[FOSS4G2016] [Program] Lightning Talks

[till.adams at fossgis.de]

Hey Volker,

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

Great! You might also come to Bonn ;-)
My goal for the weekend is, to have the CfP well prepared.

BTW: How is the status f the Cfp System? Did you fix the issues that 
came in by the testers and do you need a 2nd testing-round?


> 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.

Okay. We'll discuss this on friday!

Till


>
> 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
>>
>>