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It is worth noting that the foss4g organising committee were
oversubscribed for presentations to the tune of ~ 3:1.<br>
<br>
Yes, the committee could prevent 17 presentations from competing
against the shoot out, but that would mean 17 less presentations.<br>
<br>
It is a tough call, with no easy answer, and I fully understand why the
organising committee have decided upon this decision in the program. <br>
<br>
On 28/08/10 07:04, Lorenzo Becchi wrote:
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cite="mid:AANLkTinHHV51izVhTu1N5ReP3sywPFca84C63MYURhAv@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Hi guys, thanks for all your comments.<br>
It took long time to evaluate all the options that where behind this
decision.<br>
We will do our best to see if we can find another arrangement but,
until then, the program will remain as it is.<br>
<br>
regards<br>
Lorenzo<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Marc Jansen
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi
list,<br>
<br>
I mostly share the concerns expressed by Bart (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g2010/2010-August/000521.html"
target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g2010/2010-August/000521.html</a>,
original text below) regarding the presentation of the WMS benchmark
parallel to 17 other talks.<br>
<br>
As Bart already said, the shootout was one of the highest ranked
abstracts of the last FOSS4G and the talk itself was one of the
definitive highlights of the conference. I'd guess that few people
would choose to miss the benchmark... and therefore lots of them are
forced to miss the talks running parallel.<br>
<br>
I am aware that it is a *very* difficult task to build a nice programm
for everyone and I am sure that the local team did a good job so that
this years FOSS4G will be as interesting as ever, but I think that the
placement of the shootout/benchmark is a mistake that should be
corrected if possible.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Marc<br>
<br>
<br>
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Barts original email:
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Hi list,<br>
<br>
I want to express my concerns regarding the choice of the benchmark slot<br>
in the FOSS4G 2010 program.<br>
<br>
In 2009 the benchmark was a plenary event at the end of the conference,<br>
and this made it very successfull, it was the highlight of the
conference<br>
for a lot of people. Almost everybody has an interest in the benchmark<br>
exercise, so this makes it a good choice for a plenary event.<br>
<br>
Also, I don't think it is fair to the people presenting in slots
parallel<br>
to the benchmark exercise, since they won't have a large audience for<br>
sure. It also means that a lot of interesting presentations need be to<br>
missed if one wants to attend the benchmark presentation.<br>
<br>
I also think 1,5 hours is too long, 30-45 minutes would be perfect.<br>
<br>
Would you please reconsider this?<br>
<br>
TIA.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Bart<br>
<br>
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