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

[Greg Lauer]

+1

> On 24 Mar 2019, at 09:37, adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> 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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