Budgeting for DConf 2013

[Era Scarecrow]

On Wednesday, 16 January 2013 at 21:15:43 UTC, Andrei 
Alexandrescu wrote:
> I've seen many prospective DConf speakers, both in private and 
> public communication, are overly concerned about traveling 
> costs. I thought I'd set the record straight about this.
>
> Due to the successful kickstarter campaign, we have a budget 
> before we even published a program. Facebook has gladly agreed 
> to host the conference, thus eliminating quite a few costs. 
> That means we are in good shape with the budget.

That sounds good...

> So please do this:
>
> 1. If you're considering giving a talk, DO prepare a submission 
> whether you live in the Bay Area or on Mars. A submission (see 
> http://dconf.org) is a title, an abstract (3-6 sentences), and 
> a bio. No full slides or writeup needed at this time! The worst 
> that could happen is your submission doesn't get accepted.

  I haven't even started on mine until i know if i'm even giving 
one/both of them; Although likely i'd want the slides/rough 
presentation reviewed/glanced over by a critic.

...

> So please let us worry about speakers' travel expenses and get 
> working on submitting good material. Let's not save budget at 
> the expense of the event itself. Quite literally the success of 
> DConf 2013 depends on you.

  I do hope it's a very good conference :)