Organizing Colorado Gold Rust: An interview with conference founder J Haigh

We interview J Haigh about their experience organizing this year’s first-ever Colorado Gold Rust conference, what brought them to Rust, and what inspired them to give back to Rust’s community.

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Email: [email protected]

Timestamps & referenced resources

[@00:41] - Colorado Gold Rust
[@01:48] - What got you into Rust?

RustConf
@ag_dubs (Ashley Williams)
@carols10cents (Carol Nichols)


[@03:01] - Getting involved with the Rust community

Rust Boulder/Denver Meetup
@focusaurus (Peter Lyons)


[@07:50] - What is the Recurse Center?
[@09:21] - Organizing a conference

Auraria Campus
@argorak (Florian Gilcher)
Rust Fest
Rust Community Events Team’s example timeline for organizing a conference
Rust Belt Rust
Rust Belt Rust 2018’s budgeting report


[@17:27] - What have you learned for next time?
[@19:36] - Who is helping with the conference?

Nicholas Young


[@22:05] - Community Inclusivity
[@24:44] - CFP software
[@25:34] - Finding a venue for a conference

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Reece McMillin

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Jeremy Jung

Hosts: Ben Striegel