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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hi Everyone, </span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We have just over two weeks until the CFP for OpenWrt Summit closes on August 31st. </span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This year, the summit will be a two day event. It will be taking place on October 26th and 27th in Prague, Czech Republic.
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The first day will be much like the last two years, with talks and panels. The second day will feature workshops and developer sprints, as well as the opportunity
to deep </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">dive on topics discussed on the first day. </span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You can submit an abstract for a talk, panel, or a workshop two different ways - On
<a href="http://www.papercall.io/openwrtsummit" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk499681" previewremoved="true">
www.papercall.io/openwrtsummit</a> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">or via email to shelly@prplsummit.org - details for what your abstract needs are on <a href="http://www.openwrtsummit.org" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk891338" previewremoved="true">www.openwrtsummit.org</a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">,
as well as below.</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions about the conference itself, or if you would like some help in
preparing your abstract before submitting. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For tips on all stages of submitting or giving a talk, have a look at the resources available here - <a href="https://github.com/vmbrasseur/Public_Speaking" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk109196" previewremoved="true">https://github.com/vmbrasseur/Public_Speaking</a>.</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Please share this information with anyone you think might be interested.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thanks,</span><br>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shelly Coen</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Community Manager,
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<p style="color: rgb(45, 79, 96); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Submit your abstract</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> to
shelly@prplfoundation.org</span></i></p>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Session title</span></i></span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Session abstract (at most 600 characters)</span></i></span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Type of session (presentation, discussion session, panel, tutorial, etc)</span></i></span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">OpenWrt experience level required</span></i></span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Preferred Name and contact email of the Proposer</span></i></span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Biography of the proposer</span></i></span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Affiliation of the proposer (if any)</span></i></span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Requested length - standard or extended</span></i></span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.5rem;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Agreement that the proposer's session will comply with the OpenWrt Summit </span><a href="http://openwrtsummit.org/wiki/Anti-Harassment_Policy" title="Anti-Harassment Policy" style="color: rgb(107, 26, 95);"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Anti-Harassment
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<p style="color: rgb(45, 79, 96); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Deadline for proposal submission is August 31st, 2017.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> We
will announce the schedule about a month before the event.</span></i></p>
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