Hi Bob,<div><br></div><div>No, there isn't a url with selection
criteria. We are using the same process as in previous years. The
primary factor in selection is what the community deems to be
interesting, as indicated by the results of this poll. The conference
organizing committee uses that as input to decide on the final program.
One of the main things the committee will consider in making adjustments
is the balance of the program - we will use our judgment to switch in
or out some papers if we feel certain topics or projects are over or
under represented. And we will try to make sure there is a suitable mix
of introductory and advanced topics, etc. We've discussed selection
criteria on the committee and feel there are too many variables to be
able document anything very meaningful - it basically comes down to the
judgment of the committee, who represent a wide range of experience and
backgrounds.</div>
<div><br></div><div>In previous years the poll results haven't been
published, just the final list of papers accepted by the committee, and
this is our plan for this year also. It's already a very difficult and
time consuming task for the committee to select (approximately) 120 papers from 300 very
strong submissions, even with the input from the community vote (which
is something unique to <span class="il">FOSS4G</span> among conferences
I've been involved
with). So in common with other conferences, we really can't afford to
give individual feedback or get into discussions with the 180
disappointed submitters on why they weren't selected, that's just not
going to be
practical. I think that publishing the vote results, which are the primary factor but still just part of the evaluation, would would raise more
questions than answers and make the committee's job harder than it
already is.<br>
</div>
<div><br></div><div>Hope this helps.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div> Peter.</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Moskovitz, Bob <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Bob.Moskovitz@conservation.ca.gov">Bob.Moskovitz@conservation.ca.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hi Peter,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Can you tell me if there is a url where I can find the selection criteria? Will we be able to see the results of this poll?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Thanks,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Bob</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Bob Moskovitz</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Seismic Hazards Mapping Program</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Peter Batty<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 27, 2011 3:56 PM<br><b>To:</b> foss4g2011; OSGeo Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: FOSS4G program community voting now open!</span></p></div></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">Hi all,<br><br>In response to a question I received, I wanted to let everyone know that papers that were submitted for the academic track only go through a separate review process and are not included in the community voting. A few abstracts were submitted for consideration in both the academic track and the regular program, and those are included in the community voting.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br> Peter.</p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Peter Batty <<a href="mailto:peter@ebatty.com" target="_blank">peter@ebatty.com</a>> wrote:</p><p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,<br>
<br>The community voting system is now open for FOSS4G 2011, at <a href="http://community-review.foss4g.org/" target="_blank">http://community-review.foss4g.org/</a> . Please try to take some time to review the abstracts and indicate your level of interest in each. The conference committee will use the results of the vote to help choose which presentations to accept, and to assign appropriately sized rooms based on level of interest. Voting will be open this week and next, closing on May 8th. <br>
<br>Cheers,<br><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"> Peter.</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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