[Melbourne-pm] Last Chance to speak at OSDC

[Stas Bekman]

Scott Penrose wrote:
> Hey Stas,
> 
> Yes we did consider it, but then we got sponsorship. It is not just  the 
> software, but the company is running it for us as well, including  
> registrations - which should save us heaps.
> 
> There is no doubt that cgpublisher has been very generous and their  
> help is really appreciated. I agree that their interface needs  
> improvement, and I hope that the feedback that everyone gives is  
> beneficial to them and that it improves.

Sure, sponsorship is essential, but if people give up on submitting the 
proposal that's not good for the conference either.

Since you delegate registration to a 3rd party you also risk to miss 
various problems reports which for some reason the vendor may decide to 
ignore or attend to those too slow (I hope they don't :). And you won't 
even know there were some issues...

but of course I haven't volunteered my time to help with the conference, 
so I have little say... :)

> Again, thanks so much for spending the time doing some feedback.

:)

> On 20/08/2005, at 1:36, Stas Bekman wrote:
> 
>> Rick Measham wrote:
>>
>>> Jacinta Richardson wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'm sorry if you're already sick of the idea but for those who  
>>>> *intend* to
>>>> submit a paper proposal ... eventually please be aware that TODAY  
>>>> is the last
>>>> day proposals are being accepted.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It takes longer to fill out this wacky form than to present a  talk 
>>> .. so
>>> anyone thinking of submitting a proposal .. start now so you get  it 
>>> done
>>> today!
>>>
>>
>> I agree. The overhead of registering is nasty. And the interface  
>> sucks. A
>> few times I've found myself in the dead end of their logic flow :(
>>
>> Have you considered using the software specially written for YAPCs?
>> Originally developed by Eric Cholet and the Paris Perl Monguers  it's now
>> used by other YAPCs as well. I can't seem to find a link to it. But  
>> if you
>> are interested I'll find out where it is.
>>
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