Comments on: Program committee task–Speaker terms revisited

By: 5 things I want to change while on the PASS Board | Allen Kinsel - SQL DBA

5 things I want to change while on the PASS Board | Allen Kinsel - SQL DBA — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:32:38 +0000

[...] 3. Better Chapter Support. We need to do a better job at giving our chapter leaders what they need, some of the most frequently requested things on the chapter «needs» list could be completed more easily than many think if I can succeed with item #1 on this list. I don't necessarily want to «own» chapter support but, I think I can provide help to this group, especially where it lends itself to my strength in PASS : speaker management. [...]

By: Allen Kinsel

Allen Kinsel — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:23:20 +0000

The intent is definetly to get this in the app side of the process, fact is there are a few places that we need to change to make this work, I figure 80% of the abstracts that are submitted would make good sessions for any usergroup now all PASS needs to do is enable them to be used appropriately (if the presenters agree)

By: Jack Corbett

Jack Corbett — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:42:59 +0000

I agree with Simon’s comment. Although I think PASS should definitely hove those options on the Speaker contract.

By: Simon Sabin

Simon Sabin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:57:30 +0000

I think it should be an option when people submit sessions, not just those that speak. That way you include the new speakers which are the ones that need to be speaking at usergroups to get practice.