On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org> wrote:
On 2016-05-19 09:38:24 -0400 (-0400), Doug Hellmann wrote: [...]
I would rather we have a more public way of selecting track chairs [...]
There's a separate demon hidden in that idea though. We don't (or didn't in the past AFAIK) publish the names of track chairs prior to conclusion of the talk selection process. The last thing I would want, as a track chair, is to suddenly be faced with hundreds or more E-mails from random speakers and their fans and coworkers asking me to please, please, pretty-please pick their proposal.
I think all track chairs, past and future, will join you in that sentiment. But secret track chairs aren't an option either. I've always published my track chair status. I was nagged on Twitter exactly once. I publicly responded asking the person to please stop, and that I thought their behavior left a less-than-professional impression. They promptly stopped. Cheers, Florian