[Openstack-track-chairs] Uh, an uncomfortable question about misplaced presentations

Jimmy Mcarthur jimmy at tipit.net
Mon Apr 3 17:50:05 UTC 2017


Just following up on this. Is everyone still interested in making this 
happen in Boston? Please let me know and I'll put something on the schedule.

Cheers,
Jimmy

> Yih Leong, Sun. <mailto:yihleong at gmail.com>
> March 2, 2017 at 11:30 AM
> Speaking on this about Summit track selection process, I think we need 
> a session at Boston for track-chair to meet and discuss 
> issues/improvement?
>
> I sent out an email [1] to UC yesterday asking if this should be 
> proposed as one of the session in Forum? Thoughts?
>
> [1] 
> http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/user-committee/2017-March/001795.html
>
>
>
>
> Jimmy Mcarthur <mailto:jimmy at tipit.net>
> March 2, 2017 at 8:42 AM
> With the exception of 11 changes (out of 235 total), all Category 
> Change requests were taken and fulfilled before February 15. The 
> change requests are available for all Track Chairs to review and we 
> also have a filter for "Just Moved Here" so you can track 
> presentations that are new to your talk. In the case of the Products, 
> Tools & Services track, only one talk was moved after February 15.
>
> The reason that we do this in 2 phases is so everyone has a chance to 
> review not only their own track, but those presentations that were 
> moved from another track to their own.  In this case, 95% of track 
> changes were completed before the track chairs would have started the 
> second phase.
>
> The impetus for the Foundation approving the changes is primarily to 
> take one more thing off the plate of our Track Chair volunteers. That 
> said, if it presents an undue burden, let's figure out how we can make 
> it better.  It involves a lot of discussion and support, so it would 
> increase the amount of time needed for volunteers.
>
> We always take feedback at the end of the process to see what did and 
> didn't work, so keep all of the above in mind and let's discuss how to 
> make your jobs easier :)
>
> Cheers,
> Jimmy
>
>
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> Blair Bethwaite <mailto:blair.bethwaite at monash.edu>
> March 2, 2017 at 1:34 AM
> Rochelle, for what it's worth at this late stage, I second your concern.
>
> The track change process definitely needs some refinement. This was a 
> problem for Barcelona too. I think the core issue is that track change 
> requests should be reviewed and accepted or rejected by the track 
> chairs. There may also be some scoping issues with generic tracks like 
> Case Studies.
>
> Cheers,
>
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> Rochelle Grober <mailto:rochelle.grober at huawei.com>
> March 1, 2017 at 8:30 PM
>
> Hey guys,
>
> I’ve just started today on my track selections and I noticed that the 
> number of presentations went from about12 or 18 to 37 between when I 
> first reviewed and now.
>
> And, a number of the presentations really belong in other tracks.  
> Mostly Case Studies and an NFV or two, but ….
>
> I’ve requested a move, but it’s awful late and some of these might 
> have had a chance if they were in the right track even just last week.
>
> Just wondering about this and if there is a short term fix, or this is 
> something that needs to be discussed for next summit.
>
> --Rocky
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