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Once you're ready to submit your proposal, the [[submit]] page has the
instructions on how to submit your talk.
-We are committed to increasing the participation of speakers belonging
-to groups traditionally underrepresented at free software conferences,
-including women and people of colour. If you're comfortable sharing
-demographic information, please include them in your submission email,
-but your proposal will not be judged negatively if you leave them out.
+All kinds of people use Emacs for all kinds of things. We would love
+it if EmacsConf 2020 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. Many people (especially from underrepresented groups such as
+women, people of color, 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.
+
+This year, we are experimenting with an anonymized submission process.
+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.
+We hope this will help reduce bias and encourage contribution. We look
+forward to hearing from you (and the people you want to nudge to speak)!
### Getting involved
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@@ -17,8 +17,20 @@ essential information:
license. Associated material may include slides, notes,
transcripts, and prerecording of your talk (if you had sent me one).
-We're committed to increasing the participation of speakers belonging
-to groups traditionally underrepresented at free software conferences,
-including women and people of colour. If you're comfortable sharing
-demographic information, please include them in your submission email,
-but your proposal will not be judged negatively if you leave them out.
+All kinds of people use Emacs for all kinds of things. We would love
+it if EmacsConf 2020 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. Many people (especially from underrepresented groups such as
+women, people of color, 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.
+
+This year, we are experimenting with an anonymized submission process.
+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.
+We hope this will help reduce bias and encourage contribution. We look
+forward to hearing from you (and the people you want to nudge to speak)!