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@@ -24,6 +24,21 @@ or presentation style meets the guidelines laid out in the code of
conduct. You can email Sacha Chua at <sacha@sachachua.com> to chat
more about this.
+### Top Tips for Presenters
+
+#### Use Headsets for Live Presentations including Q&A
+
+To help reduce echo, if possible please use a headset instead of
+external speakers during live presentations including during Q&A.
+
+#### Prepare recorded video in 720p; WebM formatted if possible.
+
+The conference broadcast will be in
+[720p](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/720p) (1280px x 720px,
+progressive) using the [Webm](https://www.webmproject.org/) video
+format. The closer to this format submitted video files arrives in,
+the less work for volunteers.
+
### Prerecording talks
For EmacsConf 2020, much like the last EmacsConf, we highly encourage
@@ -91,19 +106,61 @@ screen. The office hours will likely be on Saturdays or Sundays, but
we would be happy to try and work out another time if that doesn’t
work for a speaker.
-To schedule a short tech-check, email one of the people on this list:
-
-- Corwin Brust <<corwin@bru.st>>
-- Leo Vivier <<zaeph@zaeph.net>>
-- Your Name <<your@email>>
-- Amin Bandali <<bandali@gnu.org>>
-
+To schedule a short tech-check, email one of the people listed below
+or visit with us on [#emacsconf-org on Freenode
+IRC](irc://chat.freenode.net/#emacsconf-org).
+
+<style type="text/css">
+.tht {
+ border: 1px solid #ad49c0;
+ padding: 5px;
+ border-collapse: collapse;
+}
+</style>
+<table class="tht">
+
+<thead>
+<tr class="tht">
+<td align="left" class="tht">Volunteer</td>
+<td align="left" class="tht">Email</td>
+<td align="left" class="tht">IRC Nick</td>
+<td align="left" class="tht">Timezone</td>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody>
+<tr class="tht">
+<td align="right" class="tht">Corwin Brust</td>
+<td align="right" class="tht">&lt;<a href="mailto:corwin@bru.st">corwin@bru.st</a>&gt;</td>
+<td align="right" class="tht">mplsCorwin</td>
+<td align="right" class="tht">US/Central (UTC-6)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="tht">
+<td align="right" class="tht">Leo Vivier</td>
+<td align="right" class="tht">&lt;<a href="mailto:zaeph@zaeph.net">zaeph@zaeph.net</a>&gt;</td>
+<td align="right" class="tht">zaeph</td>
+<td align="right" class="tht">CEST (UTC+1)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="tht">
+<td align="right" class="tht"><strong>Your Name</strong></td>
+<td align="right" class="tht">&lt;your@email&gt;</td>
+<td align="right" class="tht">&nbsp;</td>
+<td align="right" class="tht">&nbsp;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="tht">
+<td align="right" class="tht">Amin Bandali</td>
+<td align="right" class="tht">&lt;<a href="mailto:bandali@gnu.org">bandali@gnu.org</a>&gt;</td>
+<td align="right" class="tht">bandali</td>
+<td align="right" class="tht">US/Eastern (UTC-5)</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
If you'd like to help out with the tech-checks, feel free to add your
name and email to the above list and email <bandali@gnu.org> to plan
the logistics.
-Tech checklist:
+
+### Tech checklist:
- Can you speak and be heard? Is there echo?
- Can you hear the organizer?