[FOSS4G-Oceania] Plenary Panel Session

[adam steer]

Hi Alex, all

I strongly suggest that Deanna is invited to attend this event and listen
in; and if she chooses to engage, then we can reassess how we engage next
year. I don’t doubt that she has a wealth of experience and knowledge; and
as CEO of SIBA she has an excellent platform from which to influence the
spatial industry.

However - I also see a deep set of experience, knowledge and engagement on
this committee; and in the people who have already signed up for the event.
For every person we cherrypick/parachute in, we remove an opportunity for
one of those established community members and drivers to stand in the
spotlight.

I’d go as far as to argue that keynotes have the opportunity to have their
say in their talks - and panels should selected from attendees. Perhaps
keynotes could chair sessions? …and would anyone on this committee group
say no to an invitation to sit on a panel and contribute to a discussion?
Probably not...

Getting to be more like my $2.50 rather than $0.02… happy to hear other
ideas.


On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 at 06:43, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All
>
> I agree around panelists, but this suggestion is specifically for the
> chair.
>
> Panelists will likely be formed partly of keynotes, but some others too
> (for example, Cameron has said that he would be interested in being on a
> diversity panel).
>
> Anyhow, seems that the consensus is that we shouldn't invite a panel
> chair, we should pick one from attendees. I do disagree with this, in this
> case. Here is an opportunity to bring someone along from the broader
> community, in this case, someone leading the spatial business community,
> and she will bring with her some diversity of opinion, and some deep
> insights. It is quite likely that she would register for the event, too, we
> just can't be sure about that!
>
> Cheers,
>
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 at 22:07 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> +1 Lets first look for panelist from attendees. I'm confident we will
>> have plenty to choose from. (We have good candidates within the our
>> conference committee).
>>
>> On 22/7/18 9:18 pm, adam steer wrote:
>>
>> dang, I missed that one. I think I was in the swiss mountains not caring
>> about anything electronic.
>>
>> We don’t offer one day, or one session registrations (with the exception
>> of workshops). We’re expecting general community members to turn up, we
>> should expect that people we shine the spotlight on (as panelists, chairs,
>> speakers, plenaries, keynotes) to turn up as well. Otherwise it’s a crappy
>> message.
>>
>> Are we afraid that we won’t fill a program? Are we worried that there is
>> not enough expertise in the community that *does* turn up?
>>
>> I’m not.
>>
>> …and +1 to Martin’s thoughts.
>>
>> :D
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 at 21:07, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Good point. I agree this is 'for the community, by the community' and we
>>> should aim in that direction.
>>>
>>> But recall that we did have an email discussion about non-attending
>>> speakers (email thread: *Conference Presenters and their Attendance, *27
>>> June
>>> <http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Conference-Presenters-and-their-Attendance-td5369372.html>),
>>> where this was suggested as a way to mitigate concerns around speakers not
>>> getting a discount:
>>>
>>> *“We are aiming for an engaging and participatory conference, with
>>> minimal distinction between presenters and attendees. While we really
>>> appreciate all our presenters and would love to provide them with a free
>>> ticket, we have opted instead to try and keep registration prices low and
>>> are asking presenters to purchase a registration. If that is not possible
>>> for a presenter, they may attend free of charge for the session they are
>>> presenting in, and the break immediately afterwards.”*
>>>
>>> I very much agree that the ideal is to have speakers attend, and for
>>> attendees to speak. But for those that can't/won't, we've made this
>>> accommodation. I'm supposing that this will apply to a very small number of
>>> people, in any case.
>>>
>>> So the question at hand is - do we apply this principle to a panel
>>> chair? Or do we aim for a higher standard for this level of participation?
>>>
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