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• the script worked.... (Score:1)

  by jouke (587)

  I got mine :(
  
  
  • Re:the script worked.... (Score:1)

    by Theory (10)

    I did, too. I though for sure that the talk about Bricolage would be accepted. :-(
    • Re:the script worked.... (Score:1)

      by krellis (2720)

      Ooh, ooh, I got mine too! I've gotten used to having talks turned down, I'd probably have been more surprised to get accepted :)
      • Re:the script worked.... (Score:1)

        by Damian (784)

        I had three proposals rejected too. The OSCon team had a serious overabundance of riches this year and had to turn down a very large number of excellent proposals. No-one should feel the least bit slighted if their talk wasn't accepted.
        • Re:the script worked.... (Score:2)

          by Simon (89)

          I had three proposals rejected too.

          Why, however, do I get the feeling that this was slightly less than the 100% suffered by a lot of folk I know?
          I know, I know - with 500-odd suggestions and only 100 places, it's a tough choice, and whatever you do, you're going to piss someone off. I kinda feel sorry for the team for having to make such a choice, but that's they're job - instead, I'll be sorry for the friends I know who can't go to TPC any more.
          • Re:the script worked.... (Score:2, Interesting)

            by Damian (784) on 2002.03.21 15:27 (#6205)

            I had three proposals rejected too.

            Why, however, do I get the feeling that this was slightly less than the 100% suffered by a lot of folk I know?

            I was just making the point that they cut everybody back hard this year. And that there were no favours done: it was strictly on merit and perceived marketability.

            No, I didn't suffer the 100% rejection rate that others did. But I did suffer more than an 80% rejection rate. Which is still pretty tough, given my track record.

            instead, I'll be sorry for the friends I know who can't go to TPC any more.

            Yes, that's certainly sad. Were there many who have previously gotten there only because they were subsidized as speakers?

            Of course, commercial/academic conferences have always been expensive to attend. Most of the conferences I've talked at over the years don't even "comp" non-keynote speakers. The one thing worse than not being paid to speak, is having to pay to speak.

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            • Re:the script worked.... (Score:2)

              by Simon (89)

              But I did suffer more than an 80% rejection rate.
              

              
              What's that in real numbers? If I'd had the
              energy to submit as many proposals as I'd liked,
              an 80% rejection rate would still have kept me
              busy for a goodly number of hours. :)
              • Re:the script worked.... (Score:2, Informative)

                by Damian (784)

                What's that in real numbers?
                
                Four out of five proposals didn't make it.
                
                But yes, I'll still be "kept busy for a goodly number of hours" myself.