Three things
The blog con will be upon us soon — startlingly soon! Here’s a quick update on a few logistical matters.
Thing the first:
We’ve only had a couple of applications for our scholarships, and we still have some funds. So if you’d like to apply for funding to attend the blog con, please do so!
Thing the second:
We have high hopes of making the conference accessible to those who can’t be there in person. First of all, we encourage everyone who’s attending to blog as much as they want; hopefully somebody will liveblog many of the sessions. We’re looking into recording many of the sessions and posting those recordings as podcasts afterwards. And we’ve talked about opening an irc channel where remote folks can hang out and join the conversation on Saturday.
In order for the irc idea to work, we’d need someone at the con who’s willing to transcribe panels, in realtime, into the irc window (and occasionally pipe up to say, "the folks in irc have a question," and so on.) Any volunteers?
And thing the third:
If anyone out there wants to take advantage of the special housing for shomer Shabbat folks, we need to know that by tomorrow so we can tell the university. If you’re planning to stay on-campus to ensure that everything is walkable for you, please let us know today!
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