[ogf20pc] Notes from last night's telcon

[neil p chue hong]

Hi Dave,

> There is a suggestion to cancel the developer track at OGF20, 
> as we are short of slots and have several good workshop 
> proposals.  E.g. we would like to fit in the Arts and 
> Humanities workshop.  

I think it would be a big mistake to cancel the Developer Track. If we are
to consider OGF in its wider role as a community forum to bring together
people working in eScience, the Developer track fulfils a previously
unaddressed gap for those who are working close to standards but not on
them, and those who are working with applications scientists on developing
software and applications.

The four sessions I attended at OGF19 (GT4, OMII-UK, Genesis-II and OGCE)
were all very well attended and generated a lot of ongoing interest. My only
comment is that the steer for these sessions should focus them to a
developer audience - some veered a bit to high up towards marketing.
 
cheers,
neil