[FOSS4G-Oceania] full day workshops?

[Alex Leith]

I'd be inclined to keep the workshops as half-day, but maybe communicate
that you could submit two proposals (like the beginner and advanced
components you mention, Martin). Then the workshop program conveners can
make a call on whether to include two different workshops, or a workshop in
two parts.

On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 at 15:30, Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:

> My 2c:
>
>    - Consider planning full day workshops so that the two half are
>    bookable separately, as a beginner/advanced bit.
>
>
>
> BUT, one main thing that most conferences do badly – the workshop chairs
> fail at moderating content and program., They just accept all. Often you
> end up with oversupply in one area, diluting the critical mass, and not
> enough offered in another. Workshop chairs should actively engage with the
> proposers if there are multiple workshops with close topics, so that they
> consider (not forced) to integrate, to provide a richer, better, more
> supported experience.
>
>
>
> In my view, this was done better last year than at any other (academic)
> conference I ever attended ( and some presenter combined forces), but can
> be further improved on.
>
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>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> M.
>
>
>
> *From: *FOSS4G-Oceania <foss4g-oceania-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf
> of adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com>
> *Date: *Tuesday, 30 April 2019 at 12:42 pm
> *To: *foss4g-oceania <foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject: *[FOSS4G-Oceania] full day workshops?
>
>
>
> Hi all
>
>
>
> Do you think we should offer full-day workshops at FOSS4G SotM Oceania in
> 2019?
>
>
>
> This will require more cat herding around the call for workshops, and
> *might* introduce additional logistical issues on the day (depending on
> what full day workshops are on offer).
>
>
>
> Full day workshops may also impact the number of different half day
> workshop presenters we can offer.
>
>
>
> A mitigation there may be that ‘full day workshops are far more likely to
> be accepted if they are collaborations’ - ie people need to team up to
> deliver them, ideally from different institutions/regions/demographic
> cohorts.
>
>
>
> On the other side of the coin, full day workshops might open up some
> really interesting / different work we just can’t fit into 3.5 hours.
>
>
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> Pricing would need to be undiscounted as the budget stands, ie one full
> day workshop price  == two half day workshops.
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>
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> Slight apologies for the long form, better to show that there’s been some
> thought applied to logistics and impacts already.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Adam
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>
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