what would be great, is a debate about systemd On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 12:20 AM, Michael Dexter <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hello all, > > In my continuing effort to making a conference warrior out of each and > every one of you, I wish to remind you of PLUG's open CFP. > > While PLUG will continue to have "invited talks", I know that you each > have a fascinating talk up your sleeve. You are guaranteed to have > unique experiences and someone surely wants to hear about them. Stories > of failure can be just as good as stories of success. What new tool > changed the way you work? > > Don't be shy! PLUG is just about the easiest place to present and I will > even help you with your proposal and outline. > > > Submissions should include: > > A 50 to 300 word description/abstract of the talk > > Optional speaker(s) bio(s) > > Optional slides to be posted at pdxlinux.org > > Optional handouts > > Optional extended abstract and full academic paper > > Your availability (1st Thursday or 3rd Tuesday and month) > > Yes, some conferences require all of these but PLUG is about as flexible > as it gets. I think we've had everything short of extended abstracts and > papers. What is an academic paper? I consider it a formal historic > snapshot of a project you are working on that clearly communicates what > you set out to do and what you achieved. Tweets and blog posts are nice > but it is very rewarding to establish a point of reference that with > luck, will be referred to for decades. One such point of reference is > Popek and Goldberg's definitive paper on Virtualization from 1974: > > http://www.cs.nyu.edu/courses/fall14/CSCI-GA.3033-010/popek-goldberg.pdf > > Any topic can be interesting if addressed from the right perspective and > at the right depth. Yes, you are the local or possibly world expert on > something and it's just a question of determining what that something > is. If it is of interest to you, it certainly is of interest to someone > else. > > Send your talk proposals to me at [email protected] or to the list > CC'ing me for peer review and ideas. > > I look forward to your submissions! > > > Michael Dexter > PLUG Volunteer > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
