Re: [guadec-list] Call for Participation procedure

[Glynn Foster <Glynn Foster Sun COM>]

Hey,

On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 23:26 +0100, David Neary wrote:
> I particularly liked something that Edd did for last year's Xtech - late 
> breaking news sessions. A small percentage (10%) of slots were reserved 
> for talks which only became newsworthy a few weeks before the 
> conference. He had no trouble filling them (in fact, we usually have the 
> opposite trouble with late breaking sessions), and I'd like us to 
> reserve 10% of the talk slots too.

That's a great idea - completely agree. If the slots don't get filled,
we can always schedule some lightening talks or planning sessions
insteaad at the drop of a hat.


Glynn