Please see the following copy for the Community DevRoom CFP. FOSDEM 2021 (Online) – Community DevRoom Call for Participation! The twenty-first edition of FOSDEM will take place 6-7 February, 2021 – online, and we’re happy to announce that there will be a virtual Community DevRoom as part of the event. Key dates / New updates - Conference dates 6-7 February, 2021 (online) - Community DevRoom date: Sunday, 7 February, 2021 (online) - Submission deadline: 22 December, 2020 - Announcement of selected talks: 31 December, 2020 - Submission of recorded talks: 17 January, 2021 - Talks will be pre-recorded in advance, and streamed during the event - Q/A session will be taken live - A facility will be provided for people watching to chat between themselves - A facility will be provided for people watching to submit questions - The reference time will be Brussels local time (CET) <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/belgium/brussels> - Talk submissions should be 30/40 mins – please specify the duration in your submission == IN MORE DETAIL == The Community DevRoom will be back at FOSDEM 2021 (Online). Our goals in running this DevRoom are to: - Educate those who are primarily software developers on community-oriented topics that are vital in the process of software development, e.g. effective collaboration - Provide concrete advice on dealing with squishy human problems - To unpack preconceived ideas of what community is and the role it plays in human society, free software, and a corporate-dominated world in 2021 - We are seeking proposals on all aspects of creating and nurturing communities for free software projects == TALK TOPICS == Here are some topics we are interested in hearing more about this year: - Creating sustainable communities in the midst of a pandemic - Community and engagement in a virtual world - Virtually overworked? Burnout is real, and even more so now. - Conflict resolution - How are communities changing in the face of a pandemic and how has it affected them? Again, these are just suggestions. We welcome proposals on any aspect of community building! == HOW TO SUBMIT A TALK == - Head to the FOSDEM 2021 Pentabarf <https://penta.fosdem.org/submission> website. - If you already have a Pentabarf account, please don’t create a new one. - If you forgot your password, reset it. - Otherwise, follow the instructions to create an account. - Once logged in, select, “Create Event” and click on “Show All” in the top right corner to display the full form. - Your submission must include the following information: - First and last name / Nickname (optional)/ Image - Email address - Mobile phone number (this is a very hard requirement as there will be no other reliable form of emergency communication on the day) - Title and subtitle of your talk (please be descriptive, as titles will be listed with ~500 from other projects) - Track: Select “Community DevRoom” as the track - Event type: Lecture (talk) - Persons: Add yourself as the speaker with your bio - Description: Abstract (required)/ Full Description (optional) - Links to related websites / blogs etc. - Beyond giving us the above, let us know if there’s anything else you’d like to share as part of your submission – Twitter handle, GitHub activity history – whatever works for you. We especially welcome videos of you speaking elsewhere, or even just a list of talks you have done previously. First time speakers are, of course, welcome! - For issues with Pentabarf, please contact community-devroom@lists.fosdem.org. Feel free to send a notification of your submission to that email. == FOR ACCEPTED TALKS == - Once your talk is accepted, you will be assigned a volunteer to help you with producing your pre-recorded content. - This volunteer will help review the content and ensure it has the required quality, and ensure the content is entered into the system and ready to broadcast. - You must be available for the Q/A session on the day your session is streamed. FOSDEM website <https://fosdem.org/2021/> FOSDEM code of conduct <https://fosdem.org/2021/practical/conduct/> If you need to get in touch with the organizers or program committee of the Community DevRoom, email us at community-devroom@lists.fosdem.org Please let us know if you have any questions! Cheers, Leslie Hawthorn, Shirley Bailes and Laura Czajkowski Community DevRoom Co-OrganizersCommunity DevRoom Mailing List: community-devroom@lists.fosdem.org Thank you! --