[OSGeo-Conf] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Presenters @ FOSS4G

[Paul Ramsey]

On 28-Jun-07, at 10:21 PM, Helena Mitasova wrote:

> On Jun 27, 2007, at 2:44 PM, Paul Ramsey wrote:
>
>> Helena Mitasova wrote:
>>
>>> many people don't submit until 24 hours before the deadline so I  
>>> am sure more OSGEO contributions are coming
>>
>> I hope so. Certainly the workshop submissions came in a rush on  
>> the last day.
>
> There is 138 already so it may be a good time to think about the  
> options.
>>
>>> That leads to a question - what happens to the submissions that  
>>> do not get enough votes?
>>
>> Well, they get a rejection letter.
>
> you may want to be careful with how many to send out - it may hurt  
> the future conferences,
> although I am all for a careful selection of oral presentations.

We have 120 slots, that's it. Everything beyond that has to be  
something other than oral presentations.

> I don't think that you really need a posters coordinator -

No, I really do. These people aren't going to self-organize, they are  
going to have questions, and I don't want to be the one answering them.

> ( in the exhibition hall?). There should be a time in the program
> when authors would be asked to be at their posters. I looked at the  
> abstracts
> and I haven't see much (except maybe 2) that could not be accepted  
> at all.

(a) poster boards are not free, we have to rent them
(b) not everyone who submitted an abstract will be interested in  
postering

The poster coordinator can figure out the intersection of demand and  
supply and ensure everyone knows where to go. And they can be someone  
not me.

> If there are late cancellations it is quite helpful to be able
> to ask selected poster authors to fill-in the holes in the sessions  
> to keep them full.
>
> This is just a suggestion - feel free to completely ignore it.

Well, given that folks are independently asking for posters and we  
*are* going to have a lot of non-acceptances, I can see the need to  
do a poster session.  I also see the need for someone to handle the  
arrangements.  Simply assuming every non-talker will poster is a non- 
starter though.

Perhaps someone will step up to help organize *cough* ?

P