[Open-source-gamedev-devroom] "Call for Speakers" draft

[Nils Kneuper]

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Am 18.11.2011 14:20, schrieb Arthur Huillet:
>> * Yes, I will be biased when it comes to the selection of sessions. I
>> will prefer orgs that help with organizing the dev room and that do
>> support it (meaning the orgs that stated "yeah, we want this room, too"
>> during the gsoc mentor summit are more likely to get a slot than an
>> unknown org or some tiny project.
> 
> FreedroidRPG stated its interest in the devroom as soon as we were made
> aware of it. We couldn't attend the mentor summit but we do care about
> games @FOSDEM.

Support also includes helping here on the ML and working on stuff. ;)

>> * If you can propose a better way for me to handle the selection, feel
>> free to share it. In case there is no such way proposed, I'll just try to
>> handle it in a way that feels "right" to me and might just work.
> 
> I don't have any better process to suggest and I think the complexity of
> the process will have to be scaled according to the number of proposals. If
> you get 1000 proposals then some formal process will be needed. If you get 
> 10 proposals for 6 slots, it's easier to solve.

Exactly. I don't think there will be 1000 proposals, though if there are this
many I will likely wade through and do a first filtering based on "org size"
(meaning: if there are many proposals, one person projects are likely to have
almost zero chance). That is also why it is rather important to get as many
proposals as early as possible and yeah, very last minute proposals that never
stated their intend are unlikely to be accepted!

> Have you given any thought to sound+video recording? I can provide a 
> not-so-good webcam... :/

I don't have any equipment for recording things so I have not given it any
thought so far. Do you know if the people from fosdem possibly allow hosting
the content on their site if we manage to somehow record something?

> I don't remember what the specific room looks like but I think there may be
> a need to provide power plugs to the seats so that people can plug their
> laptops. I don't think FOSDEM covers that part.

The room is likely to be a lecture room with fixed tables and no power
supplies. In the previous years we (Wesnoth folks) have usually brought
several multi outlets so that there would be some power supplies in the
hacking room that we could use. It is unlikely that we will be able to provide
an outlet for everybody in the room, so yeah, it makes sense to bring some
multi outlets yourself if you come by car and can pack them, just to be on the
safe side.

Cheers,
Nils Kneuper aka Ivanovic
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