[Foss4g2009] Workshop / Tutorial Submission Templates

[Mark Leslie]

Templates updated, and in nasty Word Template format as well.

Asking questions and reading reviews, it's starting to be clear that 
beginner workshops are really where our target audience wants to be. 
I'm going to recommend that, largely due to our reduced number of 
workshops over previous years, we bias the workshops heavily towards 
beginner sessions, but try to balance the tutorials across the three 
sections.

I've also taken a stab at stealing workshop selection criteria, which 
now lives at 
<http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Workshop_Selection_Criteria> and 
is available for review and comment.


Mark Leslie
Geospatial Software Architect
LISAsoft

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Mark Leslie wrote:
> Hmm, I was under the impression that the workshops were traditionally 
> beginner-heavy, but looking back that doesn't seem to be the case.  The 
> numbers for 2007 are
> Workshops: 12
>   Beginner: 4
>   Advanced: 3
>   Developer: 3
>   Advanced Developer: 1
>   Intermediate: 1
> Tutorials: 16
>   Beginner: 10
>   Advanced: 3
>   Developer: 2
>   Beginner/Advanced: 1
> 
> Excluding those that didn't fill out the form properly, it seems there 
> was a pretty even balance in workshops with the shorter sessions being 
> more beginner oriented.
> 
> 2008 doesn't seem to list this.
> 
> At any rate, I think you've got it right, defining User vs. Developer. 
> I'll update the templates today, and add a short explanation line like I 
> have for the other sections.  I'll also take a shot at outlining some 
> selection criteria on the wiki.
> 
> Mark Leslie
> Geospatial Software Architect
> LISAsoft
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Ph: +61 2 8570 5000 Fax: +61 2 8570 5099 Mob: +61
> Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf 19-21 Pirrama Rd Pyrmont NSW 2009
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> LISAsoft is part of the A2end Group of Companies
> http://www.ardec.com.au
> http://www.lisasoft.com
> http://www.terrapages.com
> 
> 
> Doug White wrote:
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>> I think the templates look good, I would agree with Daniels comments 
>> somewhat. It seems like the 2007 categories equate to something like...
>>
>> Beginner User
>> Advanced User
>> Developer (advanced prerequisite knowledge)
>>
>> I am not sure how the workshop attendees would break down into these 
>> categories, it's obviously of little financial benefit to hold a 
>> beginner workshop if people are only likely to attend the advanced and 
>> developer level. On the other hand beginners probably don't want to be 
>> in a developer workshop learning C code either.
>>
>> Maybe tutorial sessions could cater more for beginners, with material 
>> that could be taken away and worked through at leisure?
>>
>> Doug.
>>
>> Mark Leslie wrote:
>>> Daniel Kastl wrote:
>>>> Mark Leslie schrieb:
>>>>> After having Jody fill out a template, there were a number of changes
>>>>> and clarifications needed.  I've also put the effort into making
>>>>> something presentable, so here are the next-generation of submission
>>>>> templates for comment.  This time, they're even in template form :)
>>>>>
>>>> Hi Mark,
>>>>
>>>> Looking into the workshop submission template I remember that in 2007
>>>> there was the same choice
>>>>
>>>> ----
>>>> User Level (choose one):
>>>>     ? Beginner
>>>>     ? Advanced
>>>>     ? Developer
>>>> ----
>>>>
>>>> I (pgRouting workshop) wasn't sure whether to choose "Advanced" or
>>>> "Developer" (probably both?).
>>>> Well, it's not a critical issue, just thought something like
>>>> "Beginner/Advanced/Expert" and/or "User/Developer" would be unambiguous
>>>> and more clear.
>>>>
>>>> Daniel
>>>>
>>>
>>> This is a very good point.  To try and clarify my understanding it 
>>> should read more like this:
>>>
>>>  User Level (choose one):
>>>      ? Beginner
>>>      ? Advanced: Non-developer
>>>      ? Advanced: Developer
>>>
>>> This was copied from the 2007 template, so I'm not sure if this was 
>>> the intent then, but it's what I've expected.  This then begs the 
>>> question, can we have "Beginner: Developer" workshops or tutorials?
>>>
>>> Mark Leslie
>>> Geospatial Software Architect
>>> LISAsoft
>>>
>>
> 
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