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Here's some links Bernd sent to free and/or open-source conference management (submission) systems: A site that lists open-source systems: http://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/2010/05/list-of-open-source-conference.html http://www.easychair.org/ http://pentabarf.org/Main_Page I haven't looked into them closely -- just a quick look around each site.
After some random discussion, I think we all agree that although the current setup is far from perfect, it is tailored to our needs and for the most part, it works and it's well understood. Further, swapping out an entirely new system would require a huge initial investment of resources we currently do not have, whereas trickle maintenance of the existing system is generally low-effort. Let's continue with what we've got until it is either non-functional, or so broken that a replacement makes more sense.
I agree that it's more practical to continue to use what we have. It would be nice to get rid of some of the code that we no longer plan on using, such as the sub sys sending out coupons, and do some simplification, such as using only generic emails for accepting/declining talks. Other good things to do when there's time: - Get rid of those extra reports that Gabe added when individual people asked for them, such as the list of sponsor booths - Create UIs for the things we need to configure for each conference, as Denis just did for the discount percentages for each talk type There are some other ideas that are escaping me now, but I think there are some bugs open about possible minor things that would be nice to add, such as making PC comments private by default, etc.
