[guadec-web] Update submit-a-proposal.md



commit 53ecdf2974d000f9c6204f70dee267f3749f570d
Author: Kat <kittykat3756 gmail com>
Date:   Mon Jun 4 13:02:35 2018 +0000

    Update submit-a-proposal.md
    
    Update for current proposal state

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@@ -1,57 +1,23 @@
 Title: Submit a proposal
-Date: 20180328
+Date: 20180604
 Authors: Kat, Nuritzi
 
-## Call for proposals
+## Presentations and talks at GUADEC
 
-You will need to submit your proposal through the registration website. Note
-that you will need to register for the conference separately from submitting
-your proposal.
+### Scheduled presentations
+The call or proposals is now closed. These will be 25 and 40 minute talks p
 
-Submit your talk through the registration website at:
-[https://registration.guadec.org](https://registration.guadec.org)
+#### Dates to remember
 
-### Dates to remember
-
-* CFP Opens: Thursday, March 29, 2018
-* CFP Closes: Sunday, April 29, 2018
-* CFP Notifications: Tuesday, May 8, 2018
-* Schedule Announcement: Thursday, May 10, 2018
+* CFP Notifications: May, 2018
+* Schedule Announcement: June, 2018
 * Event Dates: Friday, July 6 – Wednesday, July 11, 2018
 
-### Suggested topics
-
-The GUADEC papers committee is looking for interesting, high-quality sessions.
-This is a great opportunity to share your ideas with the GNOME project, as
-well as the wider open source community. You don't have to be an existing
-member of the GNOME project to submit a talk: if you have something
-interesting to say about software or technology, we want to hear from you!
-
-Subjects that we are particularly interested in include:
-
-* Design of user and developer experiences
-* Operating system plumbing
-* Application development and deployment
-* Use of GNOME technologies outside the desktop
-* Outreach to new contributors
-* Project organisation and governance
-* Privacy and security
-* Developments in open source/Free Software
-* The GNOME developer experience
-
-However, if there is another subject that you would like to talk about, we
-would love to see your submission.
-
-Talks can be either 25 or 40 minutes in length, which includes time for
-questions.
-
-### Other available slots
-
-##### BoFs & hackfests
-A separate call for birds of a feather sessions (BoFs) and hackfests will be made
-later.
+### BoFs & hackfests
+A separate call for birds of a feather sessions (BoFs) and hackfests will be
+made later.
 
-##### Ad hoc sessions
+### Ad hoc sessions
 There will be *ad hoc* slots available on each of the main conference days
 (6th to 8th July). You will be able to propose sessions for these on the day.
 Attendees will have a chance to vote for them until lunch time and the
@@ -60,16 +26,16 @@ same day. If your proposal is not selected you can resubmit it on a following
 day. Sessions can be on any topic which is suitable for the audience,
 including topics outside of GNOME and software.
 
-##### Lightning talks
-Lightning talk slots will be available for signup on the morning of the day
-that they take place. Talks can be on any topic which is suitable for the
-audience. Lightning talks are normally 3 minutes long, depending on the length
-of the available slot. Talks will happen in the order that they are listed on
-the sign up sheet and speaker changes will be fast paced, so you need to come
-to the room 5 minutes before the lightning talks start and are expected to
-send in PDFs of your slides beforehand. If you want to use your own laptop for
-a demo or because you cannot export your slides in PDF format, any setup will
-come out of your allotted speaking time.
+### Lightning talks
+Lightning talk slots will be available for signup on the morning of Sunday 8th
+July. Talks can be on any topic which is suitable for the audience. Lightning
+talks are normally 3 minutes long, depending on the length of the available
+slot. Talks will happen in the order that they are listed on the sign up sheet
+and speaker changes will be fast paced, so you need to come to the room 5
+minutes before the lightning talks start and are expected to send in PDFs of
+your slides beforehand. If you want to use your own laptop for a demo or
+because you cannot export your slides in PDF format, any setup will come out of
+your allotted speaking time.
 
 Intern lighting talks are reserved for anyone interning with GNOME. These are
 by invitation only. If you think that you are eligible to present your project
@@ -79,6 +45,8 @@ during this slot, please get in touch with the GSoC admins at GNOME.
 
 The papers team is looking forward to your talk proposal. In case of questions
 regarding the call for talks, please contact the papers team at
-[guadec-papers gnome org](mailto:guadec-papers gnome org). For general questions regarding the conference, 
please
-consult the GUADEC web site or contact the local GUADEC organizing team at
-[guadec-organization gnome org](mailto:guadec-organization gnome org).
+[guadec-papers gnome org](mailto:guadec-papers gnome org). For general
+questions regarding the conference, please consult the GUADEC website or
+contact the local GUADEC organizing team at
+[guadec-organization gnome org](mailto:guadec-organization gnome org) (public
+mailing list).


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