<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Femke Snelting <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:snelting@collectifs.net" target="_blank">snelting@collectifs.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Only 3 days days left to submit talks -- even with the expected last minute rush, I think we could do with some more proposals by now ... So if you know of anyone hesitating, please make sure they don't miss the deadline.<br>
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So far, 26 proposals have been submitted by 23 people. There are currently 3 short talks, 15 presentations, 5 workshops and 3 discussions, meetings or hackathons submitted.<br>
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Live: <a href="http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2014/submit/354-2" target="_blank">http://libregraphicsmeeting.<u></u>org/2014/submit/354-2</a> (thank you ale!)<br>
<br clear="all"></blockquote></div><br><div><div><div><br>A question. Would there be any objection to announcing that we're
pushing the deadline back by, e.g., 7 days, then making a more concerted
effort to raise awareness in those days? <br><br></div>Announcing a
CFP extension is a farily common tactic for free software events --
though usually not announcing it until the last minute. Helps motivate
all of those procrastinators and people whose day-jobs keep them too
busy....<br><br></div>To not slow things down, in the meantime the talk
selection committee could certainly begin vetting all of the extant
submissions, I would think.<br><br></div>Nate<br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">nathan.p.willis<br><a href="mailto:nwillis@glyphography.com" target="_blank">nwillis@glyphography.com</a><a href="http://identi.ca/n8" target="_blank"></a></div>
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