On 19 February 2015 at 22:55, Hadrian Zbarcea <hzbar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I reviewed all 239 proposals and selected the following (most interesting > first): > > #85 > #145 > #201 > #188 > #58 > #155 > I have changed the above 6 talks to ACCEPTED and track: integration in MASTER I have to wait on Rich get copy them into the schedule (after his presentation sometime today). rgds jan > #237 - speaker has another accepted talk > > > Interesting, but: > #39 - bordering the big-data side > #64 - sounds more suitable for a business track > #13 - already a few other kafka presentations > #202 - less focused than #201 > #106 - #155 is more interesting > #138 - #155 is more interesting > #236 - less interesting than #237 (and #238 accepted) > > Notes: > * I would have put #237 higher up, but speaker already has #238 accepted. > * I selected 7 in the first section; (at least) one will end up on the > waiting list > * there are a few kafka presentations I ignored, already a few accepted > ones > * #35 sounds very interesting, but doesn't belong to this track > > Please review and decide. Feel free to change or reshuffle as necessary. > > Cheers, > Hadrian > > > > > On 02/19/2015 11:05 AM, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) wrote: > >> I just added 4 sessions. There is one more for the community track if Joe >> wants it (not in CFP). So there is space for a 6 session track from Hadrian. >> >> Sent from my Windows Phone >> ________________________________ >> From: jan i<mailto:j...@apache.org> >> Sent: 2/19/2015 7:59 AM >> To: dev@community.apache.org<mailto:dev@community.apache.org> >> Subject: Re: ApacheCon Schedule >> >> On 19 February 2015 at 16:49, Hadrian Zbarcea <hzbar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Traditionally we had an integration track at ApacheCon. I volunteered to >>> run it this year, but there was virtually no answer from the PMCs. >>> >>> I see however that there are more than enough proposals to put together >> a 6 >> >>> talks integration track for Wed. If I could get a second, I'll get on it >>> and have it done probably before the end of the day. >>> >>> Rich is boarding his plane now, but I am fine with such a track...but >> please coordinate the number of free spaces with Ross, so we avoid double >> bookings. >> >> rgds >> jan i >> >> >> Cheers >>> Hadrian >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 02/19/2015 10:29 AM, jan i wrote: >>> >>> On 19 February 2015 at 15:05, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> For those not involved in the process so far, I appreciate your >>>> patience, >>>> >>>>> and your suffering in the dark. Making the schedule public too early >>>>> caused >>>>> significant logistical problems last two times (people thinking they >>>>> knew >>>>> things that they didn't know, and making travel plans accordingly), and >>>>> we >>>>> want to avoid that nightmare this time around. >>>>> >>>>> For those involved in the process so far: >>>>> >>>>> It looks like we're done with the ApacheCon schedule. Sort of. We've >>>>> got >>>>> 7 >>>>> tracks, three days, which I think is probably just the right volume. >>>>> >>>>> Please look at the DRAFT schedule, and comment in this thread. I, for >>>>> one, >>>>> think we have a kickin' schedule. >>>>> >>>>> Problems that I think still need solving: >>>>> >>>>> * We have an empty spot in the community track. Given that community is >>>>> what we *do*, it seems that we could come up with 6 community talks to >>>>> schedule, and have a few fallbacks. If folks could look through the >>>>> not-yet-accepted list with me and see what you can find, that would be >>>>> awesome. >>>>> >>>>> I did not find what I thought was a really strong community talk. >>>>> >>>> * We have 16 open slots. We don't need to fill all of them - we need >>>> to >>>> >>>>> leave 6 or 7 slots open for vendor-sponsored talks (Don't worry, these >>>>> will >>>>> NOT be product pitches) which will show up over the coming weeks. (LF's >>>>> problem, not ours.) But I think we can probably put together a few >>>>> half-day >>>>> tracks if we put our minds to it. We have an entire day/track on >>>>> Wednesday, >>>>> if someone still thinks that they can put together a complete track (6 >>>>> talks). >>>>> >>>>> * We need more wait-listed talks. We currently have 6 waitlisted talks, >>>>> and I'm probably going to take several of those right now to fill in >>>>> some >>>>> empties. >>>>> >>>>> I am now on my second iteration, to mark talks as wait-listed. The >>>>> >>>> definition is pretty simple, it need to be an unscheduled talk (of >>>> course) >>>> and the speaker must have an accepted talk. >>>> >>>> >>>> * We have the problem that's not a problem, which is that we had 239 >>>> >>>>> submissions, and have only accepted 115 talks - less than half. So >>>>> we'll >>>>> get a LOT of "why wasn't my talk accepted" emails, and I never have >>>>> very >>>>> good answers to that, because the answer really is, this time, too much >>>>> content, too little space. But the questions will come, and that's a >>>>> very >>>>> unsatisfying answer to people that have put time and effort into >>>>> crafting >>>>> talk abstracts. >>>>> >>>>> This is really a good argument for pushing more out to the PMCs and >>>>> have >>>>> >>>> track chairs, who start before CFP officially opens, so they can help >>>> create the right talks. >>>> >>>> I take this as a lesson learned. To be fair the track-chair idea worked >>>> better than I thought, and next time we know to push harder for that. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> If you would like to help with any of these things, please get in touch >>>>> with me. Or, just step up and claim it and do it. >>>>> >>>>> Note that I will be flying for much of today, and at a conference >>>>> Friday-Sunday, so if I'm not responsive, please ping Jan Iversen, who >>>>> can >>>>> also help you out with this - although apparently I can't make him >>>>> Owner >>>>> of >>>>> the Google Doc, so actually sharing the doc with you will be delayed, >>>>> unless you respond in the next 3 hours. >>>>> >>>>> thats me :-) >>>>> >>>> I will be available the next couple of days, and try also to be on IRC >>>> as >>>> much as possible....sadly enough sharing is left to Rich. >>>> >>>> rgds >>>> jan i >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>>> Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com - @rbowen >>>>> http://apachecon.com/ - @apachecon >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >
