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

[Alex Leith]

Hey Cameron

John helps organise the GeoRabble events in Melbourne, and we have
discussed it.

For completeness, there has been a little concern around diluting our group
with a large number of 'rabblers, but it's unresolved as to whether we work
with them to run one of the social events.

In my view, it would be ideal, because it potentially removes one thing
from the big list of things that we need to organise!

Cheers,

On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 at 08:13 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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> 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> 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> 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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