On 03/28/2011 10:35 AM, Louis Desjardins wrote:
2011/3/28 a.l.e <ale.comp...@xox.ch <mailto:ale.comp...@xox.ch>>hi by reading http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Conference my conclusion is that there is no place for a panel on "How to keep and make productive libre graphics projects?" at the LGM 2011. is this correct? Hi Ale, Please make a proposal. I see no evidence that there is no room for such a panel. We're just not there yet. The program is in the gathering of proposal state, not in the conclusion state !
This is not directed at this specific proposal alone, but rather a suggestion that we get beyond the point of having panels that "seem like a good idea", yet in the end are poorly formulated, have no agenda other than some vague sense of what we want to talk about or listen to, and do not consider the makeup of the panel not just in terms of who knows what but rather consider the information-entertainment impact of particular panel members -- as many as possible that score high on the scales of "Likes to talk" and "Fun/informative to listen to".
What I am saying is that panels should be somewhat carefully constructed, that someone be in charge of a sketch of what the panel will discuss, with interaction between panel members _before_ LGM. Often I think the spontaneous interaction with the audience is enhanced by having an interesting collection of planned topics. We can also solicit feedback from attendees or at least heavily use any spontaneous feedback we get, especially when it includes superlatives, but more importantly, there should be some collected group (Board members and others) who have some sort of post event discussion about the panels, which worked and why, which didn't work and why, so that we can learn from this and use the information in future, maybe even publish on the Create list.
A positive outcome of this planning ahead is being able to build interest in the panel by including in the program something about its content. If we have a hard time making it sound interesting, maybe it's a panel that shouldn't happen.
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