[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G presentation review process [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Cameron Shorter]

On 2/10/2012 5:05 PM, Barry Rowlingson wrote:
>   With my statistician hat on, and not speaking as a member of the
> committee, it seems that we have two processes going on - what sounds
> like a good talk, and who sounds like a good speaker. Maybe we should
> run two review systems - one with*just*  names and not abstracts or
> titles, and the other with just abstracts and no names. That would
> give us a measure of who the community wanted to see at the
> conference, and what the community thought were great talks unbiased
> by the name. The committee would then take both these reports into
> consideration for the final selection.
If you are inviting the community to review, then I suggest Keep the 
review process Simple.

With my "simple maths" hat on:
Expect 150+ abstracts. Each abstract takes say 2 mins to read, think 
about, and provide a ranking.
Total review time = 300 minutes = 6 hours.

Best not to complicate the review process thus increasing review time.

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