So we made it to almost 300 abstracts in the end, some more stats at <a href="http://bit.ly/ejoKx9">http://bit.ly/ejoKx9</a>. Submissions from 35 countries, half the total from the US and Canada and half from the rest of the world which was nice balance I thought!<div>
<br></div><div>Re introductory material, as Tyler said we are planning a day before the main conference in parallel with the workshops as an intro session and hope to attract a good number of newcomers to FOSS. Not sure I agree with the Joe and Adena's views of the state of FOSS here though, I think your perception may just depend on the circles you move in! But certainly think there is a big potential audience for introductory material so we will make sure we provide that, as well as lots more heavyweight content too, of course.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Re the community voting, we do plan to do that again (as was done last year with a similar number of abstracts). I agree there are pros and cons to this, will see how it works this year and I think it's worth more discussion about whether to continue it next year. As in previous years, the results will be a guideline to the committee, they will have scope to make adjustments to get a good spread of topics / products etc. <br>
<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Tyler Mitchell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tmitchell@osgeo.org">tmitchell@osgeo.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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On 2011-04-18, at 3:12 AM, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote:<br>
> Therefore it might be helpful to actively design track that focuses on the needs of this clientele.<br>
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</div>There's a whole day already dedicated :)<br>
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<a href="http://2011.foss4g.org/intro-details/" target="_blank">http://2011.foss4g.org/intro-details/</a><br>
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But I bet there will end up being more in the main program too._______________________________________________<br>
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