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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Fully agree with David on this one. <br>
<br>
I think we also run the risk of quantity over quality by
attempting to fit too many talks into the Miniconf Schedules. LCA
is a high bar to get into as a Speaker and as a Miniconf Speaker;
and rightly so. Having done 2 LCAs now as Speaker Liaison, the
experience has taught me that you set the Schedule, and then have
Speakers work around that, rather than vice versa. I would
definitely recommend less and better talks and adequate break
times, both for Delegate comfort and also to 'catch up' Speakers
who run over time. <br>
<br>
For the Miniconfs at LCA2016, Schedule changes were being updated
in four primary locations;<br>
<br>
- The Miniconf site by the Miniconf Organiser<br>
- The Wiki page by the Miniconf Organiser<br>
- The ZooKeepr schedule by me<br>
- The mobile app by whoever wasn't tied up with a higher priority
task<br>
<br>
The ZooKeepr schedule in turn fed digital signage (which was a
stretch goal; we didn't have it up and running until Thursday -
source code here -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/KathyReid/lca2016-digital-signage">https://github.com/KathyReid/lca2016-digital-signage</a>)<br>
<br>
So, in the event that a Miniconf Schedule changed, up to four
people were making an edit to four sources. <br>
I suppose they're not stored on 8" floppies, but still, it's not
exactly efficient. <br>
<br>
Definitely recommend synchronising Miniconf Schedule timeslots,
times, and reducing changes. <br>
<br>
Regards, <br>
Kathy<br>
<br>
On 29/05/16 17:06, David Bell wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Our schedule was something we spent a considerable
amount of time thinking about. We settled on a 10 minute break
between talks for LCA2016 due to the walk to the Wool Museum
venue. As well as not wanting to rush our delegates from talk to
talk or have people interrupting the start of the next session.<br>
Other conferences who's talk venues are located closer together
might be able to get away with a shorter break, we weren't so
lucky.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 29 May 2016 4:25 PM, "Simon Lyall"
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:simon@darkmere.gen.nz">simon@darkmere.gen.nz</a>>
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<div class="quoted-text">On Sat, 28 May 2016, Russell Coker
wrote:<br>
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On Sat, 28 May 2016 09:40:10 PM Simon Lyall wrote:<br>
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5b. 10 minute gaps in the middle of 100min sessions are
a big lose of<br>
time, I'd recommend no longer than 5.<br>
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5 minutes is barely enough time to change rooms given the
crowds. It's not<br>
enough time to change rooms and get a drink or go to the
toilet.<br>
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In which case you'll be late for the next session, please try
not to disrupt things as you come in the room.<br>
<br>
Seriously though we already have 40 mins each for Morning and
afternoon tea plus 60 minutes for lunch (going off the 2016
schedule). 10 minutes out of the middle of each session is 10%
of miniconf talk time. I could fit anouther 1-3 talks in
there.<br>
<br>
Perhaps 5 minutes minimum and some miniconfs could give
another 5 if they think it will help. FWIW the Sysadmin
Miniconf did a 5 minute break in 2016. I think at least if the
schedule has a 5 minute spot in there then it enables
miniconfs to be coordinated.
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