As it turns out one of the marginal items that gets trimmed in a down economy is conference jaunts [Q: who would have guessed? A: everybody]. PyCon 2010 needs talks, so if you have something interesting to say to a few hundred people this is your chance. I didn't volunteer for the program committee this year so I don't know the exact numbers but the acceptance rate is going to be much higher than the 50% for past years.
This is a great opportunity to practice your chops; I got my start when PyCon was 300 people and talks had a 90% acceptance rate. The last few years PyCon has had 1000+ people and even the smallest talk room gets 200 people. If you have anything interesting to say, this is your chance to say it.
NB, hopefully PyCon won't have to do what other conferences routinely do and say "we've extended the deadline, but this time we mean it!" For fuck's sake the conference is in Atlanta in February - I'll be happily golfing during the time I'm not speaking.
NB, by "golfing" I also mean "going to the shooting range" and "bowling" as weather dictates.
ENB: Anna Ravenscroft has a tidy short list of bogus reasons why you can't give a talk. The title is pointed at women but the excuses are universal.
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I can confirm that we will NOT be extending the deadline.
I didn't expect that would happen, just that the the acceptance rate would go up (I'd love to be wrong about that too, more proposals are better).
Well.. we don't hide the stats...
They are public.
But I will with hold the link (smart people should be able to find it quickly enough).
We need Advanced talk material. BADLY.
Figures. After I made this statement I was just begging for it.
Today the PC head sent an e-mail to the list asking if we should extend the deadline my 4-5 days.
Thankfully saner heads prevailed and the deadline is still fixed. It is Oct 1st, and in keeping with tradition that means the end of the day, Oct 1st (we allow for a little sluff). So if it is still Oct. 1st where you are, we are still accepting proposals.
As long as you get SOMETHING, ANYTHING in before that deadline, you can edit it later.
Your proposal could be the letter 'Q' or the number 3. It would still meet the requirements for an initial submission.
Right now, every time I reload the stats page, there is another submission.... We always get 50 proposals in in the last 24 hours it seems.
I'm ritually a member of the group that submits a proposal in the last 24 hours. I know myself and like deadlines for that reason: an idea can always be polished a little more and the deadline puts a cap on that.
Which reminds me that I need to email the committee my talk subject instead of just blogging about it...
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