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
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.
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
