[PLUG] ANNOUNCEMENT: December PLUG Advanced Topics: CFPs from Announcement to Reimbursements

[Michael Dexter]

Portland Linux/Unix Group Advanced Topics Meeting Announcement

Who: Michael What's His Name
What: CFPs from Announcement to Reimbursements
Where: Free Geek, 1731 SE 10th Avenue, Portland (Left Entrance)
When: Tuesday, December 16th, 2014 at 7pm
Why: The pursuit of technology freedom
Stream: http://pdxlinux.org/live/

CFPs or Calls for Papers/Participation are something you generally are 
oblivious to or schedule your whole year around. A CFP is what 
conference organizers use to formally announce their desire for speakers 
at an upcoming event. They often set guidelines and requirements for the 
talk and the organizers of successful conferences can find themselves 
rejecting hundreds of proposals. Michael will analyze a number of 
prominent open source community CFPs and will step through every stage 
of a CFP that requires an extended abstract, paper and presentation. 
Attendees will hear repeatedly how astonishingly easy some CFPs (like 
PLUG's) are to respond to and in will fact have their proposals ready by 
the end of the talk.

Calagator Page: http://calagator.org/events/1250467061

Many will head to the Lucky Lab at 915 SE Hawthorne Blvd. after the meeting.

Rideshares Available

PLUG Page with information about all PLUG events: http://pdxlinux.org/
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PLUG is open to everyone and does not tolerate abusive behavior on its 
mailing lists or at its meetings.

See you there!

Michael Dexter
PLUG Volunteer