Re: [EuroPython] scheduling

2005-06-09 Thread Jacob Hallén
On torsdag 09 juni 2005 21:01, Ken Rimey wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to suggest maybe scheduling Jukka Laurila's talk > about "Python on the Phone" a bit earlier in the conference. > My own talk on experience with Python for Series 60 would > more naturally follow his, although this is not essential.

[EuroPython] scheduling

2005-06-09 Thread Ken Rimey
Hi, I'd like to suggest maybe scheduling Jukka Laurila's talk about "Python on the Phone" a bit earlier in the conference. My own talk on experience with Python for Series 60 would more naturally follow his, although this is not essential. Ken Rimey __

Re: [EuroPython] Scheduling meeting and scheduling input

2005-06-09 Thread Beatrice Fontaine
On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 14:56, Magnus Lycka wrote: > > I have made a first draft schedule at: > > http://www.strakt.com/~jacob/europython/schedule.html > > Thanks Jacob, the conference suddenly seems more "real" > when you see it like this. :) I hope to see a set schedule > soon at the web site. >

Re: [EuroPython] Scheduling meeting and scheduling input

2005-06-09 Thread Magnus Lycka
> I have made a first draft schedule at: > http://www.strakt.com/~jacob/europython/schedule.html Thanks Jacob, the conference suddenly seems more "real" when you see it like this. :) I hope to see a set schedule soon at the web site. Bea and Harald: Johan Andersson's talk "Tests for team motivat

Re: [EuroPython] Scheduling meeting and scheduling input

2005-06-09 Thread Harald Armin Massa
Dear Jacob, thank you for proclaiming that schedule! Within the tutorials track, we have the following talk schedule agreement: 1) we will start with an "KickStart Workshop / Seminar". This will be together with Social Skills; there will be a very empowering seminar on persuading people and se

Re: [EuroPython] Scheduling meeting and scheduling input

2005-06-09 Thread Jacob Hallen
torsdag 09 juni 2005 08.50 skrev Harald Armin Massa: > Dear Jacob, > > thank you for proclaiming that schedule! Within the tutorials track, we > have the following talk schedule agreement: > > 1) we will start with an "KickStart Workshop / Seminar". This will be > together with Social Skills; there

[EuroPython] Scheduling meeting and scheduling input

2005-06-09 Thread Jacob Hallen
There is a scheduling meeting on Thursday 9 June at 17.30 CEST. As usual we are on the Freenode IRC channel. I have made a first draft schedule at: http://www.strakt.com/~jacob/europython/schedule.html The purpose of this schedule is to allocate time between the different tracks and to allocate

Re: [EuroPython] Scheduling call for papers and acceptance of talks

2005-03-07 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
Paul Everitt wrote: On Feb 24, 2005, at 9:53 AM, Chris Withers wrote: Heimo Laukkanen wrote: Talk acceptance: - require the actual presentation to be submitted ( we've been very flexible with this previously ) Why is this a requirement? During the Plone Con in Vienna, I noticed lots of people

Re: [EuroPython] Scheduling call for papers and acceptance of talks

2005-03-02 Thread Chris Withers
Paul Everitt wrote: During the Plone Con in Vienna, I noticed lots of people sitting outside. I asked a few what were the reasons. The main one was, they liked to socialize. :^) However, some folks also seemed disappointed with the quality of some presentations. That IS a shame :-S I'm intere

Re: [EuroPython] Scheduling call for papers and acceptance of talks

2005-03-02 Thread Chris Withers
Paul Everitt wrote: Again, should we try to improve the quality? If there isn't a strong opinion that this needs attention, Heimo and I will drop it. If it is worth looking into, though, how can we achieve it? It won't help getting reading for this year, but how about some kind of rating syst

Re: [EuroPython] Scheduling call for papers and acceptance of talks

2005-02-27 Thread Nicolas Chauvat
On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 11:31:39AM +, Paul Everitt wrote: > liked to socialize. :^) However, some folks also seemed disappointed > with the quality of some presentations. > > ask people to prepare in advance. Benefits: people don't throw > something together at the last minute, we attract

Re: [EuroPython] Scheduling call for papers and acceptance of talks

2005-02-27 Thread Paul Everitt
I totally agree with you, that presentation material is overrated and should be subservient to the presenter. And yes, this fact is mostly missed by terrified speakers that recite their bulleted lists to the audience. :^) Still, we need *some* kind of metric on which to base talk selection.

Re: [EuroPython] Scheduling call for papers and acceptance of talks

2005-02-27 Thread Paul Everitt
On Feb 24, 2005, at 9:53 AM, Chris Withers wrote: Heimo Laukkanen wrote: Talk acceptance: - require the actual presentation to be submitted ( we've been very flexible with this previously ) Why is this a requirement? During the Plone Con in Vienna, I noticed lots of people sitting outside. I

Re: [EuroPython] Scheduling call for papers and acceptance of talks

2005-02-24 Thread Harald Armin Massa
Let me second Chris, > > This is just to make sure that people don't feel too comfortable on > > what they already know and try to scrap up the presentations an hour > > before the presentation. > > This doesn't feel too valid to me. I didn't experience this with any of > the presentations

Re: [EuroPython] Scheduling call for papers and acceptance of talks

2005-02-24 Thread Chris Withers
Heimo Laukkanen wrote: Talk acceptance: - require the actual presentation to be submitted ( we've been very flexible with this previously ) Why is this a requirement? > This is just to make sure that people don't feel too comfortable on > what they already know and try to scrap up the present

[EuroPython] Scheduling call for papers and acceptance of talks

2005-02-23 Thread Heimo Laukkanen
Hi ya all, I just had a talk with Paul Everitt about the call for papers and making sure that the quality of the presentations will be high. We would like to do following on the Zope-track and ask comments/thoughts from others. Marketing: - start spreading the word about dates as soon as pos