Trying a resend, since my reply got DNS MX bounced yesterday.
On 05/02/2016 01:34 PM, Allison Randal wrote: > On 05/02/2016 01:05 PM, Gunnar Wolf wrote: >> >> Given what we have always seen at DebConf, I would: >> >> - Start a bit later. Starting at 10AM feels more natural. >> >> - Having the first break after just one session lowers IMO motivation >> for waking up early — Arriving at 11AM means only one talk lost? >> Then people will sleep late. If we are having lunch at 12:00, I >> would skip the formal morning coffee break (people can grab a coffee >> in the 15 minutes between talks). >> >> So, I'd say first talk 10:00-10:45, second talk 11:00-11:45, and >> we're set in time for the (horribly early, but who's me to judge?) >> lunch. >> >> - Lunch break should be 2h instead of 1h, so people can eat and talk >> relaxed and with good time. I'd return by 2PM. >> >> - And then, yes, two sessions, break, two sessions; 14:00-14:45, >> 15:00-15:45, 16:30-17:15, 17:30-18:15. >> >> I would even be happy if we jammed in one more session, be it >> two-break-three or three-break-two, if there's enough demand >> (i.e. enough talk submissions). Finishing the formal activities for >> dinner at 19:15 sounds quite doable, and we are often starved for >> sessions more than for dinner! ;-) > > That's very close to what I came to last night: > > 10:00-10:45am First Talk/BoF > > 10:45-11:15am Morning Tea/Coffee Break > > 11:15-12:00pm Second Talk/BoF > > 12:00pm-2:00pm Lunch Break > > 2:00pm-2:45pm Third Talk/BoF > > 3:00pm-3:45pm Fourth Talk/BoF > > 3:45pm-4:15pm Afternoon Tea/Coffee Break > > 4:15pm-5:00pm Fifth Talk/BoF > > 5:15pm-6:00pm Sixth Talk/BoF > > The big difference is just that I made the morning coffee break longer, > so the second session ends at noon, and made the afternoon coffee break > shorter, so the final session of the day ends at 6pm. But, I think it > makes sense to actually serve tea/coffee for a full hour at each break, > from 10:30-11:30 and 3:30-4:30. Not everyone will be in sessions, so it > makes sense to make the pace of service a bit more relaxed and not try > to cram everyone into the 30 minute breaks. > >> Your point is good. But then, we could pick up from the scheduling we >> had in Portland, and leave unallocated "hacking sessions" halfway >> through so that people are more at leisure. > > That can be arranged, if people want it. Though, since we are having a > full week of DebCamp ahead of time, it seems less necessary. We're only > going to have 4 days of full-sessions. > > We could also drop the final session, to end each day at 5pm, so there's > plenty of time for hacking and socializing outside of sessions. or, just > have no planned sessions in the final hour and leave it only for BoFs. > >> Spaces with no video coverage can be probably self-scheduled by having >> a blackboard or poster at the door where people pin or write their >> intended activities? > > That's fine too, but people always end up asking for their "spontaneous" > BoFs to appear on the schedule, so we might as well plan to make it > possible. It's not difficult, and keeping some lightweight > centralization helps people find which rooms are still available. > > Allison > _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
