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diff --git a/2022/prepare.md b/2022/prepare.md index c080a793..2f271e77 100644 --- a/2022/prepare.md +++ b/2022/prepare.md @@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ This page contains notes and tips for our speakers on preparing their talks and presentations. Please read through the list and consider it while preparing your talk. If you have any questions, concerns, or -suggestions please feel free to write to one of the organizers -directly (e.g. <bandali@gnu.org>), or write to one our organizational -mailing lists: the public <emacsconf-org@gnu.org> list, or the private +suggestions please feel free to write to one our organizational mailing +lists: the public <emacsconf-org@gnu.org> list, or the private <emacsconf-org-private@gnu.org> list, depending on the nature of the matter you would like to discuss. @@ -16,22 +15,22 @@ updates. ### Guidelines for conduct -Please review our [[guidelines for conduct|conduct]] when preparing -your talk, to make sure we’re all on the same page and strive to make -the event a great experience for all. If you’re not sure whether your -talk or presentation style meets the guidelines laid out in the -guidelines for conduct, we’d be happy to help. You can email Sacha -Chua at <sacha@sachachua.com> to chat more about this. +Please review our [[guidelines for conduct|conduct]] when preparing your +talk to make sure we’re all on the same page and strive to make the +event a great experience for all. If you’re not sure whether your talk +or presentation style meets the guidelines laid out in the guidelines +for conduct, we’d be happy to help. You can email Sacha Chua at +<sacha@sachachua.com> to chat more about this. ### Recording your talk To help EmacsConf 2022 run smoothly, please prerecord your talk, and -send us your video(s) by **November 7** at the latest (three weeks +send us your video(s) by **November 4** at the latest (three weeks before the conference), to allow us enough time to do any needed processing (e.g. format or codec conversion) in preparation for the event. Please consider submitting a prerecording as early as possible -so that we can see if volunteers can caption your video to make it -more accessible and searchable. +so that we can see if volunteers can caption your video to make it more +accessible and searchable. To make it easier for organizers and attendees to correctly pronounce your name, please start your video with something along the lines of: @@ -95,27 +94,21 @@ your video recordings: - [Blender](//www.blender.org) - [Pitivi](http://www.pitivi.org) -Per GNU Project’s -[Guide to Formats](//audio-video.gnu.org/docs/formatguide.html), we -prefer to receive prerecorded videos in formats unencumbered by -software patents, such as `video/webm` (WebM-encoded video files, with -`.webm` file extension) and `video/ogg` (video files encoded with the -Theora video codec, encapsulated in an Ogg transport layer, with -`.ogg` or `.ogv` file extension). However, if for one reason or +Per GNU Project’s [Guide to +Formats](//audio-video.gnu.org/docs/formatguide.html), we prefer to +receive prerecorded videos in formats unencumbered by software patents, +such as `video/webm` ([WebM](https://www.webmproject.org/)-encoded video +files, with `.webm` file extension) and `video/ogg` (video files encoded +with the Theora video codec, encapsulated in an Ogg transport layer, +with `.ogg` or `.ogv` file extension). However, if for one reason or another you are unable to send us your prerecorded video in one of the -above formats, you may submit them in other common formats, like -MPEG-4 (`.mp4`), and we will try to convert them to our preferred -formats on your behalf. +above formats, you may submit them in other common formats, like MPEG-4 +(`.mp4`), and we will convert them to our preferred formats on your +behalf. *Prepare recorded video in 720p (1280px by 720px) or higher, in the WebM format if possible.* -> The conference broadcast will most likely 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 arrive in, -> the easier it will be to process and upload them. - # Compression If you would like to compress your video before uploading, the following shell script may be useful: @@ -144,7 +137,7 @@ familiarize yourself with it is to run it in a test-room: <https://test.bigbluebutton.org/> If this is your first time at EmacsConf or if you run into any problems, -please get in touch with us and we’ll sort things out together! In those +please get in touch with us and we’ll sort things out together! In these cases, since we’ll need to schedule a 1-on-1 tech-check with you, we ask that you email the closest volunteer to your timezone in the list below (or zaeph if none of the timezones is a good fit). You can also visit us at @@ -233,7 +226,7 @@ subtle about it, so mum’s the word! ## I can’t figure out how to record the video. Can I just present the talk? We might be able to help you record your talk using the BigBlueButton -web conferencing system before November 7. Please email +web conferencing system before November 4. Please email <emacsconf-submit@gnu.org> with some times that might work for you and we’ll see if a volunteer can meet up with you to record it. @@ -264,7 +257,7 @@ buffer. For a system-wide solution, you can look into ## I’m not used to talking to myself. Can I present the talk to someone? We might be able to help you record your talk using the BigBlueButton -web conferencing system before November 7. Please email +web conferencing system before November 4. Please email <emacsconf-submit@gnu.org> with some times that might work for you and we’ll see if a volunteer can meet up with you to record it. @@ -278,8 +271,8 @@ minimize overlap and maximize awesomeness. ## What if there are lots of great questions during Q&A and we run out of time? You can continue answering questions on the collaborative pad or IRC, -and we’ll copy questions and answers onto the wiki page -afterwards. You can also answer questions on the wiki page even after the event. +and we’ll copy questions and answers onto the wiki page afterwards so +that you can answer them in your own time after the event. An extended live demo or Q&A session might be possible if someone volunteers to broadcast it on an alternative stream. If you or a |