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<div>I'm in New Zealand, and keen to take this on :) Thanks for the prompt!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I wasn't planning to attend LCA due to this year's focus on Internet of Things, which has no crossover with my interests, but I didn't even consider the idea of an LGM miniconf...<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I will submit a proposal in the next day or two. If anybody else is keen to be involved, please get in touch!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>----<br /></div><div><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Sam Muirhead</span><br /></div><div>Open Source / Video<br /></div><div>http://cameralibre.cc <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Jul 29, 2018, 12:05 PM by nwillis@glyphography.com:<br /></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div><div>...now's the time.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I realize this is short notice, but what can you do. <a href="http://Linux.conf.au" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Linux.conf.au</a> (LCA) has its call for papers open for just a couple more days: <a href="https://linux.conf.au/call-for-papers/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://linux.conf.au/call-for-papers/</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The event itself is January 21 to 25, 2019.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In addition to the regular session submissions, though, people can propose one-day 'miniconfs' for addition to the schedule. Approved miniconf organizers are then responsible for putting together their own program. They are typically single-topic-focused events, and holding one on libre graphics would certainly be a great opportunity for the LG community to engage with a totally different audience than the one that habitually frequents LGM itself.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Several folks on this list have put together similar libre-graphics-day tracks at other local, community events in the past, most recently at SCALE in Los Angeles, and they're always enthusiastic and interesting. So if anybody is in the Australia / New Zaeland region (or likes going there), and feels like giving it a shot, this is the chance.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Please note that I'm not volunteering to do that: it really would need somebody who's either in the area or is already 100% sure that they'll be at LCA. I've been a couple of times in years past and it's a great community, but it's quite a trip for a lot of us on certain other continents....<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, just tossing that out there. I don't think you'd have to have anything close to a complete plan in place (like what speakers/sessions you'd have); this is just the deadline for proposing a miniconf in general.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Nate<br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div>-- <br /></div><div class=""><div><div>nathan.p.willis<br /></div><div><a href="mailto:nwillis@glyphography.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nwillis@glyphography.com</a><a href="http://identi.ca/n8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a><br /></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div> </body>
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