[FOSS4G2016] [Program] Lightning Talks

[Volker Mische]

Hi Till,

I don't have any plans for the weekend, so being on IRC should be possible.

Though I don't know if there's much to discuss. I'd reserve a 30min
block in the plenary session where everyone attends. I'm happy to give
up the 7 slots if needed.

Cheers,
  Volker


On 01/12/2016 04:25 PM, till.adams at fossgis.de wrote:
> Volker,
> 
> I favor the existing info-adress -- too much emailadresses and nobody
> quiet gets it any more ;-)
> 
> Looking at the times we have, there is not too much room for lightnings
> anyhow. Are you at least reachable via IRC on friday/saturday, when we
> do our working weekend here? We can discuss this more deep then.
> 
> Till
> 
> Am 2016-01-12 16:21, schrieb Volker Mische:
>> Hi Till,
>>
>> On 01/12/2016 04:12 PM, till.adams at fossgis.de wrote:
>>> Hi Volker, @all,
>>>
>>> because I recently received an email with this question - how do we
>>> proceed with Lightning Talks? I am not quite sure, but I think in the
>>> past years, it was possible to submit lightning talks via the normal cfp
>>> system.
>>>
>>> To be honest: I am not a fan of this, because lightning talks are only a
>>> nice format, if the talker is really good and has understood, that a
>>> lightning talk is more than just a "short talk" on any topic. So my
>>> suggestion would be, that we create kind of text about lightning talk
>>> for the homepage (as we do for the general talks as well) and call for
>>> lightning talk submission via email directly to us
>>> (info at foss4g2016.org). Review and acceptance of lightnings could be
>>> made, when we fix the content of the "come together sessions".
>>
>> I fully agree. That sounds like a good plan. Perhaps with yet another
>> email address (lightning at foss4g2016.org), so that someone can easily
>> take it over if needed?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>   Volker
> 
>