Timeline

In preperation for ScotlandJS we thought you might be interested in an insight into what goes on behind the scenes. Below is a rough timeline of what has been going on.

20/11/2013: Booked venue: Our Dynamic Earth.

7/1/2014: New site live - thanks Daniel Grieve!

7/1/2014: Open CFP.

Promote CFP, locally and internationally.

7/1/2014: Approach Callbackwomen and DevChix to make our event more visible to a more diverse speaking pool.

8/1/2014: Contacted Timebase.tv to record speaker sessions.

15/1/2014: Jen Myres kindly offered to mentor newbie female speakers. Thanks Jen!

20/1/2014: TestDouble offer to put on 'Real-world JavaScript Testing' workshop as this years Charity Tutorial Day.

31/1/2014: Video chat session for potential speakers to ask questions about the event.

3/2/2014: Video chat session for potential speakers to ask questions about the event.

1/2/2014: Approach Keynotes.

Lack of talk submissions from local JS folks! Began awareness effort at local user groups and online.

3/2/2014: Release early bird and full price tickets.

8/2/2014: Approached Amanda O'Connell, from Minds Matter Training, about helping us improve Mental Health awareness within the tech community.

10/2/2014: Release student tickets.

12/2/2014: Close CFP.

15/2/2014: Voting begins by ticket holders.

24/2/2014: Inform speakers of acceptance.

3/3/2014: Announce line up.

4/3/2014: Booked venue for Charity Tutorial.

25/3/2014: Discussion Track Announced in detail.

25/3/2014 Inform speakers of projector resolution and layout template.

10/4/2014 Announce sponsors.

11/4/2014: Mark Boas drops out. Dave Kennedy steps to replace.

22/4/2014: Inform speakers of hash tags for Discussion Track.