From 0a376a8f498cdb45a7e43d82c92d49657c1bf04f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Amin Bandali Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2022 18:52:54 -0400 Subject: Various updates to 2022 CFP --- 2022/cfp.md | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) (limited to '2022/cfp.md') 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"]] -# 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. CFP opens -July 13, 2022 +July 17, 2022 CFP closes -August 31, 2022 +September 18, 2022 @@ -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! -- cgit v1.2.3