[socal-piggies] We need more PyCon US 2013 submissions!

[Jathan McCollum]

I wish I knew this before I submitted two proposals I've been fighting hard
with the reviewers with for the last 2 months.

It's down to the 11th hour and I'm afraid neither of them will be accepted.
:(

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Daniel Greenfeld <pydanny at gmail.com> wrote:

> The PyCon US 2013 call for papers (CFP) ends tomorrow, September 28th,
> 2012. We need more talk and tutorial submissions. Talks are 30 or 45
> minute efforts in front of the PyCon audience and are recorded for
> posterity. Tutorials are three hours long and are given to attendees
> who have paid an additional fee in order to slurp in knowledge from
> the masters.
>
> On the 3 hour tutorial side of things, we especially need more Intro
> to Python level submission. That means getting beginners up to speed
> on basic Python techniques, so they can then exploit the other
> tutorials, conference, and sprints to their full advantage.
>
> Now onto some questions...
>
> 1. I would like to give a tutorial but it's so much work to put
> together 3 hours of quality content.
>
> The organizers of PyCon recognize that putting together a quality
> tutorial is an amazing amount of work. Which is why tutorial
> presenters are compensated for their effort.
>
> 2. What is the most likely length talk to be accepted? 30 minutes or 45
> minutes?
>
> The vast majority of PyCon sessions are 30 minutes long, so 45 minute
> slots are rare and valuable commodities. So if your talk needs to be
> 45 minutes long your proposal has to really speak to the PyCon talk
> reviewers.
>
> Not only that, if reviewers send you information requests for any
> duration talk or tutorial, you dramatically increase your odds of talk
> acceptance with timely responses.
>
> And, as said before, PyCon really needs more introductory level Python
> tutorial submissions.
>
> 3. I would like to present a talk or tutorial but I can't afford to
> come to PyCon.
>
> PyCon's financial aid program is said to favor accepted speakers to
> PyCon. They really want you to come!
>
> 4. I would like to present but I can't come up with a good idea!
>
> I had this problem as well! Then I looked at the Suggested Tutorial
> Topics and got some ideas.
>
> 5. Ack! I've got a talk idea but it's going to take me too much time
> to put it together!
>
> Submit the talk anyway before the talk and in fields you aren't ready
> to fill in, simply put 'TBD'. Then over the course of the next few
> days replace TBD with real material. Don't wait too long though to fix
> those TBDs, no more than a week!
>
> 6. I'm a beginner/nobody in the community, is there any chance my
> proposal will get accepted.
>
> Absolutely!
>
> The PyCon talk/tutorial reviewers love to see new people present.
> While experienced/proven speakers have an edge, good talk/tutorial
> proposals from promising candidates can make it into the conference.
> Carefully double-check your submission, be responsive to reviewers,
> and stay positive. I'm not saying you will get in, but I am saying
> it's worth the effort.
>
> Good luck!
>
> PyCon 2013 is going to be bigger and better than any previous year.
> That's because we pull together as a community to run an amazing event
> that is known to jumpstart careers and cause amazing life changes. We
> can't do this without you, so hurry up on your PyCon US 2013
> submissions!
>
> https://us.pycon.org/2013/speaking/cfp/
>
> --
> 'Knowledge is Power'
> Daniel Greenfeld
> http://pydanny.com
>
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Jathan.
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