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Just to clarify, +1 on only one accepted presentation per person -1 on only one submission per person Sorry for any confusion. --jay On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Edward M. Corrado <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Jay Luker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > As a conference-goer I dislike the idea of limiting proposal submissions > > for the same reason I dislike term limits: it doesn't let *me* choose > from > > all possibilities. The restriction cuts both ways in that it doesn't just > > put a limit on presenters but on my choices as well. > > > > --jay > > > > I would argue that multiple submissions limits me as a voter as well. > If a person with multiple proposals gets more then one accepted, the > one I wanted more could be dropped, and if I knew it would have been > dropped, I might have voted for a presentation from someone else on a > related topic higher. > > Unless we have a completely open schedule, voters, presenters, and > conference goers are all limited in some way. > > Edward > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Ross Singer <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > >> On Nov 28, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Edward M. Corrado <[log in to unmask]> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > I favor limiting up front. One of the issues we have been discussing > >> > is that perception that Code4Lib is not as inclusive as it can or > >> > should be. I believe having multiple proposals from the same person(s) > >> > and, for that matter, multiple proposals from the same institution(s), > >> > does nothing to help counter this perception, and possibly perpetuates > >> > it. > >> > >> Since I'm pretty intimately aware of the minutiae of the proposals > (since > >> I have to load them one-by-one into the diebold-o-tron every year), I am > >> pretty sure that multiple proposal submission is not the exclusive > domain > >> of conference veterans. > >> > >> It is a pretty healthy mix of people I know and people I don't. > >> > >> While I still stick to not having a problem with multiple submissions, I > >> can see an issue in the case of second proposals that are similar to > other > >> proposals. That said, the process is never going to be perfect, having > >> some editorial discretion on the part of the program committee seems to > me > >> to mitigate the worst of the downsides. > >> > >> -Ross. > >> >