Add/update drafts for EmacsConf 2021 CFP

2 files changed, 221 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/2021/cfp.md b/2021/cfp.md
index 8a57b209..a7f45b5f 100644
--- a/2021/cfp.md
+++ b/2021/cfp.md
@@ -3,31 +3,34 @@
 
 **This document is a draft.**
 
-**EmacsConf 2021 | November 28 and 29, 2020 | Online Conference**
+**EmacsConf 2021 | November 27 and 28, 2021 | Online Conference**
 
-The Call for Proposals for EmacsConf 2020 is now open, until
-**October 7, 2020**.
+The Call for Proposals for EmacsConf 2021 is now open, until
+**September 30, 2021**.
 
-After a successful [[EmacsConf 2019|2019]], we are back again this
+After a successful [[EmacsConf 2020|2020]], we are back again this
 year and are once again calling for your participation!
 
 EmacsConf is the conference about the joy of [Emacs][emacs], Emacs
 Lisp, and memorizing key sequences.
 
 We are holding EmacsConf 2020 as a virtual (online) conference again
-this year, especially now, given the current state of the world with
-the ongoing global pandemic.  We remain fully committed to freedom,
-and we will continue using our infrastructure and streaming setup
-consisting entirely of [free software][freesw], much like the last
-EmacsConf.
+this year.  We remain fully committed to freedom, and we will continue
+using our infrastructure and streaming setup consisting entirely of
+[free software][freesw], much like previous EmacsConf conferences.
 
 We welcome speakers of **all backgrounds** and **all levels of
 experience**, including newcomers submitting a proposal to give their
-first talk!
+first talk!  This year, we are doing more to help bring more people on
+board -- as speakers *and* potentially as new EmacsConf organizers,
+for those interested in gaining hands-on experience with organizing a
+volunteer-run fully online conference alongside other EmacsConf
+organizers (keep on reading for more on this!) -- and would love to
+have you along as well.
 
 ### Important dates
 
-Mark your calendars: EmacsConf 2020 will take place on November 28-29!
+Mark your calendars: EmacsConf 2021 will take place on November 27-28!
 We're planning for 9am to 5pm Toronto/EST (2pm-10pm UTC, 3pm-11pm
 Zurich/CET).  Depending on people's availability, it might be two
 half-days.
@@ -36,23 +39,23 @@ half-days.
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td colspan="2" align="left">CFP opens</td>
-<td colspan="2" align="right">August 24, 2020</td>
+<td colspan="2" align="right">August 2, 2021</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td colspan="2" align="left">CFP closes</td>
-<td colspan="2" align="right">October 7, 2020 (new date)</td>
+<td colspan="2" align="right">September 30, 2021</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td colspan="2" align="left">Speaker notifications</td>
-<td colspan="2" align="right">October 14, 2020</td>
+<td colspan="2" align="right">October 15, 2021</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td colspan="2" align="left">Schedule published</td>
-<td colspan="2" align="right">November 7, 2020</td>
+<td colspan="2" align="right">october 31, 2021</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
-<td colspan="2" align="left">EmacsConf 2020!</td>
-<td colspan="2" align="right">November 28 and 29, 2020</td>
+<td colspan="2" align="left">EmacsConf 2021!</td>
+<td colspan="2" align="right">November 27 and 28, 2020</td>
 </tr>
 </tbody>
 </table>
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ Thank you for bearing with us as we all navigate these trying times.
 <a name="formats"></a>
 ### Talk formats
 
-The following are the main formats for EmacsConf 2020 talks:
+The following are the main formats for EmacsConf 2021 talks:
 
 - **10 minutes** (Lightning talk): Quickly present a cool project,
   concept, or trick in 10 minutes or less!
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ The following are the main formats for EmacsConf 2020 talks:
   educating the audience about something you enjoy.
 
 We hope to have lots of great submissions this year, just like last
-year.  In order that as many people as possible can present, it helps
+years.  In order that as many people as possible can present, it helps
 if presenters can be flexible about their time slots.  So, for
 non-lightning talk submissions, please let us know besides your main
 preferred format if a shorter format would also work for your talk.
@@ -106,22 +109,22 @@ rather small and any issues that cannot be resolved quickly will
 greatly detract from the presentation).  We will send an email about
 this with more details further down the line.
 
-Keynote speaker(s) for EmacsConf 2020 will be introduced in a future
+Keynote speaker(s) for EmacsConf 2021 will be introduced in a future
 announcement.
 
 ### Topic ideas
 
 Not sure what to talk about?  You might find some neat ideas on the
 [[ideas]] page.  Feel free to add yours there too!  If you're still
-not sure, come by our IRC channel `#emacsconf` on `chat.freenode.net`
+not sure, come by our IRC channel `#emacsconf` on `irc.libera.chat`
 and say hi.  You can join the chat using
-[your favourite IRC client][freenode-emacsconf], or by pointing your
+[your favourite IRC client][libera-emacsconf], or by pointing your
 web browser to [chat.emacsconf.org][chat] which runs our self-hosted
 instance of [The Lounge][thelounge] free software web IRC client.
 
 A great way to get started with writing a proposal is to start by
-exploring the programs from previous years: [[2019|2019/schedule]],
-[[2015|2015/schedule]], [[2013|2013#program]].
+exploring the programs from previous years: [[2020|2020/schedule]],
+[[2019|2019/schedule]], [[2015|2015/schedule]], [[2013|2013#program]].
 
 ### Submission
 
@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ Once you're ready to submit your proposal, the [[submit]] page has the
 instructions on how to submit your talk.
 
 All kinds of people use Emacs for all kinds of things.  We would love
-it if EmacsConf 2020 could highlight interesting perspectives and
+it if EmacsConf 2021 could highlight interesting perspectives and
 reflect the diversity of our community.  If you know someone who might
 have a good idea for a talk, please reach out to them and encourage
 them to submit a proposal.  Many people (especially from
@@ -153,7 +156,7 @@ speak)!
 If you would like to get involved with the various aspects of
 organizing the conference, such as planning the sessions and helping
 with the infrastructure, see our [[planning]] page and come say hi to
-us at `#emacsconf` on `chat.freenode.net`.
+us at `#emacsconf` on `irc.libera.chat`.
 
 Don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list,
 [emacsconf-discuss][emacsconf-discuss], for discussion and
@@ -162,9 +165,9 @@ announcements about the EmacsConf conference.
 We look forward to your ideas and submissions!
 
 
-[emacs]: //www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html
-[freesw]: //www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
-[chat]: //chat.emacsconf.org
-[thelounge]: //thelounge.chat
-[freenode-emacsconf]: ircs://chat.freenode.net:6697/emacsconf
-[emacsconf-discuss]: //lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-discuss
+[emacs]: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
+[freesw]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
+[chat]: https://chat.emacsconf.org
+[thelounge]: https://thelounge.chat
+[libera-emacsconf]: ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/emacsconf
+[emacsconf-discuss]: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-discuss
diff --git a/2021/emacsconf-2021-cfp.org b/2021/emacsconf-2021-cfp.org
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+#+title: EmacsConf 2021
+#+subtitle: Online Conference
+#+date: November 27 and 28, 2021
+#+options: author:nil
+
+# Copyright (C) 2021 Amin Bandali, Sacha Chua, David Bremner
+
+The [[https://emacsconf.org/2021/cfp/][Call for Proposals]] for [[https://emacsconf.org/2021/][EmacsConf 2021]] is now open, until
+*September 30, 2021*.
+
+After a successful EmacsConf 2020, we are back again this year and are
+once again calling for your participation!
+
+EmacsConf is the conference about the joy of [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/][Emacs]], Emacs Lisp, and
+memorizing key sequences.
+
+We are holding EmacsConf 2021 as a virtual (online) conference again
+this year.  We remain fully committed to freedom, and we will continue
+using our infrastructure and streaming setup consisting entirely of
+[[https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html][free software]], much like previous EmacsConf conferences.
+
+We welcome speakers of *all backgrounds* and *all levels of
+experience*, including newcomers submitting a proposal to give their
+first talk!  This year, we are doing more to help bring more people on
+board -- as speakers /and/ potentially as new EmacsConf organizers,
+for those interested in gaining hands-on experience with organizing a
+volunteer-run fully online conference alongside other EmacsConf
+organizers (keep on reading for more on this!) -- and would love to
+have you along as well.
+
+* Important dates
+
+Mark your calendars: EmacsConf 2021 will take place on November 27-28!
+We're planning for 9am to 5pm Toronto/EST (2pm-10pm UTC, 3pm-11pm
+Zurich/CET).  Depending on people's availability, it might be two
+half-days.
+
+| CFP opens             | August 2, 2021           |
+| CFP closes            | September 30, 2021       |
+| Speaker notifications | October 15, 2021         |
+| Schedule published    | October 31, 2021         |
+| EmacsConf 2021!       | November 27 and 28, 2021 |
+
+Please note that although we will try our best to stick to the above
+dates in the coming months, given the current state of the world, we
+may have to move things around a bit in case of unforeseen events.
+Thank you for bearing with us as we all navigate these trying times.
+
+* Talk formats
+
+The following are the main formats for EmacsConf 2021 talks:
+
+- *10 minutes* (Lightning talk): Quickly present a cool project,
+  concept, or trick in 10 minutes or less!
+
+- *20 minutes* (Standard talk): Introduce the audience to a new Emacs
+  mode, concept, or just talk about something not necessarily shiny
+  and new but that you find really neat nonetheless.
+
+- *50 minutes* (Extended talk): Take your time going more in depth,
+  and/or do a demo!  Extended talks are a great way of really
+  educating the audience about something you enjoy.
+
+We hope to have lots of great submissions this year, just like last
+years.  In order that as many people as possible can present, it helps
+if presenters can be flexible about their time slots.  So, for
+non-lightning talk submissions, please let us know besides your main
+preferred format if a shorter format would also work for your talk.
+
+Q&A time is *included* in the Standard and Extended time slots; please
+time your presentation accordingly.  If you would like to take
+questions live, we recommend aiming for a 15-minute presentation for
+the Standard time slot, and for 40-45 minutes for the Extended time
+slot.  However, as the speaker, the exact allocation of your time is
+up to you, so long as it does not exceed the allocated time slot.
+
+Other session formats such as tutorials, workshops, and hangouts are
+welcome as well, especially considering all that is going on around
+the world, in case you would find those other formats preferable to a
+traditional talk format.  If you are interested in these or other
+session types, please get in touch with us publicly or privately; we
+will be happy to work something out with you.
+
+To help minimize disruptions in case of potential technical issues
+that may arise during the conference, we ask that our speakers either
+schedule a short tech-check with us, or submit a prerecording of their
+talk (especially for lightning talks, where the allotted time slot is
+rather small and any issues that cannot be resolved quickly will
+greatly detract from the presentation).  We will send an email about
+this with more details further down the line.
+
+Keynote speaker(s) for EmacsConf 2021 will be introduced in a future
+announcement.
+
+* Topic ideas
+
+Not sure what to talk about?  You might find some neat ideas on the
+[[https://emacsconf.org/2021/ideas/][ideas]] page.  Feel free to add yours there too!  If you're still not
+sure, come by our IRC channel =#emacsconf= on =irc.libera.chat= and
+say hi.  You can join the chat using [[ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/emacsconf][your favourite IRC client]], or by
+pointing your web browser to [[https://chat.emacsconf.org][chat.emacsconf.org]] which runs our
+self-hosted instance of [[https://thelounge.chat][The Lounge]] free software web IRC client.
+
+A great way to get started with writing a proposal is to start by
+exploring the programs from previous years: [[https://emacsconf.org/2020/schedule/][2020]], [[https://emacsconf.org/2019/schedule/][2019]], [[https://emacsconf.org/2015/schedule/][2015]], [[https://emacsconf.org/2013/#program][2013]].
+
+* Submission
+
+Once you're ready to submit your proposal, the [[https://emacsconf.org/2021/submit/][submit]] page has the
+instructions on how to submit your talk.
+
+All kinds of people use Emacs for all kinds of things.  We would love
+it if EmacsConf 2021 could highlight interesting perspectives and
+reflect the diversity of our community.  If you know someone who might
+have a good idea for a talk, please reach out to them and encourage
+them to submit a proposal.  Many people (especially from
+underrepresented groups such as women, people of colour, and
+non-developers) might not consider themselves expert enough to share
+their thoughts.  If you let them know that you value their knowledge
+and maybe even suggest something that you think others would like to
+hear more about, they may realize that they have something worth
+sharing and that we would love to hear from them.
+
+This year, we are experimenting with an anonymized submission process.
+Identifying information will be removed from submissions by a
+conference organizer who will not participate in talk selection.  The
+anonymized submissions will then be reviewed by a selection committee.
+We hope this will help reduce bias and encourage contribution.  We
+look forward to hearing from you (and the people you want to nudge to
+speak)!
+
+* Getting involved
+
+If you would like to get involved with the various aspects of
+organizing the conference, such as planning the sessions and helping
+with the infrastructure, see our [[https://emacsconf.org/2021/planning/][planning]] page and come say hi to
+us at =#emacsconf= on =irc.libera.chat=.
+
+Don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list, [[https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-discuss][emacsconf-discuss]], for
+discussion and announcements about the EmacsConf conference.
+
+We look forward to your ideas and submissions!
+
+
+* COMMENT Copyright & License
+
+Copyright (C) 2020, 2021 Amin Bandali, Sacha Chua, David Bremner
+
+The EmacsConf 2021 Call for Proposals is part of the EmacsConf wiki,
+and is dual-licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons
+Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License; and the GNU
+General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
+either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+version.
+
+A copy of these two licenses is available on the EmacsConf wiki, in
+the [[https://emacsconf.org/COPYING.CC-BY-SA][COPYING.CC-BY-SA]] and [[https://emacsconf.org/COPYING.GPL][COPYING.GPL]] files.
+
+* COMMENT How to export this file
+
+As of the time of writing this document (Org mode version 9.3.7), the
+Org links library (=ol.el=) does not yet recognize =ircs= link types,
+and will throw an error if you try to export a file containing them,
+such as this file.
+
+To work around that, you can use something along the lines of the
+Emacs Lisp code below, by either adding it to your init file, or by
+putting the point in the code block and hitting =C-c C-v e= (that is,
+hold Ctrl, then hit c followed by v, then release Ctrl, and hit e) to
+evaluate the code, working around the issue only for the current
+session.
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp :results silent
+(org-link-set-parameters
+ "ircs"
+ :export
+ (lambda (link description format)
+   "Export an ircs link.
+See `org-link-parameters' for details about LINK, DESCRIPTION and
+FORMAT."
+   (let ((desc (or description link)))
+     (pcase format
+       (`html (format "<a href=\"ircs:%s\">%s</a>" link desc))
+       (`md (format "[%s](ircs:%s)" desc link))
+       (_ nil)))))
+#+end_src