[Chat] Collecting general feedback about the conference?

[Steven Ellis]

Just to echo Michael's remarks

For #lca2015 we had
- papers committee accept list
- lca2015 team must have list (90%+ were on list above)
- Backup list (plan B)
- Backup Backup list (plan C)
- Paul McKenney   - It was very hard to choose only one talk so he was a
late slot in for a drop out.

Keeping the whole schedule full is very hard and we lost a number of
speakers we really wanted very late due to personal or work reasons.

Several people on the backup list asked for 4-6 weeks notice so they could
produce content which can make life interesting.

Steven

On 25 January 2017 at 23:13, Michael Still via Chat <
chat at lists.lca2017.linux.org.au> wrote:

> The LCA papers process provides the conference organizers with several
> lists:
>
>  - a list of papers we think should be accepted
>  - a list of papers we think should be reserved for backups (either they
> just missed out, or are talks from already accepted speakers)
>  - a list of papers to decline
>
> What the conference organizers do with those lists varies from year to
> year. Some years chose to tweak the accept list more than others for
> example.
>
> So, it is definitely true that the conference organizers have a list of
> backup talks, because we give them one. What they chose to do with it is up
> to them.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Michael
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 9:08 PM, Marc MERLIN <marc at merlins.org> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 08:28:49PM +1100, Michael Still via Chat wrote:
>> > All of these ideas are good, but they've also been tried in the past.
>> >
>> > One of the issues is that the conference organizers are focussed on a
>> > single year's conference, so they're heads down making that thing
>> happen.
>>
>> This reminds me of something that could be improved.
>>
>> Too many talks were submitted, a smaller number was taken. After mine
>> was rejected, I asked last year and this year if they took backup
>> speakers in case they ended up with a hole in the schedule.
>> Both times I was told "no"
>> This year, there were at least 3 or 4 slots with no talks.
>> I've heard some other speakers were asked if they could present at the
>> last minute and they had to decline due to lack of time to prepare.
>> In the meantime, some of us had a talk that had already been written,
>> given, ready to deliver, and were told "no thanks, we don't need backup
>> speakers".
>>
>> Somehow I think this can be improved :)
>>
>> Marc
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