We haven't yet made a decision around OSSIE for this year, but as a track it has seen reduced attendance and submissions over the past few years. If we can come up with some concrete plans around what we'd want it to look like and discuss how we can get teachers to attend I'm sure we'd be happy to arrange space again.
Another thing to keep in mind is we've gotten mixed feedback from teachers on what day to hold OSSIE on if we continue to do so. On the one hand we hear from many teachers they can't attend during the weekend as they have trouble getting the school district to give them a day off for the conference. On the other hand, we also hear from them that they prefer to keep their weekends to themselves rather than for training.
-Ilan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbigenho@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Folks,
I've been watching silently from afar (summer in Montana). It looks like everything is coming along well, except for one thing that seems to be entirely missing: OSSIE (Open Source Software In Education.)
A few years back there was still a dedicated OSSIE track. Have you given up entirely on having one? If not, I'll be happy to volunteer to help organize, publicize, coordinate, and do what ever else needs to be done to make it happen.
Just let me know! Caryl
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On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
Hello Juan,
The local big data community has been running a data tools/big data track the last few years of SCALE. It's possible that what you're looking for might be covered there? OpenData in general has been a topic we've had requests for over the years, so we decided to add a one day track around it.
That being said I think your email highlights an important point. We find a lot of confusion from both attendees and speakers about what is relevant for a given track each year. E.g. Is intro to kernel development a talk that belongs in the introductory/beginner track, a kernel track, or a developer track?
With that in mind we have been looking to recruit experts around each track to help serve as "track leads". The role involves writing a one paragraph abstract describing what type of content we are seeking for that track, helping to do targeted recruitment for invited speakers on those tracks, and finally participating in the voting/review process of sessions submitted via the CFP.
Here is an example of what QCon has done for these track descriptions
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Track: Containers - From Dev to Prod Abstract: Containers came to prominence a couple of years ago with the promise of portability, flexibility and rapid deployments. They remain a hot topic in the industry and there are several success stories of companies deriving business value from the use of containers; especially in the area of developer experience. At the same time, container technology and the surrounding ecosystem are evolving very rapidly, which makes it difficult to assess its readiness for production use.
In this track, we will hear from practitioners who are leveraging containers as part of their software delivery processes for a better developer experience, simplified operations, efficient resource utilization, or all of the above. Speakers will share their experiences in tackling the complex challenges around CI/CD, scheduling and orchestration, service discovery, monitoring etc. and what it takes to truly reap the benefits of container technology. Track Lead(s): Sangeeta Narayanan, Netflix
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This makes it very clear what the goal of the track is and what type of content they're seeking.
If you see a track on the CFP that you think you'd be a good fit to lead, reach out to myself and Shyam (kapadia@socallinuxexpo.org). We'd love to have your help. We're seeing at least 1 person per track, with 2 leads per track max.
Thanks, Ilan
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On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Juan J. Natera naterajj@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I was taking a look at the CFP page (http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/cfp), when I read the description of the Open Data track, which I quote here:
"Open Data - This newly introduced track will focus on topics related to Open Data in Science, Government, and other sources. This will strive to answer questions such as: Why does Open Data Matter? What are benefits of Open Data? What are the goals of the Open Data movement? What is its current status?"
As an Open Source enthusiast, I wholeheartedly agree with the importance of Open Data, and realize there is a long road ahead of those working to address this issue. However I believe that this track, as described, would be more at home as a keynote in Data focused conference. I am not saying it goes against SCALE's mission to have this kind of content, far from it. but speaking also as an attendee, I think SCALE users would be more interested in Open Source tools for working with data (big or small), since it's already obvious for most scale attendees that Open Data is just as good as Open Source software.
I also realize that Big Data is mentioned in the Cloud Track, but isn't there enough interest in this topic to deserve its own track?
Some food for thought,
Thanks,
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