On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote: > The deadline for submissions is in a few days. We had months of fog > and then a very short time for proposals to be submitted. This has > made it very very difficult for track chairs to drum up support - > people are on holiday, busy etc. To make things worse I don't think > track chairs are able to see who has proposed and who has not. This > makes it impossible for chairs to "gently nudge" likely candidates. > > I understand that traditionally people submit their talks very close > to deadline. I also understand that we probably don't want to > pre-announce an extension. However, I think making chairs aware of > what to expect would be a good idea. Or even better letting chairs > indicate whether they feel an extension will make much of a difference > to their own tracks. > > When can we give chairs some visibility into their tracks? If its not > possible to give them log-in access can we export to a spreadsheet or > something on a periodic basis (ideally daily) > > When can we expect a decision on extension or not? > > Ross >
+1 on an extension - the window was very short, lots of confusion before CFP opened, and as you note, zero visibility into what has been submitted, which is a bigger problem than the short window. I also like the idea of not pre-announcing an extension, that will help aid in 'early' submissions. --David
