On 29 June 2015 at 17:37, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > > > On 06/29/2015 11:28 AM, Pierre Smits wrote: > >> Maybe it has to do with how the event is marketed each time? We (and the >> LF) should have some statistics (graphs? Trend lines?) on past >> registrations. Or don't we measure such? For sure, when a kind of >> 'pressure' is marketed, the interested parties seem to register their >> talk. >> But it might also be that potentials are looking at each other in order to >> get a grasp of who does what. >> > > Every event, on any topic, of any size, that I have ever been affiliated > with, has had this same situation. No matter what you do, half the papers > will be submitted in the last week of the CFP. Nobody likes it, but it's > reality. > > And this time, I was part of the problem. Sorry 'bout that.
actually you submitted early compared to many. and yes, I know it is part of doing what I do, to keep my nerves in balance :-) after all I have now seen it for a couple of AC. rgds jan i. > > > -- > Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com - @rbowen > http://apachecon.com/ - @apachecon >