FOSS4G 2009 Workshop Selection Criteria - Revision history

Wiki-Leo at 10:21, 13 February 2015

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Wiki-Mleslie: Added reality.

2009-03-27T01:04:39Z

Added reality.

Wiki-Mleslie at 05:27, 23 January 2009

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Wiki-Mleslie at 03:04, 23 January 2009

2009-01-23T03:04:58Z

Wiki-Mleslie at 23:52, 22 January 2009

2009-01-22T23:52:28Z

Wiki-Mleslie: New page: Criteria used for ranking workshops and tutorials The following criteria will be scored: 1. Basic themes 1.1 Meets the conference theme, "User Driven" 1.2 Makes use of FOSS software 1.3 ...

2009-01-22T23:49:36Z

New page: Criteria used for ranking workshops and tutorials The following criteria will be scored: 1. Basic themes 1.1 Meets the conference theme, "User Driven" 1.2 Makes use of FOSS software 1.3 ...

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Criteria used for ranking workshops and tutorials

The following criteria will be scored:

1. Basic themes
1.1 Meets the conference theme, "User Driven"
1.2 Makes use of FOSS software
1.3 Promotes FOSS software
2. Workshop
2.1 Technical requirements can be met by the conference facilities
2.2 Demonstrates practical application
2.3 Feedback / evaluations from previous conferences for similar workshop topic
3 Instructor(s)
3.1 Expertise in the topics discussed
3.2 Previous presentation experience
3.3 Feedback / evaluations from previous conferences

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-== Criteria used for ranking workshops and tutorials ==
+== Process ==
-Each criteria above will be rated on a scale from 0 to 5 as follows:
+From my email to the list:
-= does not meet the criteria
+  I promised a quick overview of the process we will be running through for
-= pays lip-service to the criteria
+ workshop and tutorial submissions, so here it is.
-= fundamentally meets the criteria
-= exceeds all of the criteria
+ After the call closes (tonight for me) I will be munching through all the
-Section 4 (Boolean) are ranked simply as satisfying (1) or not satisfying (0) the criteria.
+We ended up needing a second pass for Workshops that ranked close together.  I asked people to justify their rankings, and at Jeff's suggestion did a 0-5 numerical ranking.  Justifications were all sensible, mostly required to ensure people actually thought about it, and the rankings showed a clear preference so no 'executive decisions' were required.
-As we have not defined a separate Workshops committee, the selection of workshops will fall to the Local Organising Committee.  All members that are not submitting workshops or tutorials of their own will be ''encouraged'' to rank the workshops and [[User:Mleslie|someone]] will coalate the rankings and report the selections.  The LOC will have the opportunity to alter the selection at that stage in order to ensure we are presenting the kind of program we want, but will need to do so in a public forum.
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	For example, it has been observed during past conferences that beginner workshops are much more important than advanced or developer oriented workshops. As such, beginner workshops should be rated higher. This is not the case with tutorials, which would benefit from a more balanced distribution.		For example, it has been observed during past conferences that beginner workshops are much more important than advanced or developer oriented workshops. As such, beginner workshops should be rated higher. This is not the case with tutorials, which would benefit from a more balanced distribution.
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		+	== Process ==
		+
		+	As we have not defined a separate Workshops committee, the selection of workshops will fall to the Local Organising Committee. All members that are not submitting workshops or tutorials of their own will be ''encouraged'' to rank the workshops and [[User:Mleslie\|someone]] will coalate the rankings and report the selections. The LOC will have the opportunity to alter the selection at that stage in order to ensure we are presenting the kind of program we want, but will need to do so in a public forum.

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+== Criteria used for ranking workshops and tutorials ==
 The following criteria will be scored:
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-| Technical requirements can be met by the conference facilities
+| Demonstrates practical application
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 The following criteria will be scored:
-. Basic themes
+{|
-.1 Meets the conference theme, "User Driven"
+|-
-.2 Makes use of FOSS software
+| 1.
 .3 Promotes FOSS software
-. Workshop
+| Basic themes
-.1 Technical requirements can be met by the conference facilities
+|-
 .2 Demonstrates practical application
-.3 Feedback / evaluations from previous conferences for similar workshop topic
+| 1.1
-Instructor(s)
+| Meets the conference theme, "User Driven"
-.1 Expertise in the topics discussed
+|-
 .2 Previous presentation experience
-.3 Feedback / evaluations from previous conferences
+| 1.2