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<div>Hi again,</div><div><br></div><div>I also agree on finishing at 5pm and for consistency in the schedule. It means there is also time for a break to make phone calls or just go for a walk before the evening dos for all types of -verts. </div><div><br></div><div>I agree with John on the <span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">the number of people on stage, and putting some effort in the selection process. In my experience finding speakers, there is a lot of shoulder tapping, gentle and persuasive encouragement needed, not just a single call for a speakers. A speaker workshop also doubles up as a good networking event for newbies, TGP and others. Another suggestion is to allow a talk by a workshop presenter. There are so many good workshop options and if you know that these will also be presented as a short talk then you don't feel as much FOMO.</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Cheers</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Kim</span></span></div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, 30 April 2019, 09:28:02 GMT+12, John Bryant <johnwbryant@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv3222456733"><div dir="ltr"><div>I have to disagree that the feedback represents a small subset of opinions - the feedback that talk length was too short was one of the clearest messages we received.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I really like the idea of factoring in explicit interchange time, as Martin put it. Having an allocated 2 min room switch time means that there's none of this people-coming-and-going-while-question-time-is-happening, a big distraction.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Re: the number of people on stage - I really like the idea of being inclusive. But I also feel strongly that we need a selection process, and that not all talks should be accepted. Not because I don't think that everyone has a story to tell, but because a little bit of competition for spaces will, I believe, ultimately help us maintain a high standard of content. In 2019 we are targeting a smaller audience, thus a smaller pool of potential speakers... how do we mitigate this? By adding slots, we're pushing the goalposts a bit farther away.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I feel that inclusivity would be better achieved by placing emphasis on the submission process - ie. find ways to make sure oldies & newbies alike feel welcome to submit, provide encouragement and assistance along the way, and promise things like a 'speakers bootcamp' on workshop day, so that new speakers might feel like they will be supported throughout the process.</div><div><br></div><div>Re: talk lengths, I like Daniel's proposed tweaks, it feels like they navigate the issues nicely, while potentially addressing the audience feedback about talk lengths.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>FOSS4G-Oceania mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:FOSS4G-Oceania@lists.osgeo.org" href="mailto:FOSS4G-Oceania@lists.osgeo.org">FOSS4G-Oceania@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g-oceania" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g-oceania</a><br></div>
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