IOUG-Live - Paper Submission rejected - Who?

Hi All
Been reading the number of postings on who got their Paper Submission
rejected for the IOUG-Live conference. Odd to see so many experienced
and good speakers rejected.  I wont mentioned their names here 
but you would definitely know them.

I was under the impression that preferences were given to past
presenters and automatic selection for the top 10% of presenters.  Maybe
that was in the past.

I contacted the IOUG-Live Head of Selection committee, Ian Abramson
and this was his reply.  (Ian, thanks for the reply).  Ian was made aware that
the reply would be forwarded to this list.

Tony,
Thanks for contacting me.
As the head of the selection committee, I guess I need to take 
responsibility for these selections. Papers are reviewed by teh 
individual Focus Area Managers and scored based on subject matter, 
previous speaking experience and a number of other factors. This is 
compiled by the FAMs and then selections are provided to us. The 
selections are based on this scoring. We receive hundreds of papers each 
year and the process is very labour-intensive and like many things it is 
possible that we make errors and ommisions in our selections.
To address the issue of <name deleted> and <name deleted> directly, I am 
disappointed 
that you were both not selected, both of you are considered top 
speakers. Of course this not the scenerio I would have liked to see. 
There are sometimes oversights of this kind and when this occurs I would 
suggest for the future we do a better job in ensuring that all top rated 
speakers are included. I also feel that if a speaker who is not 
selected; that they communicate with the Director of Education or the 
Technical Session Chair to get a better understanding of why they were 
not selected. This may then trigger us to re-look at the reason for this 
selection and could enable us to repair a potential missed speaker. I 
hope this helps you better understand our process. The IOUG always 
strives to select the best speakers and subjects, but it is not a 
perfect process.
Ian 


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