<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal" id="docs-internal-guid-6f287498-9969-7b13-c7d7-a97495d14bd0"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://Linux.conf.au">Linux.conf.au</a> 2013 introduced a tweak to the Call For Proposals </span><b id="docs-internal-guid-6f287498-9969-7b13-c7d7-a97495d14bd0" style="font-weight:normal"></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;display:inline!important"><b id="docs-internal-guid-6f287498-9969-7b13-c7d7-a97495d14bd0" style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">process -- they gave away a free professional ticket to the conference</span></b></p>
<p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">to someone who proposed a worthy talk, but didn’t manage to get </span><b id="docs-internal-guid-6f287498-9969-7b13-c7d7-a97495d14bd0" style="font-weight:normal"></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;display:inline!important"><b id="docs-internal-guid-6f287498-9969-7b13-c7d7-a97495d14bd0" style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">selected as a speaker for the conference. </span></b></p>
<p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="font-weight:normal"></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;display:inline!important"><b style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The <a href="http://Linux.conf.au">Linux.conf.au</a> 2014 team likes that </span></b></p>
<b id="docs-internal-guid-6f287498-9969-7b13-c7d7-a97495d14bd0" style="font-weight:normal"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;display:inline!important"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">idea so much that we’re going to do it again!</span></p>
</b><p></p><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Why give away a ticket? Running a ticket give away as part of the </span><b id="docs-internal-guid-6f287498-9969-7b13-c7d7-a97495d14bd0" style="font-weight:normal"></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;display:inline!important"><b id="docs-internal-guid-6f287498-9969-7b13-c7d7-a97495d14bd0" style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">proposals process encourages submissions from people who otherwise </span></b></p>
<b id="docs-internal-guid-6f287498-9969-7b13-c7d7-a97495d14bd0" style="font-weight:normal"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;display:inline!important"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">might not propose content for the conference. </span></p>
</b><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="font-weight:normal"></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;display:inline!important"><b style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The reality is that </span></b></p>
<b id="docs-internal-guid-6f287498-9969-7b13-c7d7-a97495d14bd0" style="font-weight:normal"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;display:inline!important"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">there is a lot of competition to get a talk accepted at <a href="http://Linux.conf.au">Linux.conf.au</a>.</span></p>
</b><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This way, if you don’t get accepted there’s still a benefit to having </span><b id="docs-internal-guid-6f287498-9969-7b13-c7d7-a97495d14bd0" style="font-weight:normal"></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;display:inline!important"><b id="docs-internal-guid-6f287498-9969-7b13-c7d7-a97495d14bd0" style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">proposed something.</span></b></p>
<p></p><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">So, get those proposals in! The Call for Proposals ends on 6 July, so </span><b id="docs-internal-guid-6f287498-9969-7b13-c7d7-a97495d14bd0" style="font-weight:normal"></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;display:inline!important"><b id="docs-internal-guid-6f287498-9969-7b13-c7d7-a97495d14bd0" style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">you don’t have a lot of time! <a href="http://linux.conf.au/cfp">http://linux.conf.au/cfp</a></span></b></p>
<p></p><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">#lca2014 #linux.conf.au2014 #<a href="http://linux.conf.au">linux.conf.au</a></span></b><br></div>
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