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

Larry Brigman larry.brigman at gmail.com
Mon Dec 22 17:54:05 UTC 2014


Was this recorded or the previous one?  If so, where are the archives?  I
don't see a link on the pdxlinux.org site (except to the live stream).


On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Michael Dexter <dexter at ambidexter.com>
wrote:
>
> 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/
> Follow PLUG on Twitter: http://twitter.com/pdxlinux
>
> 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
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