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diff --git a/2021/emacsconf-2021-cfp.org b/2021/emacsconf-2021-cfp.org deleted file mode 100644 index f3dd36c0..00000000 --- a/2021/emacsconf-2021-cfp.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,218 +0,0 @@ -#+title: EmacsConf 2021 -#+subtitle: Online Conference -#+date: November 27 and 28, 2021 -#+options: author:nil - -[[https://emacsconf.org/2021/][EmacsConf 2021]] will be a virtual conference on *November 27 and 28, -2021 (Sat-Sun)*. If you'd like to present at the conference, please -[[https://emacsconf.org/2021/cfp/][submit your proposal]] by *September 30, 2021*. - -EmacsConf 2021 is about the joy of [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/][Emacs]] and Emacs Lisp. Come share -your experiments and adventures with the Emacs text editor / operating -system / way of life! We welcome speakers of *all backgrounds* and -*all levels of experience*, including newcomers giving their first -talk. What have you found exciting about Emacs lately? What do you -wish someone had told you when you were starting out? What part of -your workflow might inspire someone to get into Emacs or go deeper? - -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]]. -You might also 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 visiting -[[https://chat.emacsconf.org][chat.emacsconf.org]] in your web browser. - -All kinds of people use Emacs for all kinds of things. We'd 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, non-developers, etc.) 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. - -* Important dates - -For EmacsConf 2021, we are planning for 9am to 5pm Toronto/EST -(2pm-10pm UTC) on November 27 and 28. Depending on people's -availability, it might be two half-days. - -| CFP opens | August 5, 2021 | -| CFP closes | September 30, 2021 | -| Speaker notifications | October 15, 2021 | -| Schedule published | October 31, 2021 | -| EmacsConf 2021! | November 27 and 28, 2021 | - -If you are not available during the conference itself but you have a -neat idea that you'd like to share, please propose it anyway! You can -always handle questions after the conference, and we might even be -able to coordinate with other Emacs meetups for regional events (if -you're an Emacs meetup organizer and would like to make this happen -let's [[https://emacsconf.org/contact/][get in touch]]!). - -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 your patience and understanding. - -* Talk formats - -We'd like EmacsConf 2021 to inspire lots of different people to -explore lots of different things in Emacs. We hope to put together a -stream of quick ideas followed by lots of conversation over IRC and/or -Q&A sessions, with occasional deep dives into topics that many people -might find interesting or useful. - -As you think about your talk, consider what you can share in: - -- *Up to 10 minutes total:* What is the core idea? What do you want - people to do or remember? You can show just enough to get people - interested and then point them to where they can learn more - afterwards. You can answer questions over IRC, the pad, or the - wiki, and there's no limit to how long that conversation can go. - -- *Up to 20 minutes total:* How would you flesh out some of the points - from your 5-10 minute presentation? How can you show the pieces - working together? - -- *Up to 40 minutes total:* What would benefit from a deep dive? - How do you keep it engaging? - -When writing your proposal, please write an outline of what you plan -to talk about if you have 5-10 minutes. If you'd like to propose a -longer talk, outline what you might include if you had more time to -present (up to 40 minutes, including Q&A). - -Here's an example for a potentially 40-minute talk: - -- 5-10 minutes: quick demo of the abc package working together with - xyz package. -- 20 minutes: same as above, with some customization options to - accommodate a different workflow. -- 40 minutes: all of the above, including modifying the behaviour of - the package in order to add something new. - -This flexibility would help us in devising the conference schedule so -that as many people as possible could get a chance to present their -ideas, while still allowing for featuring longer deep dive talks. - -Other session formats such as tutorials, workshops, and hangouts are -welcome as well, in case you would find those other formats preferable -to a traditional talk format. If you're interested in these or other -session types, please let us know [[https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-org][publicly]] or [[https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-org-private][privately]]. We'll be -happy to work something out with you. - -* Office hours - -We're aware that it can be intimidating to submit a proposal to a -conference, so we thought we'd try to help! This year, we're opening -up the doors of our virtual offices for you to come talk to us about -your proposals with hopes of helping you with any hurdles you may be -facing with preparing your proposal. - -We'd like to publish a schedule of availabilities of volunteers for -holding office hours. Currently these volunteers consist of some of -the EmacsConf organizers, but we'd love to have the help of other -members of the Emacs community as well. If you are a more experienced -Emacs user and would like to help with this, please [[https://emacsconf.org/contact/][get in touch]]! - -Our first office hour this year is planned for Saturday, August 14, -from 3pm to 4pm UTC with zaeph (Leo Vivier) at the following -BigBlueButton room: https://bbb.emacsverse.org/b/ban-qye-fd1-5kw. - -* Submitting your proposal - -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. - -We use an anonymized submission process to reduce bias and encourage -contribution. 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. - -If your talk is approved, we'd love it if you could help us make sure -the conference runs smoothly. After we email you with the time -allotted for your talk, we'll ask you to - -- prepare a prerecording of your talk, or record it with our help if - that'd be easier for you; and -- schedule a short tech-check if you'd like to be able to answer - questions in a live session. - -Don't forget to subscribe to our main 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! - -* Getting involved - -If you would like to help with the conference (planning the sessions, -reviewing proposals, helping with infrastructure, making sessions more -accessible, editing video transcripts, etc.), see our [[https://emacsconf.org/2021/planning/][planning]] page -and come say hi to us at =#emacsconf= on =irc.libera.chat=. - -In addition to the [[https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-discuss][emacsconf-discuss]] list, feel free to subscribe to -[[https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-org][emacsconf-org]] as well, for discussions related to organizing the -conference by the EmacsConf organizers and volunteers. - -We'd really appreciate your help in making EmacsConf 2021 the best one -so far! - -* Commitment to freedom - -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. -An article describing our infrastructure and tools is underway, -and will be announced on the emacsconf-discuss list when published. - - -* COMMENT Copyright & License - -Copyright (c) 2020 Amin Bandali, Sacha Chua, David Bremner -Copyright (c) 2021 Amin Bandali, Sacha Chua, Leo Vivier, -Sebastian Crane - -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 |