Announce "The Future is Open" and launch CfP
jwflory opened this issue · 2 comments
jwflory commented
Summary
Create a blog post announcement and open a Call for Proposals for the first The Future is Open conference in October 2019
Background
Related to #84.
We have selected final dates and are ready to open a call for proposals (CfP) for the conference. The next step is to get the word out. @whenbellstoll is working on a blog post announcement to publish on our website along with a CfP form to start collecting proposals.
Details
- Draft blog post announcement
- Test it with Jekyll before publishing
- Merge pull request on FOSSRIT/fossrit.github.io on Tuesday, May 21
Outcome
- Start building the hype for the mini-conference
- Start collecting proposals for what content we will feature
whenbellstoll commented
@ritjoe Hey we were working on the Call for Proposals today, we have a draft for the announcement, if you wanted to take a look at that and give some feedback link here
whenbellstoll commented
The article has been published on FOSS@MAGIC and the form is available to fill out, closing the issue