[Chat] Collecting general feedback about the conference?

[VM Brasseur]

> On Jan 25, 2017, at 10:56, Marc MERLIN <marc at merlins.org> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Michael for explaining that you already provide backup speakers.
> I'm not sure what went wrong then, or if I missed something.

Nothing went wrong. Everything functioned as intended. The organizers simply made a decision not to use the backups and to go a different direction. That is their prerogative.
> 
>> In this case it worked out very well, I think. The organizers chose to
>> provide an all-day track just for BoFs, of which there were more than
>> enough to fill the available slots and meeting spaces. That sort of
>> community support & building is part of the reason LCA is as great as
>> it is.
> 
> BOFs are great, but I'm not sure we're talking about the same thing
> unless I'm confused. I saw no BOFs in those empty slots, just empty
> slots.

We are talking about the same thing. There was an entire room left empty on the schedule on Friday, at least partly due to speakers having to withdraw for whatever reason. That room was used for BoFs (which would not have appeared on the schedule) instead of talks.

--V