On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 4:17 AM, Thierry Carrez <thie...@openstack.org> wrote: > Maish Saidel-Keesing wrote: >> CFP is upon us, and thereafter will be a period of voting for the sessions. >> >> What is the purpose of the voting period? Is it for the Foundation to >> gauge what sessions are more popular? >> How is this measured? >> What weight does the popularity have in deciding if a session is >> accepted or not? > > My understanding is that each conference track has a chair (or group of > people) responsible for selecting the talks, and that the voting helps > them select popular talks. It's not the only criteria they follow though > (otherwise you would end up with 12 Docker talks).
You are exactly correct Thierry, being a track chair a few times in the process has been something like: * PIck a cut off based on votes * Review remaining submissions as a panel The process typically involves ranking not only by community votes, but also by the track chairs, individually and collectively. There's typically a pretty significant discussion around the content, pertenance etc. Hope that helps. John > > (disclaimer: I have never been a track chair so I only speculate on the > process they follow) > > -- > Thierry Carrez (ttx) > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.openstack.org > Unsubscribe : http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack _______________________________________________ Mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack Post to : openstack@lists.openstack.org Unsubscribe : http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack
