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

2014-09-23 Thread Michael Banck
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 did

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] 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] 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] 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] 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] Slot length and regularity (was: Report from the talks team)

2014-09-21 Thread Richard Hartmann
I still fear people will go for lightning talk or the maximum length as _their_ topic clearly deserves it. We could offer checkboxes to select suitable slot lengths and tell them that being flexible increases their chance of being accepted as it shows the talk team to fit shot length to expected c

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

2014-09-21 Thread Michael Banck
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 08:35:26PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > The benefit of having two 25 min. slots in one 1hr block over > accepting a 45 minute slot end after 30 minutes because the speaker > ran out of things to say Do we have some hard data or at least anecdotical evidence that this wa

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

2014-09-21 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Gunnar Wolf [2014-09-21 18:53 +0200]: > I know you have argued for smaller and larger time slots. I do > feel, however, having regularity in the scheduling tends to help > us. When all talk slots start at the same time, and we have 45-min > talks aligned to 1hr-slots (allowing for some