Re: [Debconf-team] Schedule proposal for Open Day
Ana Guerrero dijo [Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 09:20:07PM +0200]:
> I think people coming to the Open Day (OD) want to learn more about how Debian
> works, even people with a technical profile (that would be interesting attract
> as contributors). But I also think this day is for users too.
> Most of the technical people who will attend will be able to understand some
> English, specially written, but I do not expect them being able to follow a
> full talk in English.
>
> I strongly believe we should offer a full schedule in Spanish and specially
> oriented towards users.
>
> Anto mailed we have to schedule several talks for the OD from sponsors:
> Junta de Extremadura
> Cenatic
> Telefónica
> HP
> and he suggested reserved all the morning the big auditorium. I mostly agree,
> but some comments follow.
Yes, we have no way out of giving them all a slot as speakers. Now, is
OpenDay the right moment for them? I read in a later mail that HP can
give their talk during the rest of DebConf. I understand Junta if they
want the opening slot, even if it is low on DDs, as there will be a
large number of Spanish people there. As for Telefonica (Morfeo
project), it could be interesting later on. Thing is, OpenDay is just
one day, and putting too many sponsor talks will greatly dillute what
we are offering to the audience.
BTW, the Morfeo page makes no mention of Telefónica. Are you sure it
is theirs?
And yes, all the sponsor talks should be set with no competition from
parallel sessions.
> So, proposal follows:
>
> # MORNING
> No parallel sessions, just one track in Spanish.
>
> - Junta talk (1h)
> - Cenatic talk (1h)
> - Telefonica (1h)
> - Spanish keynote about Debian (I would suggest invite Miriam Ruiz to do this,
> she is an awesome speaker) (30-45 min)
Umm, I'd put the Spanish keynote between the others, in order not to
bore the attendees to death. And open with a short welcome talk (15
min?) meant for the locals, not as a DebConf welcome, explaining a bit
what are we doing during those two crazy weeks.
> # AFTER LUNCH
> 2 parallel sessions: one track in Spanish and one track English.
> Most of the people coming for OD will go to the Spanish talks, but maybe a
> minority will be interested in going to the English ones, that also will be for
> general debconf attendees.
>
> SPANISH:
> - One talk "How Debian Works" (45 min + questions). I would invite Adeodato Simó
> for this, he knows why :D
> - 3-4 small talks of 15 min of "why i contribute to Debian", or "why debian is
> my OS", etc. Any contributor who speaks some Spanish is invited to join (Hi
> Enrico, vorlon, Luciano, Micah?, bureado, gunnar, .... tú)
> - "Understanding Debian" talk in penta by Héctor Colina. His abstract talks about
> explaining first steps to users.
> - Invite to Linex developers to talk about their expediencies.
Sounds nice.
> ENGLISH:
> Those English talks we have targeted for the OD can go here, but I suggest
> schedule this as a normal debconf day.
> ¿Include here the HP talk?
As I said, the HP talk must not have competition (official at least).
> DISCLAIMER: none of the mentioned person above has volunteered to give a talk...
> yet :)
You mention me explicitly, so I acknowledge and confirm :-}
> What do you think? Specially the talk committee, if you like this I can help
> you with this in the next days until this Sunday ( I will be on offline VAC from
> Monday)
/me thanks you a LOT.
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