From 68f5e1e705161f5441eed0176e92c990fe8fec71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Amin Bandali Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2021 01:13:37 -0400 Subject: Tweaks and fixes to the 2021 submit page --- 2021/submit.md | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/2021/submit.md b/2021/submit.md index 8a3915ff..6fe07f2f 100644 --- a/2021/submit.md +++ b/2021/submit.md @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ -[[!meta title="Submit - DRAFT"]] -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2019, 2020, 2021 Amin Bandali"]] +[[!meta title="Submit"]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2019, 2020 Amin Bandali
+Copyright 2021 Amin Bandali, Sacha Chua, Leo Vivier"]] -**This document is a draft.** - -When you are ready to submit your proposal, send your submission via +When you're ready to submit your proposal, send your submission via email to by **September 30**, including at minimum these essential information: @@ -20,8 +19,8 @@ minimum these essential information: - 40 minutes: - your availability during the conference days (Nov 27 and 28) and how - you would like to handle questions (live web conference, IRC, pad, - wiki, questions after the event) + you'd like to handle questions (live web conference, IRC, pad, wiki, + questions after the event); and - your agreement with the speaker release for EmacsConf (see below). @@ -84,17 +83,18 @@ 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. - -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)! +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. + +We will continue using an anonymized submission process this year as +well. Identifying information will be removed from the submissions by +a conference organizer who will not participate in talk selection. +The anonymized submissions will then be reviewed by a selection +committee (if you would like to help review submissions as part of +this committee, please [[let us know|contact]]. 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)! -- cgit v1.2.3