2008/11/11 Louis Desjardins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2008/11/11 Jon Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> 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. > > > Yep! Let there be a week. >
Only to remind everyone we're approaching Wednesday... :) Louis > > > Louis > >> >> >> 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] >> >>
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