[penguicon-general] Creative Commons Discount for Program Participants

[Catherine Olanich Raymond]

On Friday 05 September 2008 2:15:22 pm Greg wrote:
> --- On Fri, 9/5/08, Rachel Weisenfeld <rweisenfeld at gmail.com> wrote:
> > We want to encourage that sort of programming, in my opinion, and I think
> > Matt's idea might just do that.
>
> Agreed.  We've all sat through our share of un-prepared presenters.  

Yes, but at Penguicon?

> Also, 
> it needs to be made clear to the presenter that if he/she states their
> session is at a particular level (novice, expert, etc.) then they need to
> keep it at that level.  To often I've attended a presentation, supposedly
> for novices, that are anything but.

That's an excellent point, but it's part of a different discussion.  Still, I 
hope the Programming track heads have noted it.




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Cathy Raymond <cathy at thyrsus.com>

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