreement that this year’s congress worked well. Notes were prepared in advance and added during the meeting; these are available at https://pad.hackeriet.no/40C3. The pad is now read-only unless you are logged in. The discussion itself went far beyond what makes sense to fully document. This post focuses on concrete decisions, with the intent of making it easier for others to join in and contribute. We agreed that we need to be better at planning for these events. At the same time, there was general satisfaction with the current voucher process. It is important to stay aware that we are managing vouchers on behalf of the broader Norwegian community, not just ourselves. We decided to set up the voucher list for 40C3 early. Foxboron volunteered to take r