<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Just to echo Michael's remarks<br><br></div>For #lca2015 we had<br></div>- papers committee accept list<br></div>- lca2015 team must have list (90%+ were on list above)<br></div>- Backup list (plan B)<br></div>- Backup Backup list (plan C)<br>- Paul McKenney - It was very hard to choose only one talk so he was a late slot in for a drop out.<br><br></div>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.<br><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Several people on the backup list asked for 4-6 weeks notice so they could produce content which can make life interesting.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Steven<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 January 2017 at 23:13, Michael Still via Chat <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chat@lists.lca2017.linux.org.au" target="_blank">chat@lists.lca2017.linux.org.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">The LCA papers process provides the conference organizers with several lists:<div><br></div><div> - a list of papers we think should be accepted</div><div> - a list of papers we think should be reserved for backups (either they just missed out, or are talks from already accepted speakers)</div><div> - a list of papers to decline</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps,</div><div>Michael</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span class="gmail-"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 9:08 PM, Marc MERLIN <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marc@merlins.org" target="_blank">marc@merlins.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span>On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 08:28:49PM +1100, Michael Still via Chat wrote:<br>
> All of these ideas are good, but they've also been tried in the past.<br>
><br>
> One of the issues is that the conference organizers are focussed on a<br>
> single year's conference, so they're heads down making that thing happen.<br>
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</span>This reminds me of something that could be improved.<br>
<br>
Too many talks were submitted, a smaller number was taken. After mine<br>
was rejected, I asked last year and this year if they took backup<br>
speakers in case they ended up with a hole in the schedule.<br>
Both times I was told "no"<br>
This year, there were at least 3 or 4 slots with no talks.<br>
I've heard some other speakers were asked if they could present at the<br>
last minute and they had to decline due to lack of time to prepare.<br>
In the meantime, some of us had a talk that had already been written,<br>
given, ready to deliver, and were told "no thanks, we don't need backup<br>
speakers".<br>
<br>
Somehow I think this can be improved :)<br>
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