2015-07-21 2:22 GMT+02:00 Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeeshanak gnome org>:
> Hi Lasse,
>
> Thanks so much for taking care of all this, especially going the extra
> mile and creating the template (Adrien deserves kudos too for that)
> for interns.
The template is solely Adriens work, actually. (I only did that pandoc
stuff around.) Many thanks to Adrien for this indeed, sorry I forgot
to mention that in the first place.
Lasse
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 1:13 AM, Lasse Schuirmann
> <lasse schuirmann gmail com> wrote:
>> Dear interns,
>>
>> every year, we have an interns' lightning talks session at GUADEC,
>> which is a very popular event. You will likely have 5 minutes
>> allocated during which you will be able to present your work using no
>> more than 6 slides.
>>
>> Sometimes interns hesitate about doing the talk because they've never
>> done one before or English is their second language. I'd like to
>> assure you it will be the friendliest and most supportive environment
>> to make your speaking debut and English is a second language for the
>> majority of GUADEC attendees. GSoC admins, your mentors, or other
>> interns will usually be happy to help you rehearse your talk at some
>> earlier point during GUADEC. Interns also typically enjoy having an
>> opportunity to speak about their project after going to many talks by
>> other people. You can watch the video of the interns' lightning talks
>> session from 2013 to see what it was like [0].
>>
>> To finalize how much time we need for the session and how much time we
>> can allocate per talk, we need to know who among you is planning to
>> attend GUADEC: please fill the form given at [1] until July 27th, 10
>> pm UTC (best
>> you do it now :)). We'll inform you shortly after this deadline about
>> your exact speaking time.
>>
>> In order to ease presentation creation for you, we've created a
>> template so you don't need to worry about the design. - Feel free to
>> grab it from [2] and get creative! Please make sure to send a PDF with
>> your slides by August 5th to lasse schuirmann gmail com . (We will
>> compile all presentations into one PDF to make the switches smooth and
>> fast.)
>>
>> Let us know if you have any questions, need anything else or any
>> problems occur - we are always happy to help!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Lasse
>>
>> [0] http://www.superlectures.com/guadec2013/interns-lightning-talks
>> [1] https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zXX_y3G8RDd7-xKiBC0B0m3O3jJvKqviJag0AvXk09o/viewform?usp=send_form
>> [2] https://github.com/sils1297/guadec-presentation-templates/tree/master/2015
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>
> Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
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