Joining efforts and communities to do bigger things

Joining efforts and communities to do bigger things How two small GDGs worked to do DevFest together Horacio Gonzalez Pierre Crepieux GDG Finistere / GDE Web & Flutter GDG Code d’Armor @LostInBrittany @PCrepieux

The year is 2018 AD. France is entirely occupied by developer conferences done by baguette-loving Frenchies. Well, not entirely… Two small crepe-loving GDGs at the far end of remote Brittany still want to create their DevFest.

The westmost corner of France Two cities at the End of the (French) World - Far from Paris - Far from Rennes & Nantes - Local tech eco-systems - Gaulish village syndrom

Small but strong communities Code d’Armor in Lannion FinistDevs un Brest

Multi-label & multi-technology

Both had similar ambitions

But faced the same problem

Until one fateful day…

Together we had - A strong organizational team - A big community - A strong identity A DevFest at the End of the World DevFest du Bout du Monde

But then the questions began… - Where do we organize it? - What kind of event we want? - How long? How many people? - When do we do it? Each community saw things in a different way!

One event, one team We needed to overcome the Gaulish village syndrom DevFest project team Neither Brest nor Lannion

Formalizing the project We created a non-profit organization (French 1901 Association) for the DevFest - Formalizing project team - Legal and comptable status - Bank account

Where to do it? Look at all the options In both territories We cold headed, choose the best opportunity Next year can be different! Brest University offered us a place big enough for 400 people, so we choose Brest for the 1st edition

And the other city? We couldn’t left Lannion community at the side We needed to make things easy for them We needed a commute solution: Le Car du Bout du Monde

Acknowledge ownership Every subject should have an owner Trust is key Don’t try to take minor decisions by committee, specially in remote

Sponsors Two ecosystem, different companies We wanted to get both ecosystems involved Looking for sponsors in both cities ● Local sponsors ● Regional sponsors ● General sponsors

Involving other local communities We wanted to get the DevFest recorded: 3BF Studio (non-profit) French Tech, Town Halls, Technopoles… from both cities Engineering schools, universities

Bringing speakers at the End of the World Brest is far far away… Let’s assume it, make it a force: the End of the World! Use our networks Use a good CfP software: Conference Hall

Choosing the speakers The CfP succeed… ~220 propositions for 22 slots Choosing talks in full remote is hard: direct discussion is important! Squeezing some more slots

Involving the wider GDG Community Spreading the CfP, sourcing for speakers Taking profit for more experienced GDG experience Sharing videos in GDG France YouTube channel

DevFest du Bout du Monde happened Big success at our scale! ● ● ● ● 35 speakers 350 attendees 20 sponsors All talks in YouTube

And we really loved it! So much that we are doing it again in 2020! 2020-02-28 With the same organization Keeping what worked, Improving what didn’t

Thank You! Horacio Gonzalez Pierre Crepieux GDG Finistere / GDE Web & Flutter GDG Code d’Armor @LostInBrittany @PCrepieux

Based on our experience, we mathematically modeled the chances of success and the result is surprisingly : 100% 𝑎 i ∑ x 100 n n i=1 𝑎i∈[0,1] 𝑎={1} n=1

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Ingredients Getting the right mix + => DevFest BdM GDG Finistère GDG Cotes d’Armor

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