[CREATE] Suggested dates for LGM 2009 Montreal
Louis Desjardins
louis.desjardins at gmail.com
Mon Nov 17 19:26:04 PST 2008
2008/11/11 Louis Desjardins <louis.desjardins at gmail.com>
> 2008/11/11 Jon Phillips <jon at rejon.org>
>
>> On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 16:53 -0500, Louis Desjardins wrote:
>> > 2008/11/11 Jon Phillips <jon at rejon.org>
>> > On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 09:21 +0100, Dave Neary wrote:
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > Anders Brander wrote:
>> > > > On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 13:18 +0100, Dave Neary wrote:
>> > > >> I don't think that most people are there for the
>> > presentations, so I
>> > > >> don't think "packing out" the schedule is important. It's
>> > important in
>> > > >> conferences where attendees pay a lot of money to go, and
>> > need to
>> > > >> justify the expense to their bosses by pointing out all
>> > the great
>> > > >> content that's scheduled. We're not in that situation.
>> > > >
>> > > > Well. We shouldn't have lots of presentations, with the
>> > sole purpose of
>> > > > selling the idea to our bosses. But; I don't see why we
>> > should avoid
>> > > > people talking about their small and specialized projects.
>> > Some of the
>> > > > talks I enjoyed most at LGM2008 were some of the very
>> > specialized talks.
>> > >
>> > > Lightning talks! This is exactly the format small
>> > specialised projects
>> > > need - you get 5 minutes (an eternity!) to present what your
>> > project is,
>> > > some of the cool stuff people do with it, and what you're
>> > interested in
>> > > getting at the conference (Users? Hackers? Features?
>> > Feedback?)
>> > >
>> > > The additional advantage of lightning talks is that you can
>> > do say 2
>> > > hours of them, and have 25 presentations, thus keeping lots
>> > of those
>> > > small projects happy. A third advantage: if one comes along
>> > that few
>> > > people are interested in, it's like the commercial break,
>> > they'll stick
>> > > around & watch it anyway, because in 5 minutes there's
>> > another one coming.
>> > >
>> > > Cheers,
>> > > Dave.
>> >
>> >
>> > Totally.
>> >
>> > Louis, at the end of the day, you are organizing this, but in
>> > the end we
>> > have to ask ourselves what we our communities are getting out
>> > of this:
>> >
>> > 1.) collaboration time specific to our projects
>> > 2.) collaboration time between projects
>> > 3.) presenting to all about these collaborations
>> > 4.) discovering new projects
>> >
>> >
>> > And, I would rank our conference priorities in that order and
>> > time usage
>> > that way. So, I wonder if we can do that:
>> >
>> > day 1: collaborate within our projects
>> > day 2: presentations from major projects, set talks
>> > day 3: more presentations about collaboration, major talks +
>> > lightning
>> > talks
>> > day 4: collaboration unconference day
>> >
>> > But, I still really think that day 4 could be integrated into
>> > day 3.
>> >
>> > As I said, Louis, you are taking on the big burden, and you
>> > have done
>> > this before so you know what you are doing...just giving my
>> > few
>> > cents/eurocents...
>> >
>> > Great!
>> >
>> > I like pretty much the "what we our communities are getting out of
>> > this" and the "day 1-2-3-4" breakdown parts! :)
>> >
>> > Jon! You got it! ;)
>> >
>> > I suggest we stick with a one-track, 4-day conf/unconf, starting on
>> > Wednesday, closing on Saturday. Leaving lots of room for team work and
>> > discussions within/among teams. Plus, new projects, fresh ideas! Some
>> > small, some larger. And new people too! Man! This will be fun! I think
>> > also that the discussion on how we fill the schedule itself can
>> > continue with more input as we approach the LGM. Basically, we want
>> > things to happen and for this we need flexibility.
>> >
>> > You are probably right we could tighten this up into 3 days but I
>> > think it will be more flexible with 4, so I think I prefer flexibility
>> > at this point. Some people leave early in those confs... some arrive
>> > late... no problem! We take you as you come! :) One single day at LGM
>> > can change someone's life... imagine 4 days!!!
>> >
>> > My main concern for now is establishing and securing the dates. If we
>> > like the 4-day event, I would then propose May 6-7-8-9. I can leave
>> > that open until the end of the week and make a final announcement
>> > about the dates on Friday. How does that sound?
>> >
>> > Cheers!
>> >
>> > Louis
>>
>> Teams are really quiet right now. How about we give them until week from
>> now to lock in those dates? WED NOV 17.
>
>
> Yep! Let there be a week.
>
Only to remind everyone we're approaching Wednesday...
:)
Louis
>
>
> Louis
>
>>
>>
>> Good!
>>
>> Jon
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > Jon
>> >
>> > --
>> > Jon Phillips
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>> Jon Phillips
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