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

[John Bryant]

Yep, I've talked to the Melbourne Georabble group about this, and there has
been a little bit of interest. Will continue to nudge them.

There has been a bit of discussion around *when* to hold such an event. My
view: on the eve of the conf, we currently have an icebreaker planned... to
me, feels like holding a Georabble at this might not mesh well - it feels
like an icebreaker for conf attendees only might be a better way for
attendees to get to know each other.

I see another option: having a Georabble on the Community Day, and opening
it up to the public.



On Tue, 12 Jun 2018 at 15:19, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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>>>
>>> Alex Leith
>>> 0419 189 050
>>>
>>
>>
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