[Foss4g2009] Re: Tweaking and finalising the program

[Mark Leslie]

I've had a look, and it's not easy for sure. In the original we would 
have to reconfigure between the close of Wed and the start of Tues, and 
again at lunch on Fri.  The new one has times at lunch Tues and Fri, 
after hours on Wed and Thurs and during the morning break on Thurs and Fri.

The problem is that with the addition of a keynote each morning there is 
no longer time to run morning tutorials.  That leaves us scattering them 
pretty much wherever we can.

One solution would that instead of moving the morning tutorials to 
Tuesday, we have a block after lunch on Friday and just lose two 
Tutorials.  Then as long as we're willing to accept a decreased capacity 
in the morning sessions that will happen in the tutorial rooms, we only 
need to switch things around once, and we only cut into six sessions 
capacity.  I suppose we can just accept smaller sessions in the tutorial 
rooms with the current proposal, and not drop the two tutorials.

Mark Leslie
Geospatial Software Architect
LISAsoft

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mapbutcher wrote:
> I think tables for tutorials would be very useful.
> 
> I'm intending to work Cameron's amendments into the program this weekend and
> I'll look at room allocation in an effort to minimize room reconfigurations
> - unless of course you've already looked and its not possible?
> 
> Simon
> 
> 
> 2009/2/18 Mark Leslie <mrk.leslie at gmail.com>
> 
>> One question came to mind with regard to the room layouts.  Will we require
>> a different setup for Tutorials and Sessions?  I suppose this comes down to
>> whether we are putting tables into the tutorial rooms or letting people run
>> their laptops in their laps.  I bring this up because the latest program
>> proposal has the potential to require six reconfigurations (of two rooms)
>> during three days.  The previous required two.  The addition of tables would
>> also reduce the number of people the rooms can handle.  Is everyone happy
>> running tutorials without tables?
>>
>> Mark Leslie
>> Geospatial Software Architect
>> LISAsoft
>>
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>>
>> Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>
>>> Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>
>>>> * We have a spare keynote speaker slot. Paul Ramsey has been recommended.
>>>> Paul recommends Damian Conway, who presented to rave reviews at FOSS4G 2007,
>>>> and who happens to be Australian. (Will cost us ~ $2000, which is in our
>>>> budget).
>>>> http://damian.conway.org/About_us/Bio_formal.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I've chased Damian Conway, and he has responded saying he doesn't feel he
>>> can give a worthy speech, unless he gives exactly the same speech he gave in
>>> FOSS4G 2007, which he didn't want to do.
>>>
>>> So I'm hoping Paul Ramsey will accept the offer to keynote the last day.
>>>
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