[FOSS4G-Oceania] Lightning Talks Proposal (and Georabble)

[Cameron Shorter]

Lightning talks follow a very similar formula to Georable talks, and I'd 
suggest we discuss these together.

We've mentioned that we might set up a Georabble night, and maybe 
combine it with delegates from the ESRI day.
Has anyone reached out to the Georabble community in Melbourne yet? Do 
we have a contact for such a person (maybe they are on this list 
already?) Maybe we could invite the Georabble community to organise 
lightning talks and georabble talks together?

On 13/6/18 7:17 am, Alex Leith wrote:
> Ok, sounds like they're in the call for papers.
>
> I'll ask Cholena to add another field to the form.
>
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 at 05:56 John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com 
> <mailto:johnwbryant at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     +1 for lightning talks.
>
>     +1 for putting them in the program/call for papers, and filling
>     them up on the day if required.
>
>     While it *might* be a bit simpler right now to leave them out of
>     the call for papers, I feel it adds one more thing to organise on
>     the run during the conference, and I suspect we will have plenty
>     to do.
>
On 12/6/18 1:14 am, Greg Lauer wrote:
> I am in agreement with Adams comments below
>
> On 10 Jun 2018, at 19:05, adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com 
> <mailto:adam.d.steer at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> +1 to lightning talks, and Andrew brings up a new motion:
>>
>> => put lighting talks in the program (and hence call for papers), 
>> with any spare slots to be filled on the day.
>>
>> +1 from me, noting impact it will have on general track program 
>> management...

On 11/6/18 11:39 am, Andrew Harvey wrote:
> +1 on lightning talks.
>
> I'd prefer to see these included in the program, even though they are 
> only 5 minutes, speakers would still need to prepare, so I they might 
> run better if committed to prior to the conference. Good for speakers 
> since they know they'll get a spot or not.
>
> Still fine to allow some time for any last minute additions if there's 
> space.
>
> On 10 June 2018 at 09:52, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com 
> <mailto:alexgleith at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi All
>
>     I wanted to put past you my thoughts around lightning talks.
>
>     What I suggest we do is the following:
>
>       * Set aside a stream in the afternoon on the first day for
>         lightning talks
>       * Set up a board somewhere prominent where people put their
>         names up to present a lightning talk (5 minutes max)
>       * There's a limit to the number of talks, probably 12 so that it
>         fits in the session lenght
>       * That session is hopefully dynamic and fun and just a little
>         bit chaotic!
>
>
>     I'd be happy to moderate the lightning talks. I think it will
>     provide something interesting and different.
>
>     The alternate is to include them in the CfP, but I think it better
>     to keep that simple.
>
>     I'm very interested in your views!
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     Alex
>     -- 
>
>     Alex Leith
>     0419 189 050
>
>

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