[FOSS4G-Oceania] Call for presentations & workshops - OPEN!

[Alex Leith]

Hi All

I've drafted an email/news item here. Very keen for your input into this,
as it needs polishing!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bOYvafc6vE6v3XdMEgZ2EcopssBZEQDbzGln_IrTLsA/edit#

Cheers,

Alex

On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 at 09:49 John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey everyone
>
> It's alive! The website is ready to accept submissions for workshops and
> presentations. Thanks to Cholena for a late night troubleshooting session
> to sort out an email spam issue.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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!).
>
> 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!
>
> (Can you tell I'm excited?)
>
> jb
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Alex Leith
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