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diff --git a/2022/cfp.md b/2022/cfp.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0b0a9acd --- /dev/null +++ b/2022/cfp.md @@ -0,0 +1,229 @@ +[[!meta title="Call for Proposals"]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2020 Amin Bandali, Sacha Chua, David Bremner<br />Copyright © 2021 Amin Bandali, Sacha Chua, Leo Vivier, Sebastian Crane"]] +<!-- This file is exported from cfp.org, so don't modify it directly. ---> + + +# Call for Proposals + +[EmacsConf 2021](https://emacsconf.org/2021/) will be a virtual conference on **November 27 and 28, +2021 (Sat-Sun)**. If you'd like to present at the conference, please +[submit your proposal](https://emacsconf.org/2021/cfp/) by **September 30, 2021**. + +EmacsConf 2021 is about the joy of [Emacs](https://www.gnu.org/software/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: [2020](https://emacsconf.org/2020/schedule/), [2019](https://emacsconf.org/2019/schedule/), [2015](https://emacsconf.org/2015/schedule/), [2013](https://emacsconf.org/2013/#program). +You might also find some neat ideas on the [ideas](https://emacsconf.org/2021/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 [your favourite IRC client](ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/emacsconf), or by visiting +[chat.emacsconf.org](https://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. + +<table border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" rules="groups" frame="hsides"> + + +<colgroup> +<col class="org-left" /> + +<col class="org-left" /> +</colgroup> +<tbody> +<tr> +<td class="org-left">CFP opens</td> +<td class="org-left">August 5, 2021</td> +</tr> + + +<tr> +<td class="org-left">CFP closes</td> +<td class="org-left">September 30, 2021</td> +</tr> + + +<tr> +<td class="org-left">Speaker notifications</td> +<td class="org-left">October 15, 2021</td> +</tr> + + +<tr> +<td class="org-left">Schedule published</td> +<td class="org-left">October 31, 2021</td> +</tr> + + +<tr> +<td class="org-left">EmacsConf 2021!</td> +<td class="org-left">November 27 and 28, 2021</td> +</tr> +</tbody> +</table> + +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 [get in touch](https://emacsconf.org/contact/)!). + +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. + +<a name="formats"></a> + + +# 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 [publicly](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-org) or [privately](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-org-private). 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 [get in touch](https://emacsconf.org/contact/)! + +You can find the schedule for upcoming office hours (along with other +Emacs events) at <https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Usergroups> . You can +also get an iCal feed at +<https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics> or get HTML/Org +files in various timezones at <https://emacslife.com/calendar/> . When +in session, the office hours will be held in this BigBlueButton room: +<https://bbb.emacsverse.org/b/ban-qye-fd1-5kw>. + + +# Submitting your proposal + +Once you're ready to submit your proposal, the [submit](https://emacsconf.org/2021/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, [emacsconf-discuss](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/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 [planning](https://emacsconf.org/2021/planning/) page +and come say hi to us at `#emacsconf` on `irc.libera.chat`. + +In addition to the [emacsconf-discuss](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-discuss) list, feel free to subscribe to +[emacsconf-org](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/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 [free software](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html), 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. + +[emacs]: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ +[freesw]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html +[libera-emacsconf]: ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/emacsconf +[chat]: https://chat.emacsconf.org +[emacsconf-discuss]: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-discuss +[emacsconf-org]: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-org +[emacsconf-org-private]: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-org-private + |