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Speaking for myself and not necessarily for my team, this sounds
interesting despite potentially controversial. I agree that large
organizations voting for their colleagues is something start-ups cannot
compete against, I also believe that the community voice is important. I'm
onboard to experimenting to find the right balance.

//adam


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On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Claire Massey <claire at openstack.org>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> For the past few Summits, we've received mixed feedback about having the
> community vote on proposed sessions as part of the call for speakers
> process. Historically, after the call for speakers closes, we publish all
> submitted sessions for community voting before the track chairs review
> them. The track chairs then choose how much weight to put on the voting
> resuls, if any, because they make the ultimate decision about which
> sessions are selected. More info on Track Chairs can be found at the bottom
> of this email.
>
> 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).
>
> We would like to propose removing voting from the selection process for
> the October 2016 Barcelona Summit, but want to get your input before making
> a final decision. Our thinking is that by removing voting from the process,
> we will:
>
> - Save valuable time during the overall Summit programming process, which
> should allow us to publish the final agenda and notify speakers sooner
> - Allow our development teams more time to focus on improving the mobile
> app and web schedule developed during the last Summit cycle
> - Reduce the spam and noise around voting, so we don't cause Twitter
> fatigue before we're promoting the final agenda and key themes
> - Level the playing field for speakers from startups, new community
> members, etc. who may not have an established network in the community for
> voting
>
> We initially started the voting process for good reasons and we do think
> there's value, but we're reaching a point where the costs are starting to
> outweigh the benefits. We'd like to get your input before we open the call
> for speakers in early June for the Barcelona Summit.
>
> Thanks,
> Claire
>
>
> Track Chair Info
> Track Chairs are subject matter experts who review submissions to their
> particular track, for example "storage" or "cloud applications." There are
> typically 3-4 chairs per track who review and collaboratively decide which
> presentations are ultimately accepted for inclusion on the final agenda.
> The Foundation strives to recruit Track Chairs from a diverse set of
> companies, regions, roles in the community (i.e., contributing developers,
> users and business leaders) and areas of expertise. Information on how to
> nominate yourself or someone else to serve as a track chair for the
> Barcelona Summit will be published when the call for speakers goes live in
> early June. For reference, here's information on the Track Chairs from the
> Austin Summit: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/Austin_Summit_Track_Chairs
>  and
> https://www.openstack.org/summit/austin-2016/categories/selection-process.
>
>
>
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