All the early bird tickets are allowed to vote on the talk list so that we have a reasonable guarantee that we select talks that the community wants to see and that it's a conference tailored for our attendance. Writing the schedule still remains a multi-night work that requires a lot of flexibility also from the speakers themselves.
Yeah, I noticed you guys used a voting system like this - I think we might crib some of the ideas, but stick to the system we've had. It's worked pretty well, despite the amount of work and helps us "game" the system in such a way that we can ensure unheard of speakers or topics can be seen.
http://ep2011.europython.eu/blog/2011/04/11/talk-voting
All the early bird tickets are allowed to vote on the talk list so that we have a reasonable guarantee that we select talks that the community wants to see and that it's a conference tailored for our attendance. Writing the schedule still remains a multi-night work that requires a lot of flexibility also from the speakers themselves.