On 18 February 2015 at 15:16, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > As we go through this process again and make a lot of the same mistakes I > made the last two times, I'm trying really hard to keep notes so that when > I hand this over to someone else, they don't have to figure it out all over > again. I'm sure that Melissa will help me with this, but if there's > something that has worked well, please put it in this thread. Please do not > make this a bitchfest, or even a feature request list for the CFP system. > let's pretend, for the moment, that the CFP system won't change for next > time, and that we need to keep doing what we're doing now. > > So, ideally, we should start these things NOW for EU 2015. > > > * Identify track chairs, and their responsibilities, earlier > +1
> * Share the schedule draft with them as soon as there's even a wireframe, > so that folks have an idea what we're working with > +1 > * Share the main CFP spreadsheet with them earlier, so that people can > "claim" talks for their track. > No please not directly, that caused a lot of problems at ACNA,ACEU, because while you are add it, lets also change e.g. the title. I proposed a macro on top of the spreadsheet, allowing people to view open talks, and their track(s) but stopped it, because we changed the review process. > * Keep a list of likely tracks BEFORE the event, rather than trying to > sweep stuff into piles after the fact. Put this information into the CFP. > Identify projects that go with each track. Spam these projects' dev lists > mercilessly throughout the CFP period. > +1 > > * Clearly explain the role of the ASF vs the role of the LF. We are > responsible for content, and only content, LF is responsible for everything > else, and we need to stay out of their way and let them run a show. This is > hard for us, as we are tinkerers by nature, and so we need to keep > repeating this. > Actually Ross went quite a lot further in an earlier reply to me......where LF was also responsible for "which content". So we need to be precise here. I expect we are responsible for which content in the form of tracks and presentation, as well as the content of the presentations themself. > > What have I forgotten? > Based on the work I put in the last times, I believe we need a point person that coordinates the actual filling of the spreadsheet. just my 2ct. rgds jan i. > > -- > Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com - @rbowen > http://apachecon.com/ - @apachecon >
