As a practical matter, I need to get my travel approvals and make my
travel plans quite in advance. I can only get approval for a pre-conf I
know about, so if a pre-conf comes too late, it won't be something I can
possibly attend.
I expect I am not alone here.
I would suggest that you should plan to have the pre-confs _set_ (not
just proposals received) by the time registration opens. Realistically I
usually register first, and _then_ get my approval to go, figuring if I
don't get approval I can always give up my spot.
Perhaps this is what you were already planning? As long as the pre-confs
are actually determined by registration open, I think it's reasonable.
Ideally they'd be determined in advance of registration though.
Jonathan
Kevin S. Clarke wrote:
Someone asked a good question about deadlines for preconference
proposals. I didn't set one because I don't expect we'll reach the
max number of spaces. We will have to have all the proposals a week
or so before registration though. If we start pushing up against the
amount of space that we have, I'll call for any last proposals (so
that if we need to vote we can... I'm not expecting us to get that
many though).
Kevin
