On Feb 10, 2014, at 10:54 AM, jan i wrote: > On 10 February 2014 18:10, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > >> https://docs.google.com/a/rcbowen.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key= >> 0ApZdtCkHHRUMdEx3YXRjTWd5Q1YtR2NRaFhwZ0xvNGc&usp=sharing#gid=2 >> >> These are the proposed ApacheCon tracks. Each track can hold SIX talks, >> and some tracks have more than one day in them. So this should give us a >> better idea of where we need to cull talks, and how many. This will give us >> a clear way to go to PMCs and say "here's 15 talks, pick 12". >> > > I am not quite sure how that would work. as an example it seems that AOO is > grouped together with other projects (which is fine by me), so one track > have more PMC groups. My quess is if you tell a PMC "here's 15 talks, pick > 12", they will quite naturally pick talks about their own project. For > tracks with more than 1 PMC (project) involved, I think the first question > should be "Please consider if you can group or remove some of the talks > about your project".
Talks related to a PMC need not all be in the same track, but they should just be concurrent. Regards, Dave > > rgds > jan i. > > >> I should have a report in the next few days of the ratings on the talks, >> so we need to bring a close to that part of the process. If you're going to >> review, please try to get it done by end of day Tuesday. If you think >> you're going to need more time than that, please say so, but I can't >> promise anything if we want to meet deadlines. >> >> Also, note that there's a new mailing list - cfp-review@community.apache. >> org If you agreed to review talks, I've put you on that list. I've done >> this because many of you aren't on dev@community.apache.org and I needed >> a way to get in touch with you. Please forgive the breach of netiquette, >> and also the cross-posting, for those of you who are getting this twice. It >> was important that I have a way to get the message out to everyone. >> >> -- >> Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com - @rbowen >> http://apachecon.com/ - @apachecon >> >>