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

[Edoardo Neerhut]

+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.
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> My +1 for Adam’s solution still holds.
>
> M.
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> *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
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> Hi Cameron
>
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>
> ‘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.
>
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> 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.
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>
> 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’.
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> It’s a good point to raise, and we can certainly include that intention in
> the CfP.
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> Regards,
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>
> Adam
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> 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)
>
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> 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.
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> 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.
>
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>
> 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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