Re: Lighting Talks!

["Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)" <zeeshanak gnome org>]

Hi Magpie,

Since the interns' LT (and actually LTs in general) have no fixed
order, I think it should be fine as long as the organiser (which I'm
guessing would be Lasse) knows that you might not make it in time.

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Magdalen Berns <magdalenberns gmail com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I fly in during Friday afternoon so technically although I am there on that
> day but in practice depending on how long it takes to get from the airport
> to the venue I may not get there in time for the scheduled talks.
>
> Should I fill in the form to confirm attendance or might that confuse
> Friday's scheduling?
>
> Magdalen
>
> On 21 July 2015 at 01:54, Lasse Schuirmann <lasse schuirmann gmail com>
> wrote:
> > 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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> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
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