[Foss4g2009] Website Submissions
mapbutcher
mapbutcher at mapbutcher.com
Mon Jan 19 16:44:33 EST 2009
Cameron,
I was planning to move the 'stay connected' stuff over to the right - cut
the text under OSGeo (perhaps?) and free up the right hand panel for sponsor
logo's
Simon
2009/1/20 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> 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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