Update: lighting talks will start 10 minutes earlier, that means 13:50 (1:50 PM).
So, you guys be there extra early, because you are going first. At the latest 13:30 (1:30 PM)!! And please try to put all your slides in the same USB stick. Diego On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Diego Escalante Urrelo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > so you might remember there is free space in the lighting talks today > (Sunday) at 2PM. > > So all of you, get your slides ready, put them on a usb stick (the > same if you can!) and be there tomorrow *at the latest* at 1:30PM so > we can fit you into the schedule. > > It's first come, first serve, so be there ***early***. :-) > > > Diego > > On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 11:57 PM, Stéphane Maniaci > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> Today was the first day of the DesktopSummit, and a very exciting day >> for KDE & GNOME summer of code students who were to present their work >> at 17:15 in the big auditorium. Big time for us, or should I say most >> of us since three GNOME students (including myself) got cut off the >> talk not earlier than 5 minutes before the beginning. Lydia Pintscher >> told us that there were no slots left and that they had no time for >> us, basically. >> >> Really? So a couple weeks ago we got her email [0] asking who would be >> there and present, and we (the three students) answered promptly, >> saying we would attend and present. Then finally, it just doesn't >> happen? >> >> We're students, and we know our work is not the most important thing >> happening at the DesktopSummit, but that's the essential reason why we >> come. We're proud to be part of this, and showing off our work is part >> of the deal. Being wiped off without any apology or earlier notice was >> a big, big disappointment, to stick with nice words. >> >> Next year, please make sure all students get time to present, or >> extend the session, or make the students fight for their talk, >> whatever it takes, but make sure this does *not* happen this way >> again. >> >> Thank you. >> >> - Stéphane Maniaci. >> >> [0]: http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-soc/2011-July/000707.html >> _______________________________________________ >> desktop-devel-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list >> > _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
