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diff --git a/2021/emacsconf-2021-cfp-sacha.org b/2021/emacsconf-2021-cfp-sacha.org new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b5fd7edb --- /dev/null +++ b/2021/emacsconf-2021-cfp-sacha.org @@ -0,0 +1,187 @@ +#+title: EmacsConf 2021 +#+subtitle: Online Conference +#+date: November 27 and 28, 2021 +#+options: author:nil + +- DRAFT: 2021-08-02: + - Reduced extended talk to 40 minutes + - Getting people to submit outlines of shorter talks if they want + to propose longer ones ;) + +# Copyright (C) 2021 Amin Bandali, Sacha Chua, David Bremner + +[[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 / 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 or learning more? 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 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. + +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. + +* Important dates + +We're planning for 9am to 5pm Toronto/EST (2pm-10pm UTC). 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 | + +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. + +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 or a +Q&A session, with occasional deep dives into something 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's 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 you write your proposal, outline what you plan to talk about if +you have 5-10 minutes. If you would like to propose a longer talk, +outline what you might include for a 5-10 min talk, a 20-minute talk, +and optionally a 40-minute talk. + +Example for a 40-minute talk: + +- 5-10 minutes: quick demo of the abc package working together with xyz package +- 20 minutes: + some customization options to accommodate a different workflow +- 40 minutes: + modifying the behavior of the package in order to add something new + +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. + +* 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 e-mail you with the time +alloted for your talk, we'll ask you to: + +- prepare a prerecording of your talk, or record it with our help if + that's easier for you +- schedule a short tech-check if you'd like to answer questions in a + live session. + +* Getting involved + +If you would like to help with the conference (planning the sessions, +reviewing proposals, helping with infrastructure, etc.), see our +[[https://emacsconf.org/2021/planning/][planning]] page and come say hi to us at =#emacsconf= on +=irc.libera.chat=. + +Subscribe to our mailing list, [[https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-discuss][emacsconf-discuss]], for discussions and +announcements about the EmacsConf conference. + +We look forward to your ideas and submissions! + +* 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. + +* 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 |