[okfn-discuss] OKCon 2009: CFP + submissions system

[Jordan's Lists]

Looks good to me -- I added a link to the open definition as you  
suggested Claudia.

That made me think that perhaps there should be a short note under  
"Submission Details" that open as defined in the open definition is  
one of the factors of the review process?

Thanks

~Jordan

On 2 Nov 2009, at 14:06, Claudia Mueller-Birn wrote:

> Hi *,
>
> Wow, good progress. I was just little time offline :-)  Thank  you  
> Jonathan, Sören, and Rufus.
>
> Okay, I had a look on the different sites and here are my comments:
>
> First question. If I use this link: http://www.okfn.org/okcon/ and  
> then try to go back to the page, I end here http://www.okfn.org/okcon/cfp
> Is it just to keep the page "invisible" until it is finished?
>
> On Oct 31, 2009, at 8:54 AM, Rufus Pollock wrote:
>
>> 2009/10/30 Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've made some edits to the OKCon 2010 call for proposals (copied
>>> below), and propose we get this out ASAP!
>>
>> Great work Jonathan.
>>
>> I've got some changes to the announce. some I've mentioned below but
>> I've mostly just gone and edited the the wiki:
>> http://wiki.okfn.org/okcon/2010/cfp/
>
> What do you think, if we link the call (i.e. the term in the call)  
> to the Open Knowledge definition (http://www.opendefinition.org/).  
> Another minor detail is that the submission details appeared before  
> the submission dates etc. I changed the order.
>
>>
>>> # Open Knowledge Conference 2010: Call for Proposals
>>
>> I suggest here we have our standard bullet points here:
>>
>> * when: Saturday 24th April 2010
>> * where: London, UK
>> * website: http://www.okfn.org/okcon/
>> * last year: http://www.okfn.org/okcon/2009/
>
> I think this a very good idea. Well, but I couldn't find the last  
> bullet point? Well, if this was just a suggestion then I vote for  
> it :-)
>
>>
>>> ## Introduction
>>
>> This looks a big improvement but could do with a bit more sharpening.
>> I've edited direct on the wiki page ...
>>
>> [...]
>
> I'd like to discuss the order of the topics. At the moment it is:
> 1. Technology
> 2. Law, Society and Democracy
> 3. Culture and Education
> 4. Science and Research
>
> If technology is the most important topic at this conference then  
> fine, but the introduction gives (at least me) another impression.  
> What do you think?
>
>>
>>> ## Important Dates
>>
>> This should at or near the top ....
>>
>>>   * Submission deadline: December 15th 2009
>>>   * Reviewing and discussion period: December 15th 2009 - January  
>>> 31th 2010
>>>   * Notification of acceptance: January 31th 2010
>>>   * Camera-ready papers due: February 31th 2010
>>>   * Research track at OKCon: April 2010
>
> I think so too! Another possibility would be to split or copy it.  
> For example the submission deadline could be part of the header  
> (when, where etc.) and then the all submission details are at the  
> same position as now.
>
>>
>> [...]
>
> Okay, about the submission template. Maybe it is a bit over- 
> engineered but what do you think if we adapt a professional template  
> such as IEEE, ACM or Springer? At the moment, only the structure is  
> given, but wouldn't be nice to have one consistent layout? Well,  
> please tell me your plans with the proceedings? Will there be a  
> website with all papers or do we provide are open access book or ...?
>
> What is about the logo? I had a look on the poll and I think we have  
> one finalist. :-) Shouldn't we this include in the call?
>
> In my point of view is the paper length unbalanced. Short papers  
> should have 2- 4 pages and full papers 5-10 pages. Well, what do you  
> think about full papers with 6 - 8 pages?
>
> And finally for our internal organization: Maybe a list would be  
> appropriate with an overview about who will send the CfP to which  
> mailing list.
>
> Well, these are my few comments.
>
> Greetings from lovely Pittsburgh,
> Claudia
>
>
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