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

[Cameron Shorter]

I've reviewed the press release and added suggestions. In particular, I 
think it is important to re-iterate what is FOSS4G and SoTM, as many 
people will be reading this press release for the first time, especially 
if it is getting published by Spatial Source.

I've also added quotes from John and Alex, which is typically the style 
used when going through news channels. John, Alex, I suggest you make 
sure with the comments I've attributed to you and change as you see fit.

As always, feel free to accept or reject anything.

Ideally, we should get this through to Dan, the editor at Spatial 
Magazine, by first thing tomorrow (Wednesday) so it goes out in his 
weekly news wrap.



On 19/6/18 10:15 am, Alex Leith wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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Cameron Shorter
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