proposal-review

General Session Proposal Review Team Instructions**
 * TCC 2008

OVERVIEW: - For this year, we will use a "wiki" to complete our peer-review process for general session proposals. When the review process is completed, the reviews will be archived (saved, and hidden from public view). - The space will then be made accessible to all presenters, who will also select a presentation time. - The scheduler will then add the presenter's name to the schedule. - All registered conference participants will then be instructed to view the schedule and presentation descriptions.

ACCESS - Bert or Mary will send you an invitation to join the wiki space for the review. - Confirm your email address with Mary (send cc to Bert). See note below about anonymity. - When you receive the invitation, you will need to create an account (free) to access the wiki. - The wiki access preference is set to be hidden from everyone except members. (Later it will be changed)

TRIAL RUN - Go to the TCC 2008 Wiki: http://tcc2008.wikispaces.com - Click on "Submitted proposals" link in left menu column. - Choose #71 (at bottom of page) - Click on "Discussion" tab at the top. - Click on "sign-in" if you haven't done so. - Enter your comments (Yes, No or Maybe for Subject box) - Click on Post link to save.

TO VIEW AND SUBMIT YOUR REVIEW: - Go to TCC 2008 Wiki: http://tcc2008.wikispaces.com - Click on "Submitted proposals" link in left menu column - Click on selected proposal to review - After reading, click on "Discussion" link - Complete "Subject" and "Message" boxes. For Subject, indicate your vote for acceptance as "Yes, No, or Maybe." For message, enter your comments. Please provide some comment so that Mary is able to verify in case there are questions about a specific proposal. - Click on Post link (very important!)

UPON COMPLETION OF REVIEW: - After all reviews are completed, Bert will archive and remove the reviewers comments from the discussion. - Proposals will be sent a determination letter by email indicating acceptance or denial. If more information is needed, the submitter will be contacted by email to receive the information. - Presenters will be asked to view the TCC schedule outline and request times for their presentation on a first come first serve basis. - After scheduling is completed, registered participants will be informed about the schedule of presentations, along with the proposal descriptions.

NOTES: - When you are signed in, you will see your name at the top right. If you see "guest," you'll have to sign in to post your comments. - During review, the names of presenters will not be listed. It will be a blind review. - Even if the wiki is "hidden" to the public, this is a publicly accessible space. Hence, if someone knows the URL, he/she may still access the wiki and view all the content. - If you want to be completely anonymous (except to Bert and Mary), create a separate free email account using an alias and send your email address to Mary and Bert (Bert recommends using Google mail: mail.google.com). We need to verify your identity so that we can provide you access to the wiki. - You can access this wiki from anywhere using a web browser. - Three to four reviews per proposal are sufficient, unless it is controversial. Try to spread out your coverage so that we can complete this stage quickly.


 * //Thank you for your hard work. Without your involvement in this critical stage, TCC would not be of the quality that it has attained.//**