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

Nick Chase nchase at mirantis.com
Mon Apr 3 18:00:40 UTC 2017


I won't be there but I will be more than happy to participate remotely.

----  Nick


On 4/3/2017 1:50 PM, Jimmy Mcarthur wrote:
> 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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