My experience in the past has been that people submit the same talks no
matter what you say the theme is, so it might make more sense to set a
theme based on the submissions we get, rather than the other way around.
On the other hand, if you have a suggestion that we can put into the
RFP, please speak up.
Regarding tracks, our producer is hoping to fill 8 tracks, so if you can
fill a full day with your project, that's what we'd like to see.
Historically (ie, the last 6-8 years) we've had trouble drawing an
audience because any given project/technology had so little content. Our
producer wants to provide enough space that any given project that wants
to can present enough content to draw its own audience. If you think you
can do that, get the word out in your project community that the CFP
will be arriving any day now.
--Rich
On 12/16/2013 10:59 AM, Phil Steitz wrote:
Responding to the right list...
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Content Committee, ApacheCon 2014
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 14:18:42 -0800
From: Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com>
To: priv...@commons.apache.org
On 12/12/13, 11:52 AM, Rich Bowen wrote:
Dear PMCs,
In the coming days, we'll be hearing more about ApacheCon 2014,
and what we need to do to make it happen.
This time around, we, the folks at the ASF, will be responsible
for selecting content, while the conference producer will be
responsible for *EVERYTHING* else.
Content selection is no small task, and I need help. While there
are several people who have already volunteered to be part of a
content selection committee, I'd also like to ask each PMC which
wants to be represented in the selection process to volunteer one
person to represent them in this task.
We'll be using the RFP infrastructure supplied by the producer so
all you'd be on the hook for is being willing to review a list of
talk proposals specific to your project, and voting for/against
them in some method which that RFP process provides. Final
schedule construction falls to the producer, and, I suppose, to me.
Thanks!
Thanks, Rich!
Is there a theme of some kind for this year's conference or track
setup? The reason that I am asking is whether or not it makes sense
to solicit and review talks from some PMCs (e.g. commons) depends on
whether or not they will fit with whatever theme / tracks the
conference is going to have.
Phil
--
Rich Bowen
rbo...@rcbowen.com
http://rcbowen.com/
