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	Jaffa	2009-07-28 , 18:07
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Originally Posted by qgil

> Anyone speaking in a "proper" session
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> Anyone speaking in two or more lightning sessions

In reality, a speaker can or cannot afford to travel to Amsterdam, no matter whether is to talk 5 minutes one time, two times, half an hour or two hours.

I think you're arguing that if someone has a half-hour talk accepted, but doesn't fulfill the other criteria; they'll only get sponsorship if they pass the entirely subjective test.

If so, I disagree. If someone's willing to give a presentation to a large audience to the benefit of the community (having passed some bar to get past the content committee triumverate) the least that they can be offered is sponsorship.

In practice: the content committee needs to look carefully what lightning talks get approved, specially when they come from someone "unknown" in the community or difficult to evaluate based on e.g. other presentations elsewhere.

I don't disagree.

Don't get me wrong. I'm overall happy on the selection of lightning talks and corresponding sponsored participants last year. But now I think that it was too easy to submit a proposal, get the corresponding sponsorship, deliver the 5 minutes and enjoy the weekend in Berlin. Maybe someone is tempted to exploit this "weakness" this year.

Don't disagree here, either. Hence the "2 lightning spots" requirement. Perhaps that should be higher. Or dropped altogether. Giving a lightning presentation doesn't require the preparedness of a full-blown talk (and neither should it, that's the point). Perhaps someone who's only giving lightning sessions should only get sponsorship under the other criteria (including the subjective one).

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