#debconf-team: - DebConf talks team

Meeting summary

1. 1. We announced in the CfP we would have 45 minute slots - We will cut accepted proposals from Penta's default 1hr to 45 minutes except for specific requests (gwolf, 21:11:18)
   2. ACTION: we should notify as early as possible the travel sponsorship team of the strongly wanted talks, to make it more probable the submitters get sponsored (gwolf, 21:13:42)
   3. ACTION: gwolf starts marking talks with ranking ≥ 80 as accepted as soon as the meeting is over (gwolf, 21:17:34)
   4. Doing out of our head calculatioins, we can have a total of 60 talk slots in the main (with video) rooms, plus whatever the rooms without video provide (gwolf, 21:24:06)
   5. AGREED: We will try to schedule all accepted lectures in video-enabled rooms, and try to... use our criteria regarding the BoFs (gwolf, 21:30:53)
   
   
2. Proceedings (gwolf, 21:32:30)
   1. AGREED: nattie volunteered to run behind people requesting the papers and check the papers — But will not do the document layout/typesetting/stuff. We need another voluntere for that. (gwolf, 21:35:57)
   2. We need that coordinator early, for the constraints on formatting (gwolf, 21:36:56)
   
   
3. Tracks (gwolf, 21:37:18)
   1. ACTION: gwolf should contact again zobel re: the debian.org webservices track (gwolf, 21:40:50)
   2. dkg and zack will co-coordinate the debian/society track (gwolf, 21:42:15)
   3. AGREED: Track coordinators can strongly recommend stuff to the talks team, but talks team as a whole gets the final say (gwolf, 21:45:22)
   4. micah still has to finish pondering if he will coordinate skills exchange (gwolf, 21:46:57)
   5. blarson still has only got an ack but no real reply - we'll keep waiting (gwolf, 21:48:09)
   
   
4. DebianDay (gwolf, 21:48:20)
   
5. Anything else? (gwolf, 21:50:59)

Action items

1. we should notify as early as possible the travel sponsorship team of the strongly wanted talks, to make it more probable the submitters get sponsored
2. gwolf starts marking talks with ranking ≥ 80 as accepted as soon as the meeting is over
3. gwolf should contact again zobel re: the debian.org webservices track

Action items, by person

1. gwolf
   1. gwolf starts marking talks with ranking ≥ 80 as accepted as soon as the meeting is over
   2. gwolf should contact again zobel re: the debian.org webservices track

People present (lines said)

1. gwolf (98)
2. nattie (77)
3. dkg (69)
4. micah (3)
5. blarson (3)
6. MeetBot (2)
7. gregoa (1)