[Info-vax] Looking for speakers for Boot Camp Pre-Conference Seminars and also Boot Camp!

[Baldrick]

On Thursday, 6 July 2017 23:00:25 UTC+1, BillPedersen  wrote:
> Hello:
>  
> Attention!!!!  Call For Papers for the OpenVMS Boot Camp CLOSES on Sunday,
> 20 August 2017.  Speaker will be notified no later than the end of that same
> week in August as to whether or not their session(s) have been accepted.

One of my problems with one or a few of last years' sessions was that a number 
were thinly disguised adverts for services, with next to zero technical 
content, and a whole load of "you can hire me at 1-800-555-nnnn" and 
 please take my card...

Now, I know that the sponsors should have their platforms, but lets have some 
technical content please rather than a misleading abstract. Some of the non VSI 
sessions (aka breakouts?) were exceptionally good and I won't name them in the 
interests of balance. (VSI: keep up the good work!)

Personally I have submitted a session which took its inspiration from a comment 
/ wishlist proposal on here, and the observed popularity of a session run last 
year that I think I can expand on with a twist and the odd bit of humour. I've 
offered to do mine twice as well.

Bill: can it me made clearer when a session is a REPEAT or if its a part 1 and 
part 2?

However it won't be the marathon laugh-a-thon that the YCMTSU was, even though I've gathered some incredible updates to some stories and witnessed or been told some extra ones!

Baldrick.