[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [Xen-devel] Call for Proposals : XenSummit #4, Yorktown NY
I'll look into getting video recording available. Thanks Simon -- Simon Crosby CTO (425) 202 8010 (o) XenSource Inc (415) 819 1965 (m) > -----Original Message----- > From: M.A. Williamson [mailto:maw48@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Mark Williamson > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 4:36 AM > To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Daniel P. Berrange > Cc: Ian Pratt(X); summit-talks > Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Call for Proposals : XenSummit #4, > Yorktown NY > > > How about requiring people to submit real papers on their chosen > > subject, rather than just presentation slides ? The PDFs > from papers > > presented at OLS are orders of magnitude more useful than > slides we've > > typically accumulated from previous Xen summits. In > particular for all > > those Xen community members who can't actually go along to > the summit > > itself, the slides have very little content to learn from. > > I agree, this would be much more useful as a record of what > happened, *and* as additional documentation for the community. > > As a project, we often don't do a good job of documenting > exactly what we're up to or the concepts guiding various > design choice. Building up a corpus of proceedings documents > seems like a worthwhile improvement if we're already going to > the trouble of having the summit! > > > I realize the time constraints until this current summit > don't allow > > much scope for long/formal writeups, but even just a few of > pages of > > descriptive text or technical details on the subject could be very > > beneficial as a long term record of stuff covered at the summit. > > Yes. For this summit, at least, the writeups wouldn't have > to be polished, or contain complicated studies. Just a > summary of what the talk is about, what people are working on > and why, plus copy and paste + discussion of any graphs / > diagrams that appear in the accompanying presentation. > > Another option I'd like to suggest is maybe making an audio / > video record of the talks available. Wouldn't have to be > good quality but again would give more information than just > the slides, plus might be able to record any questions at the end. > > Cheers, > Mark > > -- > Dave: Just a question. What use is a unicyle with no seat? > And no pedals! > Mark: To answer a question with a question: What use is a skateboard? > Dave: Skateboards have wheels. > Mark: My wheel has a wheel! > _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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