[news.eclipse.eclipsecon] Re: Schedule posted for EclipseCon 2008

[Bjorn Freeman-Benson <bjorn.freeman-benson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott Kellicker wrote:
> I'm happy to see the tutorials available to all attendees.  I have found 
> the tutorials to be a valuable part of the conference.

Us too!

> I would hope there would be some process to 
> ensure the rooms are adequate for the number of attendees.  

Well, yes and no. Doug Gaff (Program Chair) and I have spent quite a bit 
of time trying to guess which tutorials are going to be more popular and 
putting those in larger rooms. Other than that, we're going with first 
come, first served. With 20 parallel tutorial sessions, we think it will 
even out fairly well. (I hope.)

> Often at the more popular long sessions, people end up 
> standing or sitting on the floor.

I haven't noticed this at EclipseCon so far, but then I can't be 
everywhere, so it could easily have happened. I do notice people 
standing at the back of the room from time to time, but it appeared to 
be by choice (or a choice of "eewh, I don't want to sit 'next' to 
someone else :-).

> Power has also been an issue at past tutorials, and a head count would 
> help this.

As of this writing, there will not be power at the tutorials. The 
tutorial presenters were alerted to this when they submitted their 
tutorials. This decision is destined to be unpopular, sigh, but it is 
made for strictly financial reasons: putting that many power strips in 
that many room costs a lot of money (about the price of a nice new 
automobile).

However, if the registration numbers are outstanding, we'll have some 
extra money and power strips are our first priority. So... help us out 
and convince your friends to register!

- Bjorn