From: Francis Cianfrocca <garbagecat10@...>
Date: 2006-07-29T04:52:18+09:00
Subject: Re: About last night ...

Regarding presentations: Selecting papers for a conference is basically 
a referee-ing task. If there were 73 papers, perhaps more than 16 of 
them actually were interesting. It's great to see the presenter in the 
flesh and ask questions, but the Ruby world is growing beyond what one 
small annual conference can serve.

It can be just as useful to read papers that are not only well-selected, 
but *well-written* and *well-edited.* (I've always thought of Jon Postel 
as one of the greatest unsung heroes of the Internet because of his 
exceptional editing of the RFCs- almost all of the ones published up to 
his death are at least a pleasure to read.)

What about a peer-reviewed, or at least refereed site for posters, 
abstracts, and papers? Putting up perhaps 16 per month might be more 
useful than what we have now. I'd contribute the bandwidth.

Regarding regional meetings: If anyone is interested in setting one up 
in New York, send me a private email.


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