GUADEC progress
So I managed to get the GUADEC acceptance mails out over the weekend. If anyone was expecting a mail about a GUADEC presentation, and didn’t get one, please let me know. It’s entirely possible that I missed one or two.
Some people have queried why there is a proceedings for GUADEC, and why authors have to submit papers. The explanation is two-fold.
First, writing a paper beforehand helps the presenter organise his material and gives attendees a support for the conference, which allows greater participation, and a more coherent presentation. Writing slides in the train before a conference is a practice that should be discouraged.
Second, several attendees can get funding to attend if the conference is an academic conference – which means having a proceedings. The Norwegian guys were really great with this last year, especially Janis who took care of all the administravia, and several people got to the conference on college grants thanks to that proposal. Since funds are typically tight, any help that we can give to attendees is a good thing.
Finally, we’re not asking for a formal oeuvre. You’re not going to have your article submitted for a Pulitzer. A couple of pages presenting the major concepts you want to present, essentially a long abstract, is fine. And if you don’t have time, or just don’t want to, let us know at guadec-papers, and we’ll sort something out.
That said, I encourage everyone presenting to write a paper, at least 2 pages, at most 5, since it will really help the GNOME Users and Developers in Europe, who are, after all, what the conference is about.
