Re: [eclipsecon-na-program-committee] FW: feedback on rejected talks for

[ERIC CLONINGER <dcp874@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 2:39 PM, John Arthorne <John_Arthorne@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My thoughts...
>
>> https://www.eclipsecon.org/2012/sessions/whats-new-jdt
>
> This was a good proposal and just barely missed the cut off. There was also
> a desire on the PC to cut down on "What's new" talks because they are often
> not exciting and people can get similar information from other sources such
> as New & Noteworthy. Also because Java 7 is no longer new, and Java 8 is
> still far off, there won't be as much buzz about Java as last year. This
> will likely be a hotter topic again in 2013.
>
>> https://www.eclipsecon.org/2012/sessions/how-train-jdt-dragon
>
> We could only accept a very small number of tutorials this year (10) and
> again this barely didn't make it. Out of the declined tutorials it had the
> second highest ranking, so if we had a couple more tutorial slots it
> probably would have made it. One down-side is that this is quite an advanced
> topic, because not a lot of people need to extend JDT, and ObjectTeams
> customization is even more specialized. By contrast the CDT submitted a more
> introductory "hands on with CDT" tutorial this is very popular with a wide
> audience. Tutorials generally work better for an introductory audience, so
> that is something to consider for future years.
>
>> https://www.eclipsecon.org/2012/sessions/agile-and-collaborative-
>> development-mobile-apps
>
> This was in Agile/ALM, so no comment.
>
>> https://www.eclipsecon.org/2012/sessions/holy-grail-mobile-development
>
> This had a fairly high rating, but there was another submission that was
> very similar. To avoid duplication we only accepted one of them
> (http://www.eclipsecon.org/2012/sessions/options-developing-cross-platform-mobile-applications-eclipse).

I believe this one was the last one out in mobile, so it barely made the cutoff.

>
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Eric Cloninger (ericc@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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