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Revision as of 15:42, 10 October 2008
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This page is a collection of information, comments, and suggestions, based on the planning, organizing, and hosting of the FOSS4G 2008 conference. The intent is to provide a resource that can be used by organizers of future FOSS4G conferences. This is not a forum for conference attendees to comment on the conference. Use FOSS4G2008_Comments for that.
Bidding
Timetable
Money
Sponsorships
Complimentary Registrations and Volunteers
Workshop Pricing
Registration
Support For Some Attendees
Scams
Discounts
Breakdown by Country
Attendance
At the Conference
Within the Conference
Within the Code Sprint
Marketing
The Mail-out
How People Heard about FOSS4G2007
Local / Regional / International
Use Proxies
Local Marketing is Key
Web Site & Program
Lists are Important
Press Releases
Social Venues
Conference Venue
Audio-Visual
Quirks
Accommodations
Transportation
Workshops and Labs
Workshop Committee
Terminology
Call for Workshops
Timing
Format of the Call
Results of the Call
Selection Process
Ranking
Decisions
Communication with Instructors
Computers
Printed Handouts
Presentations
Call for Papers
Academic track
The call for papers did not include a request for number of words. This lead to some minimalistic, say useless, abstracts for the proceedings. A reasonable abstract and 3 keywords will also help to categorise the submissions more easily for the individual sessions.
Suggestions for 2009:
- abstract number of words (300-500 words + 3 key references)
- request 3 keywords
General track
- abstract number of words (150-300 words + optionally 3 key references)
- request 3 keywords
Submission Process
Community Ranking Process
Building Sessions
Cancellations
Posters
Wiki
Conference Evaluation
Workshop Evaluations
Onsite Staff
Program handouts etc
- convenient small flyer, nice to carry around
- presenter names would be desired (small font)
Conference website software
For the first time, OSGeo is making use of the Open Conference Systems (OCS) software to 'manage' a FOSS4G conference.
- See FOSS4G2008_Site_Upgrade
- and FOSS4G2008_Committee_Issues#OCS_website_management
- Limitations (to be fixed for 2009):
- No list of participants easily extractable
- No online session navigation (as supported Indico, see www.foss4g2006.org)