<div dir="ltr">Hi All<div><br></div><div>I've drafted an email/news item here. Very keen for your input into this, as it needs polishing!</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bOYvafc6vE6v3XdMEgZ2EcopssBZEQDbzGln_IrTLsA/edit#">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bOYvafc6vE6v3XdMEgZ2EcopssBZEQDbzGln_IrTLsA/edit#</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Alex</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 at 09:49 John Bryant <<a href="mailto:johnwbryant@gmail.com">johnwbryant@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hey everyone<div><br></div><div>It's alive! The website is ready to accept submissions for workshops and presentations. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Thanks to Cholena for a late night troubleshooting session to sort out an email spam issue.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Anyone who wishes to put in a submission will need to create an account and fill in the relevant form (or follow the instructions for academic submissions). I encourage everyone here to try it out and look for any hiccups now so we can work out any bugs that arise and ensure a positive experience for the community.</div><div><br></div><div>Please hit up your networks and spread the word. If you know anyone who might have a good story to tell, encourage them to put in a submission. If we're serious about encouraging diversity at our conference, this is one of our best opportunities to actually make an impact. The #1 way we can ensure there is decent representation of women, indigenous people, different age groups, and other diverse parts of our community is to go out, find them, and nudge them into putting in a submission.</div><div><br></div><div>I would like us to be able to offer support for people who might be a little hesitant to put themselves forward. We could help brainstorm ideas for talks, or help with abstracts. Those of you who are experienced speakers might be in a position to coach or encourage new speakers. We could offer technical help. It's on all of us to reach out to the whole community and make sure it's not JUST the usual suspects (though, of course, the usual suspects are very much welcome!).</div><div><br></div><div>I believe Alex is going to write up a blog post, I've tweeted, but the work of promoting has just begun. Cameron has been reaching out to his network through direct personalised emails, and I'd encourage everyone here to do the same. This group has tremendous collective reach across the region, let's make use of it!</div><div><br></div><div>(Can you tell I'm excited?)</div><div><br></div><div>jb</div></div>
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</blockquote></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>Alex Leith<div>0419 189 050</div></div></div>