From d9730925f0073040f69e89d8a64126ca140fa134 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sacha Chua Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2022 21:17:51 -0400 Subject: Promote headings to reduce nesting, send volunteer communication --- 2022/organizers-notebook/index.org | 121 ++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-) (limited to '2022/organizers-notebook') diff --git a/2022/organizers-notebook/index.org b/2022/organizers-notebook/index.org index 3f109214..628c9392 100644 --- a/2022/organizers-notebook/index.org +++ b/2022/organizers-notebook/index.org @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ or ~C-c \~ (~org-match-sparse-tree~) to see anything tagged with your tag. :END: | | Work | Speakers | Volunteers | Public | -| [2022-09-30 Fri] | | [[#acceptance][acceptance, reply to confirm]] | | | +| [2022-09-30 Fri] | | [[#acceptance][acceptancoe, reply to confirm]] | | | | [2022-10-09 Sun] | | [[#check-sched][schedule, reply if not okay]] | [[#volunteer-2022-10-09][overall priorities]] | | | [2022-10-16 Sun] | [[#upload][file upload]] | follow up with radio silence | infra update | | | [2022-10-23 Sun] | [[#etherpad][Etherpad]], [[#upload][stream]] | file upload instructions, drop radio silence | training | | @@ -119,58 +119,6 @@ Ordered chronologically (and therefore by importance). #+TOC: headlines 1 local -** Volunteer communications: E-mail update for Oct 9, 2022 :email:volunteers: -SCHEDULED: <2022-10-09 Sun> -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: volunteer-2022-10-09 -:END: - -Add your news and requests to this. - -*** Template so far -:PROPERTIES: -:SUBJECT: Getting ready for EmacsConf ${year} -:END: - -Hello, EmacsConf volunteers! - -We're starting to gear up for EmacsConf ${year} and we would love your help! - -- https://emacsconf.org/${year}/organizers-notebook/#overall has an - overall prioritization matrix. If any of those options look like - something you want to learn or help with, you can volunteer to help - move the needle. -- Given the number of talks this year, we're going to try to see if we - can pull off two tracks. I've posted a draft schedule at - https://emacsconf.org/2022/draft-schedule/ and have e-mailed - speakers to confirm their availability. This schedule staggers live - Q&A sessions so that the person managing the streams can jump back - and forth as needed. [[#shifts][Want to volunteer for a shift?]] - -Help wanted / upcoming projects: - -- Emacs Lisp: Want to design the screens that will be displayed before - and after a talk? Bonus points if you can do it in Emacs with a - count-down timer until the start of the talk. See [[#intro]] - -- Infrastructure - file upload: We would like to find a way for people - to upload large files through a web-based interface, since a number - of speakers had issues with FTP uploads last year. [[#upload][#upload]] has some - options to explore. Do you have any recommendations or do you want - to do some research? - -- Infrastructure - streaming: Got any experience streaming with OBS or - gstreamer? We're going to try to have two (or more!) streams this - year, so it would be great to have more streamers on board. - Definitely let us know if you have any experience using a cloud - server to stream, or if you'd like to help figure it out (see - [[#streaming][#streaming]]). It would be neat to have the streaming come from a VPS - that different people can control. - -- - -You're receiving this e-mail because you're on the emacsconf-org mailing list. - ** TODO Send program-published email for emacsconf-discuss :needsowner:timesensitive:email: DEADLINE: <2022-10-14 Fri> SCHEDULED: <2022-10-11 Tue> :PROPERTIES: @@ -339,16 +287,23 @@ can currently publish :CUSTOM_ID: intro :END: -In between talks -- Previous talk: title, speaker, pronouns, talk page, Q&A information +Goals: +- Reassure people that they're in the right stream for the talk that they're looking for +- Direct them to the pad and Q&A for the talk + +What to show in between talks: +- Previous talk: title, speaker, pronouns, talk page, Q&A information (if still live) - Next talk: title, speaker, pronouns, talk page, Q&A information, countdown -If it's static, this needs to wait for pad decision, or have friendly URLs redirect to the right pads +If it's static, this needs to wait for the decision on how we're going +to use Etherpad, or we should have friendly URLs redirect to the right +pads - Good: Static image, maybe created with LaTeX -- Better: Looping video with unobtrusive sound so people can doublecheck that their audio works +- Better: Video with unobtrusive sound so people can doublecheck that their audio works - Best: Emacs thing so that we can have a dynamic timer and last-minute announcements, and so that it's Emacs =) - +- Even better than that: A compact view that can be overlaid on the Q&A session using OBS + See break commercials https://www.collabmagazine.com/organizing-a-multi-track-virtual-conference-with-microsoft-teams-live-events-a-technical-playbook-and-lessons-learned/ @@ -1658,7 +1613,7 @@ Make a table of the form *** People have a hard time seeing dark-mode presentations (or light-mode) mpv --vf=negate $url -* Task archive :ARCHIVE: +* Task archive :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: archive :END: @@ -1688,7 +1643,7 @@ CLOSED: [2022-10-01 Sat 00:37] SCHEDULED: <2022-09-23 Fri> :END: See the bottom of conf.org for some automated validation -** DONE Review the submissions in the pad (see emacsconf-org-private or conf.org for the link) and add any objections or comments by Sept 26 for possible [[*Early speaker notification][early speaker notification]], Oct 7 for everything :organizers: +** DONE Review the submissions in the pad (see emacsconf-org-private or conf.org for the link) and add any objections or comments by Sept 26 for possible [[#acceptance][early speaker notification]], Oct 7 for everything :organizers: CLOSED: [2022-09-29 Thu 20:29] DEADLINE: <2022-09-26 Mon> - zaeph: will start reviewing on Sep 21 ** DONE Write preparation instructions :zaeph: @@ -1735,7 +1690,7 @@ That will help more people subtitle things CLOSED: [2022-09-22 Thu 15:02] https://emacsconf.org/2022/volunteer -** DONE Review the submissions in the pad (see emacsconf-org-private or conf.org for the link) and add any objections or comments by Sept 26 for possible [[*Early speaker notification][early speaker notification]], Oct 7 for everything :organizers: +** DONE Review the submissions in the pad (see emacsconf-org-private or conf.org for the link) and add any objections or comments by Sept 26 for possible [[#acceptance][early speaker notification]], Oct 7 for everything :organizers: CLOSED: [2022-09-27 Tue 16:14] DEADLINE: <2022-09-26 Mon> - zaeph: will start reviewing on Sep 21 ** DONE Double-check sachac’s timezone conversions for availability :zaeph: @@ -2089,6 +2044,50 @@ you and you want me to fix it) Sacha +** DONE Volunteer communications: E-mail update for Oct 9, 2022 :email:volunteers: +CLOSED: [2022-10-09 Sun 21:16] SCHEDULED: <2022-10-09 Sun> +:PROPERTIES: +:CUSTOM_ID: volunteer-2022-10-09 +:END: + +Add your news and requests to this. + +*** Template so far +:PROPERTIES: +:SUBJECT: Getting things ready for EmacsConf 2022 +:TO: emacsconf-org@gnu.org +:END: + +Hello, EmacsConf volunteers! + +We're starting to gear up for EmacsConf 2022, and we would love to +figure out how to work with your skills, interests, and availability. + has some specific task ideas and +general roles. + + has an +overall prioritization matrix. If any of those options look like +something you want to learn or help with, or if you want to make +things even better than what's in the table, let me know. + +Given the number of talks this year, we're going to try to see if we +can pull off two tracks. I've posted a draft schedule at + and have e-mailed speakers +to confirm their availability. This schedule staggers live Q&A +sessions so that the person managing the streams can jump back and +forth as needed. We'll figure out shifts once we've sorted out the +processes and training info, but if you want to call dibs on +something, feel free. + + +Please let me know what kinds of things you'd like to learn more about +or help out with! + +Sacha Chua + +(You're receiving this e-mail because you're on the emacsconf-org +mailing list. Thanks for wanting to help out!) + * Communications :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: comms -- cgit v1.2.3