Re: [guadec-list] Call for papers Howto

[Dave Neary <dneary free fr>]

Hi,

Quim Gil wrote:
> En/na David Neary ha escrit:
> > If you can suggest a better place I'm all ears :)
>
> Maybe it's time to create a GUADEC Organisation Howto.  :)

Agreed. You should also look at http://live.gnome.org/GuadecPlanning 
which is our collected know-how from organising GUADECs.

http://live.gnome.org/GuadecPlanning/CheckList is a bunch of questions 
which need to be answered before we know we're finished. There is not an 
order or size or priority associated with the tasks, though.

> Proposing 3 tracks:
>
> - Meeting the users
>
> - Approaching GNOME 3.0
>
> - Collecting toughest bones

<snip> Perhaps it needs another formulation to make it clear what we're 
looking for, but these sound great.

> > I'm all for opening up the process and having people suggest topics
> > and/or speakers. But any topic we choose for presentation must have a
> > speaker associated.
>
> Well, I would say that anyone may suggest anything. Some people may have
>  in mind a very good topic, others may have a very good speaker.
> Collaboration and selection do the rest.

I mean, the process is
 * Someone suggests a presentation topic (and says whether they're 
going to present it or not)
 * If they're not, someone else has to say "I would like to do a 
presentation on that topic" before we select it for the schedule. 
Selecting topics without presenters won't work.

> For instance, I'm thinking in
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Castells . He is incresingly
> interested in the free software phenomena, he is a very good speaker and
> I think that an early invitation for an on-topic keynote for the GUADEC
> would be enough to let him choose the topic.

Great. Sounds good. Keynotes usually decide themselves what they are 
going to present, though.

Cheers,
Dave.

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David Neary
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