A few random thoughts:

• I think many people did ok at the airport connecting for ride share via Twitter. By next year may not matter when the train is complete, but if held in other cities it might be interesting to do more to facilitate ride sharing. Not only does it save the attendee some money, it starts the networking and social part of the event
• Try to book your hotel room on a lower floor. This time I was on the 33rd floor and sometimes it took forever to ‘just drop something in my room’
• Think we could also do more to facilitate after hours meetups. I know many already do their own thing, good! But especially for first timers something loosely organized would be useful
• Keynotes need to be informative and pertinent. Reminder to all keynoters – make sure you understand who the audience is! Thursday was a great example of how a bad keynote can lower the mood and how a great keynote (or the expectation of one) can raise the mood. We need three good keynotes next year!
• I heard almost no complaints this week. PASS HQ did a great job.
• One thing I’d like to see added is something that we just tried in Orlando – printing schedules on 3’x4’ paper and posting every where, good way to handle schedule changes
• I think we should do Birds of a Feather lunch every year, and maybe all three days – just vary the topic. Tues was great at BOF, Wed lunch seemed…not as fun?
• We should have the Q&A with the PASS Board each year. This year was a late addition, next year we can schedule better and get more attendance, more questions!
• I think we need to offer the networking seminar next year and maybe more on top of that, especially for first time attendees.
• I also like the idea of a button or something that identifies first time attendees. I was at Disney World recently for my wifes birthday and they gave her a birthday button, I think almost every employee she saw said Happy Birthday. Can’t we do the same for first time attendees?
• We’ve got to do more to build the culture of exchanging business cards. I’d like to see us host a kiosk to just print a sheet or two of business cards, maybe a $1 a sheet for those that forget/run out
• I thought I did better about breaking out of my comfort zone of people and spending time with new people (or a mix). Still got work to do.
• I don’t know if we already have it, but we should have a way to sell tickets to the opening reception only so that spouses can attend
• Saw lot of netbooks present, and obviously for the size/weight savings
• Heard a comment that we put too many Summit ads in the chapter decks that go out monthly
• Chapters would like to know who registers with their chapter code, and also have a message sent to all Summit attendees that are in their region
• Now I understand why server racks have brakes on the wheels, in case all the fans spin up at once – otherwise the rack would start rolling until it unplugged itself
• I did ok on eating at non-chain restaurants; Top Pot Doughnuts, Vons, Cutters, Pike Bar and Grill
• The weather was the best I can remember, actually saw the sun a few days, Thursday night was cold with 30 mph gusts, Fri morning was cold!