Re: [eclipsecon-na-program-committee] adding comments to declined talks

[John Arthorne <John_Arthorne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Last year I seem to remember we invited
people who wanted to know more details about why a talk was declined to
send an email somewhere (Anne?). We then briefly discussed in the PC and
sent a response. Often the answer is that there is nothing wrong with the
proposal, it was just a matter of deciding between too many good proposals.
In some cases I think we would be able to give more specific feedback -
too much of a product pitch, recycled old material, duplicating another
talk, etc.  This seems like a good compromise - many people just accept
the generic decline message and don't need details, but I know other people
get very upset about it and hearing some feedback can help them for next
time.

John




From:      
 Anne Jacko <anne.jacko@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To:      
 Eclipsecon NA program
committee discussions <eclipsecon-na-program-committee@xxxxxxxxxxx>,

Date:      
 11/27/2012 01:14 PM
Subject:    
   [eclipsecon-na-program-committee]
adding comments to declined talks
Sent by:    
   eclipsecon-na-program-committee-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx

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Hi all -- I meant to mention this earlier, but vacation
and turkey took its toll on my brain.

For ECE this year, the PC left a comment on *every* declined
talk to say why it was declined. The committee split up the work so everyone
contributed, making it a manageable job.

The community really appreciated it. The idea is that
we want people to continue to submit even if their talk was declined --
they can use the comments to improve the next submission.

We also told the declined submitters that if they wanted
more specific information after reading the comments they could email us.
I screened the emails and then forwarded them to the PC mailing list.

Are you guys game for this? Thanks.

Anne Jacko
Eclipse Foundation
503-784-3788 (cell)
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