pcb is amazing lol

wat the hek clean

haha,good

Quote from: TypicalOranges on Thu, 30 May 2024, 08:37:06

Quote from: mgsickler on Wed, 29 May 2024, 15:00:35

Shouldn't Keycon be a US-only event?

Given that Keycon is a Geekhack-based event, I don’t think so. Our community is global, and making Keycon international allows many more people to attend who otherwise couldn’t.

Is this really true anymore? You should be honest and just say it's an NK-based event now. Y'all have changed everything about how it is run.

As someone who's pretty involved with the recent history of KeyCon, and put a good amount of work into building up the event over the last few years, I wanted to weigh in. The event has evolved into something that is bigger and more complex to be handled by a fluctuating cast of community members and volunteers. You simply cannot run an event that'll pull at a minimum of 400 people without some serious capital, planning, time, and effort. And as I thought about the future of the event, it started to become very clear that help was needed, and I approached Mike (and others, mind you) about the possibility of taking over KeyCon. What the event needs is someone who has history with the community who will be around for years, the resources and experience to pull off large events, and the access to relationships with companies and makers. NK checks all those boxes. They understand the history of KeyCon, have a heart to carry it on as an event where the community can come together, but they also have the resources to provide new experiences that a typical meetup runner would not have access. Also, they won't say this, but meetups aren't a money-making endeavor, and are almost always run at a loss (not even accounting for time spent and opportunity cost).

Is KeyCon something different than it has been? Yeah, it's become a monster of an event. And with that, you can't always bend that amount of effort to the changing tastes of community opinion. I think the event is in good hands, and I trust Mike and his team to run great meetups that pull widely from the community both in the US and abroad.

I totally get that and largely understand why the decisions were made the way they were. The point of my post wasn't to be snarky. I just think a lot of the controversy would be solved if we stopped calling it a GH-based event under the pretense that it is still a community driven event.

I think some of the verbiage from the NK team hasn't be clear on that and I would say some of the communication (like what I highlighted here) is kind of not very honest about how much is changing about how the events are run. A simple post beginning like, "Hey guys, KeyCon changed because it had to..." from the NK team would go a long way and lead to less negative sentiment.

I think SLC looked incredible and was really well done and I'm sure Germany will be good, too.

Some updates!

• Changed kitting, added a third kit
• Modified novelty designs
• Added some vendors
• Added a deskmat design
• Pending HIBI collab!

I also created a new IC form to reassess interest based on the changes, please consider filling it out!

Thank you to everyone who have been supportive of the design so far, I really appreciate the feedback and the kindness, this is my first keyset design so I'm grateful for the help/love!