G'day everyone, Put your OSDC proposal in TODAY at:
http://osdc2005.cgpublisher.com/cfp.html I'm sorry if you're already sick of the idea but for those who *intend* to submit a paper proposal ... eventually please be aware that TODAY is the last day proposals are being accepted. Are you a developer? If so, then you should seriously consider proposing a talk. What would you talk about? Well, how about that really cool library/module/project that you used recently which saved your hours? How about the project you're working on now? Does your work involve a lot of text processing -- What has that taught you? Do you use your language to develop cool things like cochlear implants or monitor heart rates or predict earthquakes? Do you write documentation for an open-source project? Do you want to tell us about it? About the project, about the documenting, soft skills, hard skills, propose a talk. Are you "kind of good" at using an open-source tool? Could you stand up and introduce it to the rest of us? Those who already know everything about it won't be there at your talk to belittle you, they'll be at another talk. You'll have an audience of people who want to know about your favourite toy. Is there something you'd like to learn about? Like how to do profiling, or how to use a particular tool? Perhaps proposing a paper and getting it accepted will be a good motivational tool for learning. Do you know things about soft-skills that you feel your peers could learn from such as how to network more effectively, or present at conferences, or write a paper or run a users' group? Propose a talk, soft skills are important too. This conference is being run to foster and grow the open source community. As far as I can tell, this warmly includes you. Please think hard about whether you can contribute something. It's a great opportunity for you to get your name in lights, have fun and be recognised. The conference was lots of fun last year and I'm anticipating it being even better this year. If you can't propose a talk or if it doesn't get accepted I hope you'll come along anyway. I estimate (pure guess work, I'm not on the committee) that the entrance cost will be about $300. Speakers get in for free. All the best, Jacinta -- ("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._ | Jacinta Richardson | `6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) | Perl Training Australia | (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-' | +61 3 9354 6001 | _..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,' | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (il),-'' (li),' ((!.-' | www.perltraining.com.au | -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html