On Mar 17, 2010, at 9:51 AM, Noirin Shirley wrote: > Grant, Lucene, > > Thanks for stepping up! > > To answer your first question, we're pretty limited in terms of the > number of track-days in Atlanta - if you have a proposal you think is > really stellar and going to draw crowds, we'd love to see what you're > thinking of, whether it's one day or more. But until we see what other > proposals are on the table, we can't really promise anything in terms > of how much space you'll get.
Sure, I understand. We had no problem filling the rooms for 2 days in Oakland, so I would expect likewise for Atlanta. > > In answer to your second question, we're not currently looking for > submissions for individual talks. It sounds like Mahout might not have > enough for its own program, but we're encouraging PMCs in that > situation to talk to other, related PMCs, and to come up with a joint > proposal. So if Lucene are looking for more than one day, perhaps you > could make sure Mahout are included in your submission - > alternatively, perhaps it would make sense to make two proposals, one > for "Lucene core" and one for "Lucene subprojects"? You guys are > closer to the coalface, so we're leaving it up to your judgement as to > what makes most sense. Ultimately, we're looking for strong tracks, > and that doesn't always split neatly along PMC/TLP lines. Sure, Mahout will likely only have 1 or 2 talks whereas Lucene usually has more submissions than slots. > > Whatever you decide, it would be great if you could send us a small > (c. 200 words) proposal/vision/outline for what you expect the track > to include. We're looking for something that will make us go "ooh!", > and convince the planners that there will be 100 people willing to > come to see your track :-) When do you need this by? We can have something to you by this weekend. > If Mahout want to do something themselves, > they can of course do the same - they don't have to wait til the board > passes the resolution! If they're included in your proposal, that's > fine though. OK, will do.
