[FOSS4G2007] Re: [OSGeo-Conf] Dates for Papers

[Low, Brian]

Hi all,

I agree with Frank,  well planned out workshops are a big selling point for those people who are trying to justify budget requirements for attending and participating at a conferences.  It would be nice to have these set soon and to advertise them out.

We should be a bit more flexible in the papers, presentations and posters.

Do we have agenda for teleconference yet? Number to dial?


Brian.


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-----Original Message-----
From: foss4g2007-bounces at lists.refractions.net [mailto:foss4g2007-bounces at lists.refractions.net] On Behalf Of Frank Warmerdam
Sent: January 10, 2007 1:17 PM
To: Paul Ramsey
Cc: Organizing for FOSS4G2007; conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [FOSS4G2007] Re: [OSGeo-Conf] Dates for Papers

Paul Ramsey wrote:
> One of the questions which has come up is the deadline date for 
> accepting papers.
> 
> - Our organizer suggests closing them rather early, so that the 
> selected papers can be used as part of the registration marketing 
> process.  This is the more "traditional" route.  For some conferences, 
> it goes to extremes, with the closing being as much a 6-8 months 
> before the conference itself.  Obviously, we aren't there yet.
> 
> - Historically, the conference has left them open for a very long 
> time, closing with just enough time to choose them and get them into a 
> program before the event.
> 
> Our early-bird registration closes on July 24, according to current 
> plans, which is two months before the conference date.  How does June 
> 7 sound for closing papers? (2 weeks to select, 4 weeks after that to 
> still register at the lower rate).

Paul,

In practice I find it very hard to discard good presentations/papers if there is time to include them.  So I'm fine with a declared closing date for papers of June 7th, but I'd hope when we get to it, the deadline would be extended.

I do think that workshops need to be nailed down fairly early, and that workshops are more likely to be a specific draw of attendies than papers are.  Workshops are also such a big effort that folks shouldn't be trying to pull them together at the last minute.

Best regards,
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