Re: Discuss GNOME.Asia program

[Haggen So <haggenso gmail com>]

On 9 April 2012 17:13, Emily Chen <emilychen522 gmail com> wrote:
> Hi Haggen,
>
> Looks good to me.
>
> Some questions:
> 1. Do we plan the schedule for 1 day or two days ?

2 days. This is just a template for both days.

> 2. I would suggest to put the lightning talk into one room, combine as
> one session, usually in the biggest room. Most people will attend
> Lightning talk session, it is lots of fun.  So separate into two
> lightning tracks will make people hard to choose which room to stay.
> Lightning talk can be consider as a close session for that day. So we
> can remove 1 lightning track and 1 community track at the same time.

Ok. Done

> -Emily
>
> 2012/4/9 Haggen So <haggenso gmail com>:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I combined (hopefully) the suggestions above and created a schedule at
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtOcgi7_K1ULdGZCTWNuNnVXWDhkVmh4ZXZZeDc2NWc
>>
>> Please check.
>>
>> Haggen
>>
>> On 9 April 2012 11:54, Emily Chen <emilychen522 gmail com> wrote:
>>> 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
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>>> _/_/  mail: sakanamax_at_gmail.com   _/_/
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Chandni Verma
>>>>>>> www.chandniverma.blogspot.com
>>>>>>> IRC: glassrose [on irc.gnome.org and FreeNode]
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Max
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