Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] Ad-hoc (or self-scheduled) sessions: The process
Hi, self-scheduling has now been setup for Sunday on the Front-Desk-window. You can add your self-scheduled session by writing on the window from the outside. Please don't write from inside the Front-Desk. Make sure to submit your talk via https://debconf17.debconf.org/talks/new/ first and add the wafer ID to the slot, plus whatever you want attendees to see. Michael On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 12:24:24AM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Over the years, ad-hoc sessions have become an important part of > DebConf. Even though we put our best efforts into curating and > scheduling what we hope to be a great set of talks, the pace of > interactions is too high; ideas get bounced around, and new > discussions pop up during conversations. Ideas that you will want to > share or discuss more widely, in BoF sessions! > > So, for that to happen, we rely on the ad-hoc (also known as > self-scheduled) sessions. The process for scheduling ad-hoc talks is > as follows: > > 1. Register your session in Wafer; please mark it as belonging to the > ad-hoc track. Only sessions registered in Wafer will be scheduled. > > 1.1 Do note that you can schedule sessions you had submitted for > DebConf but were not accepted for the main program. > > 2. There will be a whiteboard available at the Front Desk with the > available slots for the next day. Write up your talk ID in the > slot you want to use. The whiteboard is authoritative and speaks > the truth! > > 2.1 You are invited to also write up the title and your name, so > it serves as an early indication/advertisement to others that > might look > > 2.2 Only slots for the next day will be available. Self-scheduling > can only be done at the end of dinner (19:00) of the day > before. At that time, a photo of the whiteboard will be taken, > and it will be emptied for the next day. > > 2.3 Over the day, we will work on a best-effort basis to update > the schedule online. We can only commit to update it at the > end of the day. > > 3. Every morning, we will put up schedule printouts for the day, >with your self-scheduled sessions included. > > 4. For logistical reasons, only Rex, Woody and Potato will be >available for self-scheduling. > > 5. No video coverage will be provided for self-scheduled sessions. > >5.1 Note that if recording the video and making it available is > important to you, it can usually be done with decent > results using personal cameras. If you do it and the > resulting quality is satisfying, it can be accepted in the > meetings-archive, under a contrib/ directory. > > For any further questions. ask your friendly Content Team members on site! > ___ > Debconf-announce mailing list > debconf-annou...@lists.debconf.org > http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-announce ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] Ad-hoc (or self-scheduled) sessions: The process
Hi, On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 12:24:24AM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > > So, for that to happen, we rely on the ad-hoc (also known as > self-scheduled) sessions. The process for scheduling ad-hoc talks is > as follows: > > 1. Register your session in Wafer; please mark it as belonging to the > ad-hoc track. Only sessions registered in Wafer will be scheduled. > > 1.1 Do note that you can schedule sessions you had submitted for > DebConf but were not accepted for the main program. What is Wafer and how to I "get" to it? Not via https://debconf17.debconf.org/talks/new/ , it seems. IIRC Nattie explained this on IRC but I can't find the answer anymore; it would likely also be usefull to have the answer here. Thanks for helping organising DebConf; you rock! Bye, Joost -- Save energy: be apathetic. ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] Ad-hoc (or self-scheduled) sessions: The process
Bradley M. Kuhn dijo [Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 11:16:42AM -0700]: > > 2.2 Only slots for the next day will be available. Self-scheduling > > can only be done at the end of dinner (19:00) of the day before. > > Do you mean to say that everyone who wants to self-schedule should show up > at the whiteboard exactly at 19:00 and queue to add their sessions? A > strict reading indicates that, but... > > Based on context, I think that you're saying that 19:00 is the deadline, not > the "only time". If so, then I think the announcement email left ambiguous > what the earliest time is to begin self-scheduling for a given day. > > (At least slightly) sorry to be pedantic, Sorry for the ambiguity. The whiteboard should™ be available at all times, and you can write your session up in it at any moment (_AFTER_ registering it in Wafer). Around 19:00 every day, a Content Team member will go to the board, note down its contents (either take a photo, copy to a piece of paper, or directly implement it in Wafer), and erase the whiteboard, preparing it for the next day. So, if you get to Front Desk on Monday between opening time and 18:59, your talks will be scheduled for Tuesday. If you get to the Front Desk at 19:05 (and we are strict in our timekeeping - Please leave us some tolerance!), your talks will be scheduled for Thursday (because on Wednesday we will be on a daytrip :-P) Greetings, ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] Ad-hoc (or self-scheduled) sessions: The process
Gunnar Wolf wrote at 22:24 (PDT) on Wednesday: > 2.2 Only slots for the next day will be available. Self-scheduling > can only be done at the end of dinner (19:00) of the day before. Do you mean to say that everyone who wants to self-schedule should show up at the whiteboard exactly at 19:00 and queue to add their sessions? A strict reading indicates that, but... Based on context, I think that you're saying that 19:00 is the deadline, not the "only time". If so, then I think the announcement email left ambiguous what the earliest time is to begin self-scheduling for a given day. (At least slightly) sorry to be pedantic, -- -- bkuhn ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
