Re: [Debconf-team] Slot length and regularity (was: Report from the talks team)

2014-09-22 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Patty Langasek [2014-09-22 19:33 +0200]: > > We didn't really have them at DC14 and it sort of just worked out. > > In the end, the video team will probably be able to resolve any > > problems (e.g. people overrunning) on the spot, and we don't really > > need to introduce people, do w

Re: [Debconf-team] Slot length and regularity (was: Report from the talks team)

2014-09-22 Thread Patty Langasek
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 05:49:16PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Richard Hartmann [2014-09-22 17:23 > +0200]: > > Coordinate what, specifically? > > I naturally assumed we would have talk-meisters of some sort. > > _Someone_ needs to be responsible for the room, no? > We didn't re

Re: [Debconf-team] Length of morning sessions (was: General schedule proposal for dc15)

2014-09-22 Thread Richard Hartmann
Just have both. Key question is if we all agree that it makes sense to have One Big Event At The Start Of All Days or not. Richard Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/

Re: [Debconf-team] Slot length and regularity (was: Report from the talks team)

2014-09-22 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Richard Hartmann [2014-09-22 17:23 +0200]: > Coordinate what, specifically? > > I naturally assumed we would have talk-meisters of some sort. > _Someone_ needs to be responsible for the room, no? We didn't really have them at DC14 and it sort of just worked out. In the end, the vide

Re: [Debconf-team] Length of morning sessions (was: General schedule proposal for dc15)

2014-09-22 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Michael Banck dijo [Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 12:15:55PM +0200]: > On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 11:40:37PM +0200, Margarita Manterola wrote: > > 10:00 - Keynote (no parallels) > > I think having a Keynote every day dilutes the idea of it being a > Keynote. I'd say we could have a Keynote on each of the ope

Re: [Debconf-team] Slot length and regularity (was: Report from the talks team)

2014-09-22 Thread Gunnar Wolf
I will reply to Maxy's mail as well, but... > Make it 20' slots so that there's 5 minutes anyway, and 15 minutes > at the end, maybe? > > The benefit is that we don't intermix 60 minute slots and 30 minute > slots but keep the basic grid the same all the time. I think these two points are import

Re: [Debconf-team] Slot length and regularity (was: Report from the talks team)

2014-09-22 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 5:15 PM, martin f krafft wrote: > Will you coordinate that? Coordinate what, specifically? I naturally assumed we would have talk-meisters of some sort. _Someone_ needs to be responsible for the room, no? Richard ___ Debconf-

Re: [Debconf-team] Slot length and regularity (was: Report from the talks team)

2014-09-22 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Richard Hartmann [2014-09-22 17:08 +0200]: > I don't think we can rely on speakers to do much at all. You need > a talk-meister to herd them. Will you coordinate that? -- .''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft : :' : DebConf orga team `. `'` `- DebConf15: Heidelberg, Germany

Re: [Debconf-team] Slot length and regularity (was: Report from the talks team)

2014-09-22 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 4:06 PM, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Maximiliano Curia [2014-09-22 12:14 +0200]: >> Why would it need coordination between speakers? >> >> Is it because you are planning to have them one after the other >> without pause (25' talk 1 + 25' talk 2 + 10' pause)? If th

Re: [Debconf-team] What is "ad hoc"? [Was, Re: General schedule proposal for dc15]

2014-09-22 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Anthony Towns [2014-09-22 12:38 +0200]: > FWIW, that's what I expected "ad-hoc" to mean too. "Scheduling" > "ad-hoc" talks seems kind of like a contradiction in terms to me. \o/ > Actually, what if you ran, say, three CFPs? Assuming 75 slots, run > one with a deadline in March/April

Re: [Debconf-team] early morning Lightning Talks was: Length of morning sessions

2014-09-22 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 4:02 PM, martin f krafft wrote: > maybe 8:30 is too early Maybe ;) Richard ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Length of morning sessions (was: General schedule proposal for dc15)

2014-09-22 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Michael Banck [2014-09-22 12:15 +0200]: > I think having a Keynote every day dilutes the idea of it being > a Keynote. Well, we don't have to have a keynote every day, but the DPL talk, lightning talks, e.g. the CTTE plentary etc. are all candidates for this. Apart from that, I don't

Re: [Debconf-team] Slot length and regularity (was: Report from the talks team)

2014-09-22 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Maximiliano Curia [2014-09-22 12:14 +0200]: > Why would it need coordination between speakers? > > Is it because you are planning to have them one after the other > without pause (25' talk 1 + 25' talk 2 + 10' pause)? If that is > the case, I don't think that would be practical. Why

Re: [Debconf-team] early morning Lightning Talks was: Length of morning sessions

2014-09-22 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Carl Karsten [2014-09-21 22:46 +0200]: > 8:30 am Lightning Talks have worked well at PyCon. i highly > recommend it. The last 5 min can be used for morning > announcements. Sure, and I think we would like to run 2–3 sessions or so throughout the week, but maybe 8:30 is too early. I t

Re: [Debconf-team] What is "ad hoc"? [Was, Re: General schedule proposal for dc15]

2014-09-22 Thread Anthony Towns
On 22 September 2014 05:42, Steve Langasek wrote: > What does "ad-hoc talk" mean in this case? > I was personally not very happy with the way the ad-hoc scheduling was done > this year. My vision for "ad hoc" is "give hackers space and time in which > to break out into groups and work collaborati

Re: [Debconf-team] Length of morning sessions (was: General schedule proposal for dc15)

2014-09-22 Thread Michael Banck
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 11:40:37PM +0200, Margarita Manterola wrote: > 10:00 - Keynote (no parallels) I think having a Keynote every day dilutes the idea of it being a Keynote. I'd say we could have a Keynote on each of the opening weekend days. So first off, I'd call this more generally a "plen

Re: [Debconf-team] Slot length and regularity (was: Report from the talks team)

2014-09-22 Thread Maximiliano Curia
¡Hola martin! El 2014-09-21 a las 20:35 +0200, martin f krafft escribió: > My suggestion for 25 minute slots would involve coordination by both > speakers beforehand so that these can take place in the same 1hr > slot as a regular 45 minute session. Why would it need coordination between speakers

Re: [Debconf-team] Slot length and regularity (was: Report from the talks team)

2014-09-22 Thread Richard Hartmann
The latter approach saves time and effort for talk team and submitters. Richard Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Slot length and regularity (was: Report from the talks team)

2014-09-22 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Richard Hartmann [2014-09-22 04:45 +0200]: > I still fear people will go for lightning talk or the maximum length as > _their_ topic clearly deserves it. We will have fewer 45 minute slots and select for them, then ask people if they're willing to go for 25 minutes instead, or be rej

Re: [Debconf-team] Report from the talks team

2014-09-22 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Anthony Towns [2014-09-22 05:13 +0200]: > FWIW, I think most BoFs could actually be usefully backed by > a "survey"-type paper -- ie, one that provided background info on > the topic that would help someone who's interested, but not fully > up to date, to participate usefully in the Bo

Re: [Debconf-team] Length of morning sessions (was: General schedule proposal for dc15)

2014-09-22 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Margarita Manterola [2014-09-21 23:40 +0200]: > Therefore, I propose this structure for the morning session > 09:45 - Announcements and Raffle > 10:00 - Keynote (no parallels) > 11:00 to 13:00 - Concurrent talks (2 to 4 slots, depending on length) I think this sounds great. also s