[Linux-aus] LCA2014 update

[Michael Still]

On 28/08/12 16:58, Chris Neugebauer wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Steve Dalton <steve at refactor.com.au> wrote:
>> It does seems a little big. Why not jettison mini-confs, but have the venue
>> available the day before for people to run their own OpenSpace/Barcamp type
>> conferences?
> 
> It seems to me like that's the original point of Miniconfs, it's just
> that they're determined on merit by the conference organisers.  Can we
> lurch back towards this model of miniconf?

I don't understand how either proposal differs significantly from what
we have now. In all seriousness, the call for miniconfs and selection
process only took a couple of hours, given its clamped on top of the
exist presentations calls.

The only real pain with miniconfs is the additional venue cost (two
extra days of what are in general expensive venues these days), and
neither of your proposals addresses that.

Mikal