[AISPC] Programme

[Mark Tinka]

Hi Douglas.

Thanks for your e-mail.

As an example, below are the milestones we used for the 
AfNOG program development for 2013:

	Call for PC Volunteers		30 January 2013
	Call for Papers Opens		13 February 2013
	First Draft Program Published	19 March 2013
	Final Deadline for Submissions	29 April 2013
	Final Program Published		6 May 2013
	Final Slides Received		13 May 2013

Admittedly, due to the AIS concept, some of these activities 
have either lapsed or not occurred, most notably, the call 
for PC volunteers (which is in contradiction to this very 
committee anyway, but...).

I'd suggest working backwards from 13 May, and putting in 
milestones similar to the above.

Whatever the case, it would be best if the joint CfP is 
submitted no later than end of February.

From experience, the buffer from final slides @ 13 May and 
the actual meetings from 17 June buys us some time, but I'd 
rather work on a tighter deadline to be best prepared.

Mark.

On Saturday, February 16, 2013 01:40:45 PM Douglas Onyango 
wrote:
> Hi,
> I don't know who is driving this discussion, but I would
> like to see some trimeframes put around our activities
> now.
> Say:
> 1. End of discussions
> 2. Complete Programme
> 3. CfP broadcast date
> 4. Finalized Programme
> 
> I think things will move faster when there is a  sense of
> time.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> On 16 February 2013 13:59, Hisham <hisham at afrinic.net> 
wrote:
> > Sent from my iPad
> > 
> > On Feb 16, 2013, at 12:44 PM, Douglas Onyango 
<ondouglas at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 1. Cloud Computing
> >> 2. Open Data/Big Data
> >> 3. ITRs
> >> 4. Digital Migration (debatable)
> >> 5. Cyber Security --- this should be aligned with the
> >> one above. 6. etc
> > 
> > I like the brain dump of topics, we can vote on and
> > veto them later, after everyone on the list adds their
> > themes.
> > 
> > Also I would like to add "Innovation" into the mix of
> > themes.
> > 
> > AFRINIc runs the small grants project FIRe, and we can
> > shed light on African develops platforms and
> > initiatives.
> > 
> >> Now to the CfP issue: I think we should send it out
> >> asap, because of time: CfP and a finalized programme
> >> are not completely dependent on each other, we can
> >> run the two in parallel. We only have to  agree
> >> thematically, then the other pieces we can fill in as
> >> we go.
> > 
> > +1
> > 
> >> Also, if we find out we missed a particular topic on
> >> the CfP, we can just directly reachout to subject
> >> matter experts with a CfP.
> > 
> > That usually is the case.
> > 
> > Hisham
> > 
> >> Regards,
> >> --
> >> Douglas Onyango | +256-772-712 139 | Twitter:
> >> @ondouglas Life is the educator's practical joke in
> >> which you spend the first half learning, and the
> >> second half learning that everything you learned in
> >> the first was a joke.
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