[FOSS4G-Oceania] process for sponsor-submitted talks at F4G SotM 2019

Thu Apr 4 14:45:54 PDT 2019

Hi all

Apologies for not wrapping this up ahead of the conference committee
meeting on 4 April. Over two weeks I count 8 +1s and no objections to the
motion that sponsor talks should be subject to the normal review process;
ie there is no guarantee that sponsor representatives will receive a talk
slot.

I think that's enough to go ahead and call a decisiob, and all
communications will start to focus that way. however, just in case you’ve
been sitting on a draft/dissenting set of views, I’ll leave this issue open
until Tuesday 9 April (morning giving you- effectively Friday and Monday to
have a say) - after which we’ll set this in stone, prepare a prospectus and
move on.

Regards

Adam

On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 14:21, Kim Fitter <kimfitter at yahoo.com> wrote:

> +1 for Adam's original motion too
>
> On Monday, 25 March 2019, 15:31:56 GMT+13, Trisha Moriarty <
> moriar1y at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> +1 for Adam's original motion.   I support the preference for community
> driven selection process for talks.
>
> Trisha
>
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 1:12 PM Edoardo Neerhut <ed at mapillary.com> wrote:
>
> Good idea, although probably best to have this in a doc.
>
> Let's start listing ideas for each tier here
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dzb0WV8Wtn2n4hSkagzV2aWOJOK_Hkkw6rIk8QdagqI/edit#>
> .
>
> On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 12:50, adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Alex, Ed
>
> let’s start a new thread with ‘ideas for sponsors’. My vote on sponsor
> content at social events will be the same as last year ;)
>
> Cheers
>
> Adam
>
> On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 12:30, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I mentioned this last year, but at our local SSSI conferences we’ve
> allowed the dinner or drinks sponsor to give an address at the dinner, or
> before the drinks. That could work with the $10,000 tier we have proposed
> here. It could even be at the icebreaker?
>
> On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 12:28 pm, Edoardo Neerhut <ed at mapillary.com> wrote:
>
> +1 to an unbiased and fair selection process on presentations.
>
> I think we need to be creative and find other ways to add value to
> sponsors, particularly those who sign on in the higher tiers. Ideas are
> welcome on this front.
>
> On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 11:30, Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
>
> Can we also check what is the accepted practice in the general FOSS4G
> series ( NA, Europe, global, etc)? This may give us arguments for one
> arrangement against another.
>
>
>
> My +1 for Adam’s solution still holds.
>
> M.
>
>
>
> *From: *FOSS4G-Oceania <foss4g-oceania-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf
> of adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com>
> *Date: *Monday, 25 March 2019 at 9:08 am
> *To: *Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> *Cc: *foss4g-oceania <foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [FOSS4G-Oceania] process for sponsor-submitted talks at
> F4G SotM 2019
>
>
>
> Hi Cameron
>
>
>
> ‘should we have a sponsor pitch session’ is another motion / discussion. I
> personally don’t like these - and feel that the plenary intro / sponsor
> thanks spiel will point people in the direction of where to find them for
> more information. In this case I feel tipping the balance consciously
> toward a ‘community feel’ as far as possible is the best approach.
>
>
>
> Having said that, there’s a lot of conversation with the sponsorship team
> to have over how to operate this stuff for 2019. The programme is still
> very much vaporware.
>
>
>
> I felt the balance people struck in talks (even from a few
> biggishcorporation folks) was about right in 2018; mostly aiming to educate
> with a bit of ‘heres the company I work for and what we do’.
>
>
>
> It’s a good point to raise, and we can certainly include that intention in
> the CfP.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Adam
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 06:20, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> This is a delicate balance question.
>
> We really appreciate sponsors as they enable us to attract community by
> keeping costs to attendees down, pay for travel grant programs, and cover
> the community day. We should say that ourselves. I think we should follow
> that with a  60 second pitch session for big roller sponsors to pitch their
> company, and then refer back to their booth for more info. (That should be
> at the start of the conference within a plenary).
>
> We should then state that our strong preference for talks (as per our
> selection criteria) is no sales pitches. Yes, you can say where you work,
> yes you can apply a very subtle reference back to you company, but that
> should be it. (Paul Ramsey is very good at getting this balance right.)
>
> +1, For all other talks, we should select based on existing merit criteria
> (and not on how much you pay).
>
> Cameron
>
> On 24/3/19 1:37 pm, adam steer wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
>
>
> In our latest FOSS4G SotM 2019 committee meeting there was a short
> discussion about how to manage talks submitted by sponsors (minutes will
> come soon, the 2019 conference wiki page at osgeo.org is just being
> started)
>
>
>
> In 2018, we decided that sponsor-submitted talks should go through the
> normal process - that is, there is no guaranteed talk slot for sponsors;
> and any talks submitted by sponsors need to go through the normal community
> review + committee filter.
>
>
>
> On reflection, we failed to communicate this adequately to some sponsors,
> and this year will aim to do so in the prospectus. However, in an
> open-ended feedback survey, none of the sponsors who responded indicated
> that they would prefer ‘guaranteed content’.
>
>
>
> Before we go ahead and set words in stone for 2019:
>
>
>
> Do you think that we should stick to the 2018 model - meaning that
> sponsor-submitted talks should go through the normal review process; and
> there are no guaranteed talk slots for sponsors?
>
>
>
> +1 says ‘yes’; and that’s my personal vote/preference as programme
> coordinator.
>
>
>
> Please vote, ask questions if you need more clarity, discuss - our next
> conference committee meeting is scheduled for early April; and we’d like to
> have a prospectus nearing ‘ready’ shortly after that.
>
>
>
> Thanks, and regards
>
>
>
> Adam
>
>
>
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