Re: Discuss GNOME.Asia program

[Emily Chen <emilychen522 gmail com>]

Good idea, yes, we should have a opening session to introduce
GNOME.Asia Summit history and background.

-Emily

2012/4/6 Will LaShell <will lashell net>:
> We could combine the Summit introduction  with the first keynote. Say 15 to 30 minutes of conference introduction and then lead right into the Keynote.
>
> Will
>
>
> On Apr 6, 2012, at 5:22 AM, Emily Chen wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would suggest we make the program more flexible. Every year, the
>> program will change from time to time.  Even the last minute.  For
>> example, 2011 in Banglore, the 2 days program became a 1.5 days
>> because of an important match in Indian.
>>
>> So it doesn't matter if the schedule didn't look like what on the
>> brochure at all.
>>
>> I would propose to make it more flexible, based on the GNOME and
>> GNOME.Asia  tradition , our preferences are:
>> 1. Prepare 3 tracks, 2 tracks are technical talks, and one track for
>> community meet up. Not sure if we have 3 rooms at the same time.
>> 2. 30 mins or 45 mins or 1 hours, both works, it depends on the number
>> of talks we accept.
>> 3. Tea time is a good idea, if we found sponsors, that would be great;
>> Even we have no sponsors for the the tea, we can call it "Booth time",
>> to gather people to the booth and encourage them to communicate.
>> 4. I prefer 1 (or 2) keynote(s) in the morning and 1 keynote in the
>> afternoon. We can arrange the morning keynote in the beginning of the
>> day, and afternoon keynote after the "Tea time".
>>
>> We would like to hear Sammy and Haggen's opinion, they know the local
>> culture well, their opinions are matter.
>>
>> -Emily
>>
>>
>> 2012/4/6 Max <sakanamax hotmail com>:
>>> Dear Chandni and ALL:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Chandni Verma
>>> <chandniverma2112 gmail com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Max,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 6 April 2012 11:21, Max <sakanamax gmail com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear ALL:
>>>>>
>>>>> According the proposal
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://live.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/2012Summit/Bids?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Proposal_of_HongKong_GNOME_Asia_Hackfest_2012_20120124.pdf
>>>>>
>>>>> We will have
>>>>> * 3 Keynoes ( GNOME 3.4 | The GNOME Foundation | Platium Sponsor  )
>>>>> * 14 talks ( 2 tracks | each 7 talks )
>>>>> * 12 Lighting talks ( 2 tracks | each 6 [ 5 mins / 30 min])
>>>>> for one day
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you think everything will fit in the time span, it looks good!
>>>>
>>>> I think you can have a better dividing the day in 1 hour spans.
>>>
>>> I think the question is " How many real time we will give to speaker"
>>>
>>> In Taiwan We always give  "tea time"  in the morning( about 10:30 -
>>> 11.00 ) and afternoon ( 15:00 - 15:30 )
>>>
>>> everybody could reference
>>> http://coscup.org/2011/en/program/
>>>
>>>
>>> There are some reason
>>> 1. People could go booth ( GNOME booth and sponsor booth <-- It's very
>>> important ), And the sponsor will be happy.
>>> 2. It could be buffer ( If some session delay we could use tea time to
>>> adjust it)
>>> 3. People could talk and exchange to each other ( if you just listen
>>> and see the talk for 3 or 6 hours, people always getting tired), I
>>> think they need exercise and rest( for good quality )
>>>
>>>
>>> If we decide give speaker real 30 mins
>>> for the time block We should have 35 - 40 mins
>>> ---- Because session host must find out the speaker, and speaker will
>>> test their Notebook
>>> ---- People maybe want to change room for different session
>>>
>>> If we decide give total time 30 mins for all of these
>>> ---- We should have tee time block to buffer
>>> ---- We should tell speaker, maybe they just have 20 or 25 mins ( And
>>> host must find out the speaker ^^ )
>>> ---- Host will introduce the speaker and speaker will test their
>>> Notebook, it will spend 5 mins
>>> ---- People may ask some question if they interest the topic
>>>
>>>
>>> Does it make sense?
>>> Please give some suggestion ^^
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Should we create the program page now? ( we must discuss it ^^)
>>>>> *But we must confirm ( for program page)
>>>>> -- 2 tracks session
>>>>> ---- Basic 2 tracks and 2 rooms
>>>>>
>>>>> -- how many rooms we have?
>>>>>
>>>>> ----how big,Room number( It's not important now !!)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Depending on an estimate number of students attending!
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----We should send the document to CityU as soon as possible
>>>>>
>>>>> -- how many Platium Sponsor?
>>>>
>>>> as many as we can get! :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----It depend our call for sponsor, I mean if our platium sponsor
>>>>> increase, we must adjust some block
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Is it a good idea put some key notes in afternoon ?  ( After Lunch )
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think, keynotes should be at the beginning of the event.
>>>
>>> We need more suggestion for keynotes.
>>> If someone just want to listen keynotes, they will left in the afternoon.
>>> If someone just want to listen some topic, they will come in the afternoon.
>>> We must keep people stay in conference. ( I think )
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------ I mean   2 keynotes  and 4 talks in the morning  1 keynote and
>>>>> 10 talks in the afternoon
>>>>> ------ Does it make sense, I think if we put all talk in the afternoon
>>>>> - maybe some people will come in the after noon -- and we could have
>>>>> two type (keynotes and talk) for half day
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We should send the document to CityU as soon as possible ^^
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Feel free to make adjustments to the letter I drafted to needs but when it's
>>>> done, please get it confirmed from either Emily, Brian or Karen.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Max
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> _/_/  openSUSE Ambassador - Taiwan _/_/
>>>>> _/_/  mail: sakanamax_at_gmail.com   _/_/
>>>>> _/_/  twitter: sakanamax                     _/_/
>>>>> _/_/  nickname: sakana                      _/_/
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Chandni Verma
>>>> www.chandniverma.blogspot.com
>>>> IRC: glassrose [on irc.gnome.org and FreeNode]
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