<div dir="ltr">Hi Jon,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 3:56 PM Jon Mason <<a href="mailto:jdmason@kudzu.us">jdmason@kudzu.us</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I am planning on being at SCaLE (assuming the OEDEM happens there).<br>
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Many corporate travel budgets are tied to presenting at conferences.<br>
So, if we could somehow get a track there (which might be too late in<br>
the game to do now), then we might be able to get enough people<br>
present to make it happen and pull in others whose budget is more<br>
flexible.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>As it turns out, I'll be organising the YP/OE Miniconf that will most likely be run on the Sunday. I was going to send out a separate email discussing the Miniconf, but I guess now is as good a time as any :-)</div><div><br></div><div>While it's true that the CFP has closed for SCaLE, I plan to open my own CFP specifically for the Miniconf, and I don't plan to close it until closer to the conference itself. I want to encourage people to give talks about current things, as such, having a CFP close this early wouldn't do.</div><div><br></div><div>We haven't decided on a format for the Miniconf, exactly, if we have traditional talks, we'll have 6 sessions (2 before lunch, 4 after). But depending on interest and what sort of proposals we get, we might do some longer, some shorter talks.</div><div><br></div><div> I hope this helps. Best regards,</div><div> Trevor</div></div></div>