Re: [eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee] EclipseCon and you, a pro

[Peter Kriens <peter.kriens@xxxxxxxxx>]

Björn,
Could you see if I can get an OSGi BOF one of the evenings? This will  
make it easier to rally up our members. I am trying to get some board  
members there as well.

Kind regards,

	Peter Kriens



On 31 jan 2009, at 21:05, Bjorn Freeman-Benson wrote:

> Program Committee,
> Well tomorrow is February 1st which means we're on the downhill  
> slide towards the EclipseCon early registration deadline of  
> Valentine's day, February 14th. And, thanks to you all, I honestly  
> think that this year's program is our best one yet (best one ever?).  
> Too bad the economy is looking gloomy for our best EclipseCon ever,  
> but there are some things we just can't control!
>
> *Calling All Attendees. *One thing you want to be doing (need to be  
> doing) is advertising your category and how great it is. It doesn't  
> do the presenters much good if this is the best EclipseCon ever and  
> nobody shows up to hear them talk. I've been blogging in the  
> EclipseCon blog about the main stage talks and Scott is blogging  
> about the keynotes, but you all should be doing similar things:  
> blogs, emails, newsletters, dev lists, newsgroups, whatever the  
> communication channels you use to talk to your community, these next  
> two weeks are when you want to reach out and let them know that pre- 
> Valentine's day is the time to register (and get the lower price).
>
> *What's In It For You? *One reason you want to be doing that is, as  
> I mentioned before, we're using RFID tracking technology to track  
> attendance in each session for 2009 and -- here's the important part  
> -- we're going to use that data to allocate speaking slots next  
> year. In other words, if we discover, through actual data, that  
> category X is better attended than category Y, then category Y is  
> going to be much smaller in 2010. (In fact, with the economy and  
> all, EclipseCon 2010 itself is likely to be somewhat smaller, so  
> category Y is going to end up quite a bit smaller.) Thus if you want  
> *your category* to continue to have a good EclipseCon presence, it  
> behooves you to advertise and recruit attendees for your category's  
> sessions.
>
> *Vett Those Talks. *The second thing you want to be doing (need to  
> be doing) is working with the presenters in your category,  
> especially the tutorials and "big" talks, to improve the talks as  
> much as possible. The number one complaint from previous  
> EclipseCon's was that the speaker just read his/her slides, was  
> boring, and that the whole talk was dull. The longer the session,  
> the stronger the complaints, so our re-emerged four hour tutorials  
> are our biggest weak spot... So that means that you need to get  
> advance copies of your tutorials, work through them and then help  
> the authors improve them into wildly wonderful packages of  
> information transfer.
>
> Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday night at the PC get together  
> and then all of the great tutorials and talks you have selected and  
> improved Tuesday through Thursday. The rooms will be packed thanks  
> to your outreach to your community and it will be a great EclipseCon  
> all around.
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Bjorn (& Scott)
>
> --
>
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