I share your concern Stas.
But I also suspect that if the suggestions looked odd, I doubt they would
blindly accept the web-based votes. Can't entirely rule out bugs in the
voting system and people voting multiple times...
However, I think it's an excellent idea to at least get an idea of what the
people generally seem to say that they want.
At 02:22 AM 12/22/00 +0100, Stas Bekman wrote:
>Well, this is new. You choose what sessions at ApacheCon you want.
>
>I don't think it's a fair approach by ApacheCon committee, as by applying
>this approach they are going to make the big player even bigger and kill
>the emerging technologies, who will definitely not get enough quotes and
>thus will not make it in :( I'm not on the committee, so I cannot really
>influence, but I'll try anyway.
>
>So if you want to get as many mod_perl sessions as possible your voting is
>most important.
>
>The original announce is attached.
>
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>Subject: Proposals for ApacheCon 2001 in; help us choose!
>
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>Greetings!
>
>If you're not interested in Apache and the ApacheCon conferences,
>read no further.
>
>The deadline for session proposals for the ApacheCon 2001 event
>in Santa Clara in April 2001 has passed, and we have received more
>than 150 submissions. That's a lot, and we could sure use your
>help figuring out which ones to schedule (since we'll have fewer
>than half as many session slots).
>
>To help you help us, two changes have been made to the ApacheCon
>Web site. The first is that anyone can now get an 'account'
>on the site, whether you've attended ApacheCon in the past or not.
>This allows you to participate in things like.. well, like the
>next item.
>
>The second change is a form that lets you rate the submissions
>according to how interested you'd be in attending if it were
>scheduled. The planners will use this feedback in figuring out
>which sessions are likely to be the best and/or most popular.
>
>Go to <URL:http://ApacheCon.Com/html/login.html>. If you already
>have an ApacheCon account, log in with it. If you've forgotten
>your password, use the lower half of the form and press 'send password.'
>If you don't have an account yet, use the lower part of the form
>and click 'create account.' In either of the last two cases,
>wait for the mail message sent to your email address, and then
>log in using the top half of the form.
>
>Once you're logged in, choose the 'rate CFPs' link under the
>ApacheCon 2001 headline.
>
>Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions..
>and thanks for your support!
>- --
>#ken P-)}
>
>Ken Coar <http://Golux.Com/coar/>
>Apache Software Foundation <http://www.apache.org/>
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