[Foss4g2010] Re: General track Abstract selection

[Volker Mische]

Hi Lluís,

I know how difficult it is to get a selection process that most people
are happy with (some will always complain). Yours sounds good and I
think it is finally transparent enough so people really now how
decisions are made.

Cheers,
  Volker

Lluís Vicens wrote:
> Dear Volker,
> 
> We don't want to turn FOSS4G2010 into a pure "academic event". Academic
> sessions will have its own track inside foss4g2010 and academic papers
> will only be reviewed by the members of the academic chair. On the
> contrary, the final program of general sessions will be designed based
> on the public voting process, plus the evaluation from the members of
> the scientific committee with the aim to combine quality & interest.
> 
> We know about the difficulty to make everyone comfortable with any
> system to select the talks but we will do what we believe that can work
> for the most. Obviously, any comment or suggestion will be appreciated
> so, thanks for expressing your thoughts.
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> Cheers,
> 
> Lluís
> 
> 
> 	
> 
> Lluís Vicens Franquesa
> Projectes i Formació
> lluis at sigte.udg.edu
> 
> *www.sigte.udg.edu* <http://www.sigte.udg.edu>
> 
> 
> 
> En/na Volker Mische ha escrit:
>>
>> On 19.04.2010 11:00, Lluís Vicens wrote:
>>>
>>> En/na Judit Mays ha escrit:
>>>> Hello dear conference organisers,
>>>>
>>>> catching up on the abstract selection: what has been decided for how
>>>> the
>>>> selection process for general track shall work?
>>>>
>>>> Now that submission deadline has passed is there a vote going on
>>>> somewhere? Who is taking part?
>>>>
>>> Dear Judit,
>>>
>>> All submitted papers will be reviewed by the members of the scientific
>>> committee[1] who are in charge to ensure the quality of the conference.
>>> They will accept (or not) submitted papers according to their knowledge
>>> and expertise and they will rank the abstracts according to the
>>> Quality/Interest for the Conference.
>>>
>>> At the same time, we are planning to implement a public voting system.
>>> Volker first and Paul offered his time and an application for the
>>> foss4g2010 (thanks, both of you!!) so, we are deciding how to proceed to
>>> make this idea a reality.
>>>
>>> We will keep you informed.
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Lluís
>>>
>>> [1] http://2010.foss4g.org/scientific.php
>>
>> I like that there is an academic track with an scientific committee
>> that reviews those according to academic standards. Though I'm not
>> sure if I like it for the general track.
>>
>> For me the FOSS4G is a geek-conference, I know others that see it as a
>> great chance to do business. But I'm not much aware of any people
>> valueing the FOSS4G as a great academic conference.
>>
>> Lasts years Abstract selection wasn't perfect, there are definitely
>> ways to improve it, though I think we were on the right track. I think
>> the mix of people who made the final selection was a great and they
>> made a great conference possible in 2009.
>>
>> Those people might have been biased in certain direction, but
>> sometimes that was even a good thing. Some of them wanted to have more
>> geeky topics (like me), some others wanted to make sure there are also
>> talks for people with business perspective, others made sure the
>> selection included a good mix from all over the world (for not being
>> to US/European or Asia/Pacific specific). I even tried that as many
>> people as possible were able to have a talk, and that not one person
>> presents 5 talks.
>>
>> As you can see it was far from being scientific/academic, but for me
>> it worked well and I guess, and hope, for others as well.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>   Volker
>>
>>