Judging from the replies the 11th - 12th July are good for SOTM09, with the possibility of adding days either side for un-conferences, mapping, workshops etc.
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Inge Wallin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 24 September 2008 12:46:44 Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote: >> El Miércoles, 24 de Septiembre de 2008, Nick Black escribió: >> > We're aiming to open the call for venues in early October (next week >> > ideally), so please let me know if the 11th - 12th July are bad for >> > you. >> >> While we're discussing the dates for SOTM09, I'd like to propose expanding >> the conferences to three days. I don't know if more people had the feeling >> that two days aren't enough. >> >> A formula that has been tested and proven is to let the actual conferences >> sit in the weekend (11th-12th jul), and plan a "workshop day" the day >> before (i.e. 10th jul). This way, lots of workshops could be programmed, >> without overlapping the talks. >> >> Does this sound right? > > I would instead propose that the talks come first and that the workshop day(s) > come afterwards. Why? Because often a lot of new ideas come up during and > because of the talks, and it is a pity if there is no time afterwards to > discuss them. > > The big KDE conference Akademy uses this formula, but the workshops are often > drawn out over several days. It's extremely successful. See > http://akademy2008.kde.org/ for this years programme. > > -Inge > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > -- Nick Black -------------------------------- http://www.blacksworld.net _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
