[Foss4g2009] Workshop / Tutorial Submission Templates

[Cameron Shorter]

Mark,
I've finally reviewed the Tutorial and Workshop templates, and they look 
very professional. Nice work.

I've added a couple of comments, primarily asking presenters to outline 
their requirements from the CCIP and LiveDVD and whether they are 
prepared to help test/support the creation of these.


Mark Leslie wrote:
> 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
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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
>>
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>> Ph: +61 2 8570 5000 Fax: +61 2 8570 5099 Mob: +61
>> Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf 19-21 Pirrama Rd Pyrmont NSW 2009
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>> LISAsoft is part of the A2end Group of Companies
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>>
>> 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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