On 05/18/2016 12:07 PM, Maish Saidel-Keesing wrote:

On 18/05/16 09:14, Florian Haas wrote:

On 05/18/2016 12:24 AM, Stefano Maffulli wrote:

On 05/17/2016 12:40 PM, Claire Massey wrote:

With the growing number of speaking submissions (we had 1,300 for
Austin), some community members have expressed concerns about social
media channels and email getting spammed during the week of voting. We
also think many community members are unclear as to how much the votes
weigh on the final decision. For example, some think that if someone
campaigns for votes or asks their colleagues to vote, the session will
likely be accepted (which may not be the case).

I have always considered the public voting a celebration of the success
of the summit and nothing else. It's a ritual for the OpenStack
community: twice a year we ask speakers to propose their talks and we
celebrate all of the submissions. In this celebration, people from
anywhere (the crowd) give their opinions...

The rituals and the celebrations contribute to define communities,
online and not.

I've argued at length that the crowd's votes are a by-product of the
celebration and are to be discarded by the track chairs.

If this is only for publicity - then it could be considered a complete
and total
waste of time to even start the voting process.

Promote the sessions. Asking people to vote and then throw their efforts
and opinion
away could actually be considered an insult.

For what it is worth - I personally think we should do away with it all
together

I agree that having a voting system and then ignoring the votes may be
insulting. You say you're in favor of nixing voting altogether -- would
you mind explaining your rationale?

Cheers,
Florian