Hi,<div>FWIW, I have to say that as far as i remember (and I participate at all of the FOSS4G meeting from Bangkok to Denver) I always:</div><div><div>- submitted and abstract, </div><div>- got acceptance or not as presenter, </div>
<div>- provided a paper for proceeding, and if selected for publication.</div><div><br></div><div>In Denver this process led me to a publication in 2012 and the deadline was "<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="sans-serif"><span style="line-height:19.046875px">31 Jul 2011, Full Paper (Academic Track) submission deadline", and the academic committee was set far before of this.</span></font></span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.046875px"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.046875px">Said that, I know I'm not forced to submit scientific works to the scientific track (and this is what i'm going to do), but it is still a pity from my point of view to set possible barriers and loose contribution.</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.046875px"><br></span></div><div><font face="sans-serif"><span style="line-height:19.046875px">That's just my 2 cents.</span></font></div>
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