Re: [eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee] Program Chair's letter to

[Christopher Aniszczyk <caniszczyk@xxxxxxxxx>]

Looks good.

Thanks for all your hardwork this year Oisin!

On Feb 5, 2010, at 11:09, Oisin Hurley <oisin.hurley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Here's the text as requested - give me a shout if there
> are any weirdnesses or niggles!
>
> --oh
>
>
> Welcome to EclipseCon 2010 and OSGi DevCon 2010!
>
> This year sees some significant changes in the usual format, made with
> you, the busy conference-goer, in mind. Tutorials to educate your
> brain; talks to amaze and inform; panels to stoke debate, and our
> newest feature - an Unconference - to give you the opportunity to make
> your own unique contribution.
>
> This dual-conference event has four sources of contribution - the
> submitters, the program committee, the logistics crew and the
> attendees. To the submitters I offer both thanks and sincere
> regrets. Our smaller conference format this year had to result in
> many, many good talks being left at the wayside. The submissions that
> were chosen were picked to showcase a broad swathe of the phenomenon
> that is Eclipse, from the community, committer and consumer points of
> view.
>
> As is usual practice, the submissions were sieved and judged by a
> panel of volunteers who composed the Program Committee. I would like
> to thank these individuals for their dedication to doing what turned
> out to be a tough job in choosing the program. They are
>
> Bernd Kolb; Chris Aniszczyk; Doug Schaefer; Dave Carver; David
> Williams; Donald Smith; Ed Merks; Ketan Padegaonkar; Scott Rosenbaum;
> Wayne Beaton; Bjorn Freeman-Benson; Doug Gaff;
>
> For logistics and operations, Donald Smith, Anne Jacko and Gabe
> O'Brien excelled in both the skill of organization and the more
> difficult craft of patience as they created the conference structure
> and improved the submission system.
>
> All these tasks are done, and complete. The final contribution is for
> you, the conference-goer, to add. The most important thing, I think,
> is to have fun and interact with other people. Certainly I find that
> if I set those goals, I always come away having learned something new.
>
> Oisin Hurley
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