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diff --git a/2022/cfp.md b/2022/cfp.md
index 93f2a81d..04da5719 100644
--- a/2022/cfp.md
+++ b/2022/cfp.md
@@ -7,14 +7,11 @@ Copyright © 2022 Amin Bandali"]]
<!-- cfp.md is exported from cfp.org, please modify that instead. -->
-# THIS IS A DRAFT; PLEASE DO NOT POST/SHARE!
-
-
# Call for Participation
[EmacsConf 2022](https://emacsconf.org/2022/) will be a virtual conference on **December 3 and 4,
2022 (Sat-Sun)**. If you'd like to present at the conference, please
-[submit your proposal](https://emacsconf.org/2022/cfp/) by **August 31, 2022**.
+[submit your proposal](https://emacsconf.org/2022/cfp/) by **September 18, 2022**.
EmacsConf 2022 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
@@ -34,15 +31,15 @@ join the chat using [your favourite IRC client](ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/emac
All kinds of people use Emacs for all kinds of things. We'd love it
if EmacsConf 2022 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
+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.
+not consider themselves proficient enough to share their thoughts.
+If you let them know that you value their knowledge and experiences,
+and maybe even suggest something that you think others would like to
+hear about, they may realize that they do have something worth sharing
+and that we would love to hear from them.
# Important dates
@@ -62,13 +59,13 @@ availability, it might be two half-days.
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="org-left">CFP opens</td>
-<td class="org-left">July 13, 2022</td>
+<td class="org-left">July 17, 2022</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="org-left">CFP closes</td>
-<td class="org-left">August 31, 2022</td>
+<td class="org-left">September 18, 2022</td>
</tr>
@@ -114,7 +111,7 @@ 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:
+As you think about your talk/session, 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
@@ -175,6 +172,7 @@ 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.
@@ -194,6 +192,22 @@ reviewing proposals, helping with infrastructure, making sessions more
accessible, editing video transcripts, etc.), see our [planning](https://emacsconf.org/2022/planning/) page
and come say hi to us at `#emacsconf` on `irc.libera.chat`.
+Importantly, as EmacsConf continues to grow and receive increasingly
+more talk/session proposal submissions each year, we have thought
+about adding multiple parallel tracks during the conference days to
+accommodate the large number of sessions. However, we're currently
+a very small team and we would need your help to do it! If you're
+interested in helping stream a parallel EmacsConf track and have a
+reliable internet connection with decent speed and bandwidth, please
+[get in touch](https://emacsconf.org/contact/) with us so we can help get you set up for streaming.
+We'd also likely need more volunteers still for each track, for
+example a host for that track to announce the next talk (this can also
+be done by the streamer if the streamer is interested and able to) and
+another volunteer to help check in speakers of upcoming live sessions.
+
+If you are interested and able to help with any of the above, please
+reach out to us and say hi; we'd love to have your help!
+
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.
@@ -207,5 +221,9 @@ so far!
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.
-TODO: Announce infrastructure article when published.
+Articles and documentation about the EmacsConf infrastructure are
+still underway, and will be announced on the emacsconf-discuss list
+when available. If you are curious about the EmacsConf infrastructure
+or are interested in working on it, please join our `#emacsconf-infra`
+channel on `irc.libera.chat` and say hi!
diff --git a/2022/cfp.org b/2022/cfp.org
index 2e451119..00ec7423 100644
--- a/2022/cfp.org
+++ b/2022/cfp.org
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ Copyright &copy; 2022 Amin Bandali"]]
<!-- cfp.md is exported from cfp.org, please modify that instead. -->
#+end_export
-* THIS IS A DRAFT; PLEASE DO NOT POST/SHARE!
-
* COMMENT How to export this file :noexport:
As of the time of writing this document (Org mode version 9.3.7), the
@@ -50,7 +48,7 @@ FORMAT."
[[https://emacsconf.org/2022/][EmacsConf 2022]] will be a virtual conference on *December 3 and 4,
2022 (Sat-Sun)*. If you'd like to present at the conference, please
-[[https://emacsconf.org/2022/cfp/][submit your proposal]] by *August 31, 2022*.
+[[https://emacsconf.org/2022/cfp/][submit your proposal]] by *September 18, 2022*.
EmacsConf 2022 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
@@ -74,11 +72,11 @@ 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 proficient 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 about, they
-may realize that they have something worth sharing and that we would
-love to hear from them.
+not consider themselves proficient enough to share their thoughts.
+If you let them know that you value their knowledge and experiences,
+and maybe even suggest something that you think others would like to
+hear about, they may realize that they do have something worth sharing
+and that we would love to hear from them.
* Important dates
@@ -86,8 +84,8 @@ For EmacsConf 2022, we are planning for 9am to 5pm Toronto/EST
(2pm-10pm UTC) on December 3 and 4. Depending on people's
availability, it might be two half-days.
-| CFP opens | July 13, 2022 |
-| CFP closes | August 31, 2022 |
+| CFP opens | July 17, 2022 |
+| CFP closes | September 18, 2022 |
| Speaker notifications | September 30, 2022 |
| Schedule published | October 31, 2022 |
| EmacsConf 2022! | December 3 and 4, 2022 |
@@ -113,7 +111,7 @@ 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:
+As you think about your talk/session, 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
@@ -173,6 +171,7 @@ 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.
@@ -191,6 +190,22 @@ reviewing proposals, helping with infrastructure, making sessions more
accessible, editing video transcripts, etc.), see our [[https://emacsconf.org/2022/planning/][planning]] page
and come say hi to us at =#emacsconf= on =irc.libera.chat=.
+Importantly, as EmacsConf continues to grow and receive increasingly
+more talk/session proposal submissions each year, we have thought
+about adding multiple parallel tracks during the conference days to
+accommodate the large number of sessions. However, we're currently
+a very small team and we would need your help to do it! If you're
+interested in helping stream a parallel EmacsConf track and have a
+reliable internet connection with decent speed and bandwidth, please
+[[https://emacsconf.org/contact/][get in touch]] with us so we can help get you set up for streaming.
+We'd also likely need more volunteers still for each track, for
+example a host for that track to announce the next talk (this can also
+be done by the streamer if the streamer is interested and able to) and
+another volunteer to help check in speakers of upcoming live sessions.
+
+If you are interested and able to help with any of the above, please
+reach out to us and say hi; we'd love to have your help!
+
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.
@@ -203,7 +218,11 @@ so far!
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.
-TODO: Announce infrastructure article when published.
+Articles and documentation about the EmacsConf infrastructure are
+still underway, and will be announced on the emacsconf-discuss list
+when available. If you are curious about the EmacsConf infrastructure
+or are interested in working on it, please join our =#emacsconf-infra=
+channel on =irc.libera.chat= and say hi!
* COMMENT Copyright & License
diff --git a/2022/submit.md b/2022/submit.md
index 5c850c31..ef2e1277 100644
--- a/2022/submit.md
+++ b/2022/submit.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Copyright 2021 Amin Bandali, Sacha Chua, Leo Vivier<br />
Copyright 2022 Amin Bandali"]]
When you're ready to submit your proposal, send your submission via
-email to <emacsconf-submit@gnu.org> by **August 31**, including at
+email to <emacsconf-submit@gnu.org> by **September 18**, including at
minimum these essential information:
- Your [preferred] name and its pronunciation, and optionally your