The Western Mass Drupal Camp came off without a hitch. I was the "key participant" because I had all the keys. I spent the first hour running around opening doors and helping people get everything we needed. But, after that, I was mostly just a participant: I attended several interesting presentations, I gave my presentation, and then it was over. I ran around to make sure everything was locked up. And then went to the after party at ABC.
It was great to see everyone I knew: Buzz and Tom and Andy and Beth and everyone else. And great to meet so many new people. I'm not as good at meeting people as I really ought to be. My instinct is to go sit quietly in the corner -- I'm much more comfortable there. Luckily, I had people come and join me, so I wasn't just alone the whole time.
The best part was that I think everyone had a good time: And I don't think anyone felt so overwhelmed that they wouldn't be willing to do this again some time. And now that we know we can do it, it might be fun to experiment with some other kinds of activities. Having talks is fine, but it would be fun to have people actually work on projects. You learn a lot more when you actually do something.
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