Re: [eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee] Re: Discounts requiring a

[Kevin McGuire <Kevin_McGuire@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bjorn,

Yes, I imagine it would negatively affect attendance but it's the logical
conclusion of the "social engineering" policy.  What can
I say, I think the whole thing is a problem. 

Regards,
Kevin

Bjorn Freeman-Benson <bjorn.freeman-benson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Jeff, Kevin, and everyone,
Just so that I'm clear: are you suggesting that we show the program on
the eclipsecon.org website *without any speakers* until each of those speakers
has signed the speaker agreement? How do you think that will affect attendance?
Will people sign up to go to a conference where there are talks but without
visible speakers? The reason I ask is that I thought of doing this (hiding
speakers until they signed their agreement), but it seems that while this
may encourage speakers to sign their agreements, it's counter-productive
in terms of getting people to come listen to those speakers...

- Bjorn

Jeff McAffer wrote: 
So I propose that we institutionalize this approach and
simply *mark* all speakers on the talks as hidden until such time as they
have submitted their agreement.  So for all intents and purposes the
speaker has been removed. They are not publicly associated with the talk
and would not appear in the program etc. This seems simple and effective.

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