Re: [guadec-list] guadec-list Digest, Vol 78, Issue 10

[Dave Neary <dneary gnome org>]

Hi,

On 05/22/2012 12:16 PM, Xabier Rodriguez Calvar wrote:
> > The first years we did lightning talks, we had people sign up directly
> > on the wiki - the only organisation involved was sending out emails&
> > blogging to let ppl know it was there.
>
> Which section of the wiki can we use for that?

We used the GUADEC 2006 wiki page back in the day. The GUADEC 2012 wiki 
page would be a good candidate (might need some tidying up first?) - but 
bear in mind I'm only providing historical context, in recent years we 
have had a "call for lightning talks", and I think that's what Vincent 
wanted to do this year too.

> I guess they would be 5 minutes as usual, but I need to know first how
> much total time we have to know how many we can present. I was planning
> to make something like "(totaltime/5)-1" to have some margin and be
> strict with with times. So, how much time do we have in the program?

I'd do (totaltime/6) - basically 20-30s to present an upcoming speaker 
and get their slides up (works well as a tag-team job, one guy bringing 
up the slides while the showman calls up the next speaker), and a 15-20s 
margin at the end if needed.

> > Oh - one other thing: someone needs to make an effort to get people to
> > send their slides, if they have any, to one person beforehand -  laptop
> > swapping should not be going on in the middle of lightning talks.
>
> Yes. I was already taking that into account. I would request people to
> upload the presentations in PDF or send them to me by email.
So long as you're aware that most people won't want to do that :) Or 
they'll arrive with a USB key 5 minutes before the talks start (or 
worse! 5 minutes after). So - good luck! :)

Cheers,
Dave.

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Dave Neary
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