2008/11/10 Dave Neary <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dneary@free.fr">dneary@free.fr</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi,<br> <br> Mostly good stuff - I just wanted to bounce back on one point:<br> <div class="Ih2E3d"><br> Louis Desjardins wrote:<br> > I slightly disagree with no call for presentations because then how do<br> > we get fresh blood in? But I do agree that we can all activate our<br> > networks and find some good projects and invite those people. But we<br> > have to have a mean of letting fresh blood in the LGM. I think it's one<br> > of the goals too, right?<br> <br> </div>In my experience, those with really compelling content will ask to<br> present. The way to arrange this is to leave about half your talk slots<br> empty (don't even fill them with "to be announced" and make sure that<br> everyone coming to the conference is aware that you are interested in<br> really compelling presentation proposals. No call for proposals with a<br> deadline - great talks get added as they arrive, until the schedule is<br> almost full. And you should feel no qualms about saying no if people<br> propose something you don't think will be interesting (although this is<br> the hardest thing to do).</blockquote><div><br>Right. And when this happens, I like to make a round of consultation! <br><br>Great!<br><br>Louis<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br> <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br> Cheers,<br> Dave.<br> <br> --<br> Dave Neary<br> <a href="mailto:dneary@free.fr">dneary@free.fr</a><br> Tel: +33 9 51 13 46 45<br> Cell: +33 6 77 01 92 13<br> </div></div></blockquote></div>