In OpenSym 2017, we made several changes to the way the conference has been run:
* In previous years, OpenSym had tracks on topics like free/open source software, wikis, open innovation, open education, and so on. In 2017, **we used a single track model**.
-* Because we eliminated tracks, we also eliminated track-level chairs. Instead, **we appointed a series of Associate Chairs or ACs**.
+* Because we eliminated tracks, we also eliminated track-level chairs. Instead, **we appointed Associate Chairs or ACs**.
* **We eliminated page limits and the distinction between full papers and notes**.
* **We allowed authors to write rebuttals before reviews were finalized.** Reviewers and ACs were allowed to modify their reviews and decisions based on rebuttals.
* To assist in assigning papers to ACs and to reviewers, **we made extensive use of bidding**. This means we had to recruit the pool of reviewers before papers were submitted.
# This Analysis
-OpenSym used the gratis version of [EasyChair](https://www.easychair.org/) to manage the conference which doesn't allow chairs to export data. As a result, data used in this this postmortem was scraped from EasyChair using two Python scripts. Numbers and graphs were created using a [knitr](https://yihui.name/knitr/) file that combines R visualization and analysis code and markdown. I've made all the code I used to produce this analysis available in [this git repository](FIXME). I hope someone else finds it useful. Because the data contains sensitive information on the review process, I'm not going to publish the data.
+OpenSym used the gratis version of [EasyChair](https://www.easychair.org/) to manage the conference which doesn't allow chairs to export data. As a result, data used in this this postmortem was scraped from EasyChair using two Python scripts. Numbers and graphs were created using a [knitr](https://yihui.name/knitr/) file that combines R visualization and analysis code and markdown. I've made all the code I used to produce this analysis available in [this git repository](https://code.communitydata.cc/opensym2017_postmortem.git). I hope someone else finds it useful. Because the data contains sensitive information on the review process, I'm not going to publish the data.
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