<div dir="ltr">My 2-cents: it is wise to mix some of the plenary (or larger parallel) sessions. javascript programmers also need to hear about FOSS business models for example. <div>Trying to determine a priori which sessions will draw larger crowds is tricky, but you are doing a great job so far.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mike</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-05-26 14:19 GMT-07:00 Volker Mische <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:volker.mische@gmail.com" target="_blank">volker.mische@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Johan,<br>
<br>
these are great points, I wished I would've thought about it before I<br>
did the grouping into sessions.<br>
<br>
The reason why you might have an exotic talk next to a "state of ..."<br>
talk is, that it's always 3 talks that belong to the same subject. I<br>
first did the grouping into sessions, the assigned it to a room.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Volker<br>
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On 05/26/2016 09:43 PM, Johan Van de Wauw wrote:<br>
> Hi Volker,<br>
><br>
> Thanks for your work so far!<br>
> I would use the plenary chamber mostly for the "state of "<br>
> presentations and switch some of the more detailed presentations to<br>
> the side tracks.<br>
><br>
> Eg stress testing mapserver; auditing postgresql; ... seem to<br>
> specialized. On the other hand I miss presentations on eg grass.<br>
> My idea would be that if you stick to the main room, you would get an<br>
> overview of most packages, without going in too much detail. It's<br>
> where a non-technical person would be most likely to go to.<br>
><br>
> I think we can better choose now which talks we want in the main track<br>
> and then regroup the other talks. We could also check the voting<br>
> results in making the choice.<br>
><br>
> What may also be important: is it possible to switch rooms between the<br>
> presentations in one track?<br>
><br>
> Kind Regards,<br>
> Johan<br>
><br>
> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 7:00 PM, Volker Mische <<a href="mailto:volker.mische@gmail.com">volker.mische@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Hi Program Committee, LOC,<br>
>><br>
>> I've scheduled the sessions that will be in our biggest room, the<br>
>> plenary chamber. If you want to have a look, go to [1] and click on the<br>
>> individual days. The conference starts at day 3, the first two days are<br>
>> workshops (I think putting them into the scheduled part makes a lot of<br>
>> sense).<br>
>><br>
>> If don't agree with the selection, raise your voice, now is the chance<br>
>> to change things.<br>
>><br>
>> Over the next few days, I'll also schedule the other rooms.<br>
>><br>
>> [1]: <a href="http://frab.fossgis-konferenz.de/en/foss4g-2016/public/schedule" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://frab.fossgis-konferenz.de/en/foss4g-2016/public/schedule</a><br>
>><br>
>> Cheers,<br>
>> Volker<br>
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