On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 16:53 -0500, Louis Desjardins wrote: > 2008/11/11 Jon Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 09:21 +0100, Dave Neary wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Anders Brander wrote: > > > On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 13:18 +0100, Dave Neary wrote: > > >> I don't think that most people are there for the > presentations, so I > > >> don't think "packing out" the schedule is important. It's > important in > > >> conferences where attendees pay a lot of money to go, and > need to > > >> justify the expense to their bosses by pointing out all > the great > > >> content that's scheduled. We're not in that situation. > > > > > > Well. We shouldn't have lots of presentations, with the > sole purpose of > > > selling the idea to our bosses. But; I don't see why we > should avoid > > > people talking about their small and specialized projects. > Some of the > > > talks I enjoyed most at LGM2008 were some of the very > specialized talks. > > > > Lightning talks! This is exactly the format small > specialised projects > > need - you get 5 minutes (an eternity!) to present what your > project is, > > some of the cool stuff people do with it, and what you're > interested in > > getting at the conference (Users? Hackers? Features? > Feedback?) > > > > The additional advantage of lightning talks is that you can > do say 2 > > hours of them, and have 25 presentations, thus keeping lots > of those > > small projects happy. A third advantage: if one comes along > that few > > people are interested in, it's like the commercial break, > they'll stick > > around & watch it anyway, because in 5 minutes there's > another one coming. > > > > Cheers, > > Dave. > > > Totally. > > Louis, at the end of the day, you are organizing this, but in > the end we > have to ask ourselves what we our communities are getting out > of this: > > 1.) collaboration time specific to our projects > 2.) collaboration time between projects > 3.) presenting to all about these collaborations > 4.) discovering new projects > > > And, I would rank our conference priorities in that order and > time usage > that way. So, I wonder if we can do that: > > day 1: collaborate within our projects > day 2: presentations from major projects, set talks > day 3: more presentations about collaboration, major talks + > lightning > talks > day 4: collaboration unconference day > > But, I still really think that day 4 could be integrated into > day 3. > > As I said, Louis, you are taking on the big burden, and you > have done > this before so you know what you are doing...just giving my > few > cents/eurocents... > > Great! > > I like pretty much the "what we our communities are getting out of > this" and the "day 1-2-3-4" breakdown parts! :) > > Jon! You got it! ;) > > I suggest we stick with a one-track, 4-day conf/unconf, starting on > Wednesday, closing on Saturday. Leaving lots of room for team work and > discussions within/among teams. Plus, new projects, fresh ideas! Some > small, some larger. And new people too! Man! This will be fun! I think > also that the discussion on how we fill the schedule itself can > continue with more input as we approach the LGM. Basically, we want > things to happen and for this we need flexibility. > > You are probably right we could tighten this up into 3 days but I > think it will be more flexible with 4, so I think I prefer flexibility > at this point. Some people leave early in those confs... some arrive > late... no problem! We take you as you come! :) One single day at LGM > can change someone's life... imagine 4 days!!! > > My main concern for now is establishing and securing the dates. If we > like the 4-day event, I would then propose May 6-7-8-9. I can leave > that open until the end of the week and make a final announcement > about the dates on Friday. How does that sound? > > Cheers! > > Louis
Teams are really quiet right now. How about we give them until week from now to lock in those dates? WED NOV 17. Good! Jon > > > Jon > > -- > Jon Phillips > San Francisco, CA + Guangzhou + Beijing > GLOBAL +1.415.830.3884 > CHINA +86.1.360.282.8624 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.rejon.org > IM/skype: kidproto > Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA + Guangzhou + Beijing GLOBAL +1.415.830.3884 CHINA +86.1.360.282.8624 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rejon.org IM/skype: kidproto Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
