Re: Students lightning talk, or how we got screwed

[Diego Escalante Urrelo <diegoe gnome org>]

Hi

so you might remember there is free space in the lighting talks today
(Sunday) at 2PM.

So all of you, get your slides ready, put them on a usb stick (the
same if you can!) and be there tomorrow *at the latest* at 1:30PM so
we can fit you into the schedule.

It's first come, first serve, so be there ***early***. :-)


Diego

On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 11:57 PM, Stéphane Maniaci
<stephane maniaci gmail com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Today was the first day of the DesktopSummit, and a very exciting day
> for KDE & GNOME summer of code students who were to present their work
> at 17:15 in the big auditorium. Big time for us, or should I say most
> of us since three GNOME students (including myself) got cut off the
> talk not earlier than 5 minutes before the beginning. Lydia Pintscher
> told us that there were no slots left and that they had no time for
> us, basically.
>
> Really? So a couple weeks ago we got her email [0] asking who would be
> there and present, and we (the three students) answered promptly,
> saying we would attend and present. Then finally, it just doesn't
> happen?
>
> We're students, and we know our work is not the most important thing
> happening at the DesktopSummit, but that's the essential reason why we
> come. We're proud to be part of this, and showing off our work is part
> of the deal. Being wiped off without any apology or earlier notice was
> a big, big disappointment, to stick with nice words.
>
> Next year, please make sure all students get time to present, or
> extend the session, or make the students fight for their talk,
> whatever it takes, but make sure this does *not* happen this way
> again.
>
> Thank you.
>
> - Stéphane Maniaci.
>
> [0]: http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-soc/2011-July/000707.html
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