Hoss, I think you are right. We can send them both blurbs, that way they have them. I notice Sally has put out a Biz. Track CFP already. I'll submit both (with the edits)
-Grant On Mar 23, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Chris Hostetter wrote: > > : Riffing off of last years... Could use a little more meat, IMO, but I > don't think my brain is on yet. > > I got the sense from Norin's email that what they're really looking for at > this time is a "vision" statement of what we intend/expect the Lucene > track to be like. This feels like a good marketing blub to entice/impress > perspective attendees, whereas i think what would be ideal for now is a > blurb intended to entice/impress the confrence organizers. > > Perhaps we should focus more on the type of info in your second paragraph > -- stressing the type of track we hope to have, and the expected audience > (and audience sizes) ? > > Off the cuff here... > > --- > Based on size of hte LUcene community, and the success of the Lucene track > at previous confrences, we believes there is sufficient intrest in a > two-day track of sessions focusing on the broader Lucene Ecosystem > (Solr, Nutch, Tika, Mahout, Lucene-Java, and Lucene ports to other > langauges) ... > > * Day #1: Focusing on introductory material for beginer and > novice users of Lucene products. These types of talks have > routinely been "standing room only" at previous confrences. > (In rooms with 100+ chairs) > - High level introduction to the Lucene Ecosystem > - Deep dives and demonstrations of the features of various > Lucene (and related) products: Lucene-Java, Solr, Nutch, Tika, > (and Mahout?) > > * Day #2: Focusing on more detailed topics, that will appeal to more > experienced Users. While these types of talks generally attract > smaller more niche audiences then the introductory talks, they > generally still well attented. > - In depth case studies of using one or more Lucene products > - Discussions of advanced techniques for utilizing Lucene > products to solve novel problems > - emonstrations of lesser known features > > > > -Hoss -------------------------- Grant Ingersoll http://www.lucidimagination.com/ Search the Lucene ecosystem using Solr/Lucene: http://www.lucidimagination.com/search
