[Foss4g2010] benchmark slot in program

[Cameron Shorter]

It is worth noting that the foss4g organising committee were 
oversubscribed for presentations to the tune of ~ 3:1.

Yes, the committee could prevent 17 presentations from competing against 
the shoot out, but that would mean 17 less presentations.

It is a tough call, with no easy answer, and I fully understand why the 
organising committee have decided upon this decision in the program.

On 28/08/10 07:04, Lorenzo Becchi wrote:
> Hi guys, thanks for all your comments.
> It took long time to evaluate all the options that where behind this 
> decision.
> We will do our best to see if we can find another arrangement but, 
> until then, the program will remain as it is.
>
> regards
> Lorenzo
>
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Marc Jansen <jansen at terrestris.de 
> <mailto:jansen at terrestris.de>> wrote:
>
>     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
>
>
>
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