Re: PGCon 2008 RFP

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>wrote:

> Jonah, one of the great things about open source is that we all get to
> represent our own point of view. We don't get sucked into the great
> dairy farm of Oracle or Sun representation. Each person is able to stand
> on their own merits.

I don't care who else does anything. I'm just saying that, to me, it has
always seemed like everything went more smoothly when there were
standardized templates.

> If you need a standardized template to get your message across in a
> useful way then you are likely not someone who should be doing public
> speaking in the first place.

For the most part, I agree. But for new presenters, it never hurts to point
them in the right direction. Conferences are about making sure that the
people attending the session get the information they need. They're not
about pacifying presenters. Poor presenters just don't get chosen to
present next year, but the session time they waste in current conferences
irreplacable. I'm not saying that slides fix bad presenters, just that they
*sometimes* help promote best practices to people who may not know them yet.

Now... how is any of this on topic for this list?

I didn't start the topic, and it's on -advocacy which is seemingly where
conferences would apply.

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Jonah H. Harris, Senior DBA
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