[eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee] PC comments for declined talk

[Anne Jacko <anne.jacko@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all,

Our submitters have told us that they really, really want to know why their talks are not accepted. In most cases, they don't need a lot of detail -- just something like "this talk doesn't seem right for our audience because of this and this" or "this same talk was presented last year."

So here's an idea to make this pretty easy for the PC. Chris will add a field for "decline comments." Only the PC can edit this field, and only the PC and the submitter can see the field. If the comments are entered before the accept/decline emails go out -- when the PC is reviewing and making the final decisions -- then Chris can include these with the decline email. This will be very much appreciated by the submitters.

What do you guys think of this idea? Thanks.

Anne Jacko

Eclipse Foundation

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