[asterisk-dev] Astricon: Throw the dice, give a talk

[Steve Totaro]

On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 12:49 AM, John Todd <jtodd at digium.com> wrote:
>
> Only two days until the Astricon pre-conference activities start on
> Tuesday, and three days until the main conference opens up in
> Phoenix!  Many of the Digium staff are on-site already, preparing the
> dCAP testing facilities, getting the network ready, and sorting
> through the arrangements to make the conference go smoothly.
>
> For those of you who thought you couldn't make it, maybe it's time to
> check for those last-minute airfare deals - perhaps fate is working
> in your favor this week!  Maybe a friend or fellow Asterisk traveller
> can share a room with you - ask around on IRC.
>
>
> With 60 (!!) talks, there is almost certainly going to be a travel
> problem of some type with one or two of our presenters which will
> lead to a speaking slot being open.  With this understanding of the
> random nature of things, there may be some of you who will attend who
> have a pet project or talk you've got already written and have been
> really interested in presenting to an audience of Asterisk-savvy
> administrators, users, and business people.  Here's your chance!
> Send along your talk idea to me via email, and I'll put it on the "on
> deck" list of emergency fill-ins for the conference.  Please have a
> fully-fleshed out talk, including slides - while I'd like to
> encourage all to submit their ideas, I need a bit more detail on your
> preliminary proposal due to time constraints.  So give it a try!
> Maybe fate will find fortune with you.  If you're chosen as a speaker
> at the last minute, dinner is on me.  :-)
>
> I'm looking forward to seeing everyone this year - old friends and
> new faces as well.  Talk with you in Phoenix!
>
> JT
>
> --
> John Todd
> jtodd at digium.com        +1-256-428-6083
> Asterisk Open Source Community Director
>

John,

If going as a standby speaker, are the entire show fees waived?

I spoke last year on large scale call center implementations and have
some new tricks up my sleeve this year.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro
1.888.777.1888