Hi Barry, Maxi, > first of all thanks for the hard work of selecting workshops for foss4g 2013 > > I would have appreciate a acceptance/rejection message with motivation for > workshop that has not been selected.. > So that next time the proposal could be improved..
I second this. Also I would have another wish. Is there a way to understand how the workshops were chosen. I see important projects missing, whereas several have kind of "double" or even "triple" workshops. Given the few available slots, I would have expected more differentiation. Would be really keen to understand the process, if there is a simple way to do so. Thanks again for all the hard work, it is clear to everyone that it is a big challange. Andrea > > Do you think my wish could be addressed? > > Thanks, > Maxi > > > On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Barry Rowlingson > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I hope none of you on this list have missed any of the big news about >> FOSS4G2013 - we're trying to ramp up the publicity and if its not >> getting through to OSGeo-discuss list followers then we're probably >> not getting through to enough people outside it! Catch it all by >> following @foss4g and RT the good stuff. >> >> So, two weeks ago we had our second face-to-face meeting in >> Nottingham. The main agenda was selecting the programme from the >> proposals we had. The process for doing this was essentially to take >> the top 100 ranked community-rated proposals and then see which of the >> highly committee-rated proposals had been left out. They were >> considered and then we did another round of seeing which high >> community-rated proposals were still left out. After consideration of >> multiple similar papers from multiple authors and organisations we >> were left with a program which largely reflects "the will of the >> people" via the community vote. Massive thanks to Jeff McKenna for the >> community vote system. Full details of the selection process will be >> (maybe already has been) published on the OSGeo wiki. >> >> The selected proposals were tagged and published: >> >> http://2013.foss4g.org/provisional/ >> >> The Programme Team is now working hard on arranging all these talks >> and other activities into a draft timetable. We anticipate some loss >> due to cancellations but there should still be plenty of things to do. >> >> The Workshop subcommittee also revealed their selected Workshops for >> the pre-conference session, which will now run to two days. Beginner >> workshops will run mainly on the first day to allow AGI GeoComm >> conference attendees to see the delights of Open Source options. The >> provisional workshops are listed here: >> >> http://2013.foss4g.org/provisional/workshops.html >> >> Now that people mostly know what they will be getting for their money, >> we expect registrations to rise significantly. Early bird registration >> is open until the end of the month. >> >> We announced our second diamond sponsor, The Met Office - The UK's >> National Weather Service. They will be hosting the Hackathon on the >> 17th/18th September. >> >> The debate about what stuff to throw at delegates on arrival >> continues. Its unlikely there will be conference bags, so bring >> something to carry things in. >> >> We will be sorting out t-shirt designs, possibly by competition, shortly. >> >> We've also now appointed a volunteer Volunteer Coordinator, Abi Page, >> who will be helping organise the horde of dedicated volunteers crucial >> to the success of the event. >> >> The academic bursary programme was announced: >> >> http://2013.foss4g.org/registration/academic-bursaries/ >> >> which gives exceptional students and early-career researchers >> subsidised conference attendance, provided by EDINA's generous >> sponsorship. There are a limited number of these bursaries, so please >> encourage applications from your best and brightest students. Details >> and eligibility are on the web site. >> >> As usual the committee has its regular fortnightly meetings and >> continues to see a fantastic FOSS4G conference appearing over the >> horizon! >> >> Barry >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > -- > Massimiliano Cannata > > Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica > > Responsabile settore Geomatica > > > Istituto scienze della Terra > > Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design > > Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana > > Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio > > Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14 > > Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 > > [email protected] > > www.supsi.ch/ist > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
