[Foss4g2009] Website Submissions
Cameron Shorter
cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Mon Jan 19 15:33:56 EST 2009
Simon,
I can't see a spot for sponsors on the front page, similar to what was
done for 2007:
http://www.foss4g2007.org/
Have you got that covered?
mapbutcher wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Uploaded reordered left hand menu:
> http://www.mapbutcher.com/foss4g2009/index.html
>
> Now includes a sponsorship page with some content
> http://www.mapbutcher.com/foss4g2009/sponsorship/
>
> This is from the last version of the prospectus which we'll upload
> when its available later this month.
>
> I've removed the link to OCS prior to the Login & Registration links
> on the submission guide page
> http://www.mapbutcher.com/foss4g2009/submissions/
>
> Lorenzo - cheers for the comments - I've added the notice for existing
> users. Rob, I'll look into amending the OCS forms but i rather like
> the idea of assigning myself a rank - I'd like to be a commodore :)
>
> Simon
>
>
> 2009/1/19 Lorenzo Becchi <lorenzo at ominiverdi.com
> <mailto:lorenzo at ominiverdi.com>>
>
> my experience submitting...
>
> 1) Submission page
> very nice and clear, I would just add the comment that the user is
> or should be subscribed to "OSGeo Open Conference Sistem".
> so if they've been in south africa they already have a user.
>
> 2) logging
> happy to find my data registered from last submission for foss4g2009
>
> 3) writing
> I like the HTML editor, you can easily add links
>
> 4) file upload
> neat
>
> ciao
> lorenzo
>
>
>
>
> mapbutcher wrote:
>
> Thanks to all for the feedback so far - appreciated - I'll
> make a new set of updates and post a revised version over the
> next few days
>
> Simon
>
>
> 2009/1/19 Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca
> <mailto:pramsey at cleverelephant.ca>
> <mailto:pramsey at cleverelephant.ca
> <mailto:pramsey at cleverelephant.ca>>>
>
>
> The aesthetics so far are really terrific.
> I'd suggest you think about what's important going forward, and
> promote some items from the sub-menus and demote others.
> For example,
> submitting papers and workshops should be more prominent, the
> committee information less so, sponsoring should be
> prominent, etc.
>
> P.
>
> 2009/1/18 mapbutcher <mapbutcher at mapbutcher.com
> <mailto:mapbutcher at mapbutcher.com>
> <mailto:mapbutcher at mapbutcher.com
> <mailto:mapbutcher at mapbutcher.com>>>:
>
> > Folks,
> > I have made a series of changes to the current site which
> can be
> viewed
> > here:
> > http://www.mapbutcher.com/foss4g2009/
> >
> > Note there is a new left hand menu option: Programme with the
> following sub
> > menu items:
> >
> > Conference Schedule
> > Speakers
> > Presentations
> > Workshops
> > Tutorials
> > Posters
> > CCIP
> > Events & Activities
> > Submission Guidelines
> >
> > I have added what content I can at this stage - the main
> focus
> has been
> > around the Submission Guidelines and Workshop pages. The
> Submission
> > Guidelines page contains guidance and links to our OCS
> instance
> which I have
> > set up. I can't make the scheduled meeting this week
> because of
> > work commitments - perhaps the following can be added to
> the agenda?
> >
> > Do we want to provide Author Guidelines?
> > Time can you supply some blurb for the speaker page?
> > Could someone provide a description of the tutorial
> format so we
> can add
> > this to the tutorial page?
> > When should we open call for tutorial submissions?
> > Anybody want to add content for the poster page - Jody do
> you have
> > experience from previous years?
> > When should we open call for poster submissions - what is the
> format of the
> > submission?
> > Cameron are you happy with the CCIP page - any more input?
> > Events and activities - if we're happy with Shelbourne
> shall we
> add this as
> > the 'welcome reception drinks'?
> > Submission Acknowledgement email - Cameron within OCS we can
> configure the
> > submission acknowledgement email - could you scratch
> something
> together?
> > Presentation Themes - are we going to have a set of suggested
> themes?
> >
> > Can all OC members please create an account in OCS if they do
> not already
> > have one - and I will add them into the organising team page
> within the OCS
> > instance + I'd like us to test the submission process to iron
> out issues
> > before 2nd Feb.
> >
> > In relation to workshops:
> > Mark wrote on the 13th Jan:
> > "Scanning through the docs, I don't see any plan as to how we
> will be
> > accepting submissions. I would expect setting up a
> word-doc or
> pdf template
> > and getting people to just email them in is fine, there
> shouldn't be an
> > unwieldy volume. Unfortunately, since the workshop pages of
> previous
> > conferences seem to get retasked with descriptions of the
> selected
> > workshops, I don't actually have previous instructions or
> templates. Can
> > anybody direct me to some?"
> > Are you happy for us to push the submissions through OCS
> - can
> you give it a
> > whirl - do we need to make changes etc?
> > Mark - If you create an OCS account I'll add you as 'track
> director' for the
> > workshops
> > Mark - should we add in a blurb about the workshop
> submissions
> into the
> > track policy on the OCS
> > instance?:
>
> http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g2009/sydney/schedConf/trackPolicies
> > Simon
> >
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