[Foss4g2010] benchmark slot in program

[Marc Jansen]

Hi list,

I mostly share the concerns expressed by Bart 
(http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g2010/2010-August/000521.html, 
original text below) regarding the presentation of the WMS benchmark 
parallel to 17 other talks.

As Bart already said, the shootout was one of the highest ranked 
abstracts of the last FOSS4G and the talk itself was one of the 
definitive highlights of the conference. I'd guess that few people would 
choose to miss the benchmark... and therefore lots of them are forced to 
miss the talks running parallel.

I am aware that it is a *very* difficult task to build a nice programm 
for everyone and I am sure that the local team did a good job so that 
this years FOSS4G will be as interesting as ever, but I think that the 
placement of the shootout/benchmark is a mistake that should be 
corrected if possible.

Best regards,
Marc



Barts original email:

Hi list,

I want to express my concerns regarding the choice of the benchmark slot
in the FOSS4G 2010 program.

In 2009 the benchmark was a plenary event at the end of the conference,
and this made it very successfull, it was the highlight of the conference
for a lot of people. Almost everybody has an interest in the benchmark
exercise, so this makes it a good choice for a plenary event.

Also, I don't think it is fair to the people presenting in slots parallel
to the benchmark exercise, since they won't have a large audience for
sure. It also means that a lot of interesting presentations need be to
missed if one wants to attend the benchmark presentation.

I also think 1,5 hours is too long, 30-45 minutes would be perfect.

Would you please reconsider this?

TIA.

Best regards,
Bart