[openstack-dev] Forum Topic Submission Period

Jimmy McArthur jimmy at openstack.org
Thu Sep 20 15:23:09 UTC 2018


Matt,

Another good question...

Matt Riedemann wrote:
> On 9/17/2018 11:13 AM, Jimmy McArthur wrote:
>>
SNIP
>
> Another question. In the before times, when we just had that simple 
> form to submit forum sessions and then the TC/UC/Foundation reviewed 
> the list and picked the sessions, it was very simple to see what other 
> sessions were proposed and say, "oh good someone is covering this 
> already, I don't need to worry about it". With the move to the CFP 
> forms like the summit sessions, that is no longer available, as far as 
> I know. There have been at least a few cases this week where someone 
> has said, "this might be a good topic, but keystone is probably 
> already covering it, or $FOO SIG is probably already covering it", but 
> without herding the cats to ask and find out who is all doing what, 
> it's hard to know.
>
> Is there some way we can get back to having a public view of what has 
> been proposed for the forum so we an avoid overlap, or at worst not 
> proposing something because people assume someone else is going to 
> cover it?
This is basically the CFP equivalent: 
https://www.openstack.org/summit/berlin-2018/vote-for-speakers  Voting 
isn't necessary, of course, but it should allow you to see submissions 
as they roll in.

Does this work for your purposes?

Thanks,
Jimmy




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