Attendance Sustainability

Attendance Sustainability

Logistics

• Location

• Transportation is easy

• Free Parking

• Consistency

• Day of week / month

• Event registration

• Mandatory attendee list

• All evening event - longer sessions / food break

Topics

• Technical talks

• Engage with Java Champions

• Conference level speakers

• Topic diversity

Finance

• Engage Companies

• Sponsors pay for food / Annual fee

• Members pay annual fee

Outreach

• You tell a friend → they tell 2 friends FInd people in big orgs/companies

• Networking @ conferences with speakers

Leadership

• Strong team leadership / volunteers