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reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
Hi folks,


At this point we don't have enough submissions to make DConf 2015 
viable. Those we have are of good quality, but simply put more are needed.

We're counting on our core community (i.e. frequent contributors to this 
forum) to both participate and spread the news about the conference.

The call for submissions closes at the end of day of February 27 (this 
coming Friday).

Speakers get travel reimbursement. If you are using D and have something 
interesting to share, a DConf 2015 submission is the single best thing 
to do for D and its community.

http://dconf.org/2015/index.html


Thanks,

Andrei
Feb 22 2015
next sibling parent "Brian Schott" <briancschott gmail.com> writes:
Sent
Feb 22 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent Rikki Cattermole <alphaglosined gmail.com> writes:
On 23/02/2015 1:03 p.m., Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 Hi folks,


 At this point we don't have enough submissions to make DConf 2015
 viable. Those we have are of good quality, but simply put more are needed.

 We're counting on our core community (i.e. frequent contributors to this
 forum) to both participate and spread the news about the conference.

 The call for submissions closes at the end of day of February 27 (this
 coming Friday).

 Speakers get travel reimbursement. If you are using D and have something
 interesting to share, a DConf 2015 submission is the single best thing
 to do for D and its community.

 http://dconf.org/2015/index.html


 Thanks,

 Andrei


I'm still thinking about mine. But it is pretty much done.
Feb 22 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent reply "Adam D. Ruppe" <destructionator gmail.com> writes:
I could prolly do two talks... especially if someone else wants 
to suggest a topic. Heck, I could improvise in a round table or 
something too.
Feb 22 2015
next sibling parent reply "Brian Schott" <briancschott gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 23 February 2015 at 01:30:42 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:

 I could prolly do two talks... especially if someone else wants 
 to suggest a topic. Heck, I could improvise in a round table or 
 something too.


A round table could be fun. We'd just have to find a sufficiently 
subtle troll to moderate it and a list of topics.
Feb 22 2015
parent reply Rikki Cattermole <alphaglosined gmail.com> writes:
On 23/02/2015 2:51 p.m., Brian Schott wrote:

 On Monday, 23 February 2015 at 01:30:42 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:

 I could prolly do two talks... especially if someone else wants to
 suggest a topic. Heck, I could improvise in a round table or something
 too.


 A round table could be fun. We'd just have to find a sufficiently subtle
 troll to moderate it and a list of topics.


I'm interested in being in on a round table as well.

An interesting topic could definitely be web development in D. Could 
bring up issues all the way to CTFE'ing templates.
Feb 22 2015
parent reply "Adam D. Ruppe" <destructionator gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 23 February 2015 at 02:25:24 UTC, Rikki Cattermole 
wrote:

 An interesting topic could definitely be web development in D. 
 Could bring up issues all the way to CTFE'ing templates.


Indeed. I'd prolly be the boring conservative in that bunch, my 
web libs don't do anything special... except get the job done!

But this is a pretty good idea a lot of us could do. We don't 
even strictly need a topic list, we could take callers or like 
twitter questions and crap like that.
Feb 22 2015
next sibling parent "deadalnix" <deadalnix gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 23 February 2015 at 04:28:34 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:

 On Monday, 23 February 2015 at 02:25:24 UTC, Rikki Cattermole 
 wrote:

 An interesting topic could definitely be web development in D. 
 Could bring up issues all the way to CTFE'ing templates.


 Indeed. I'd prolly be the boring conservative in that bunch, my 
 web libs don't do anything special... except get the job done!


 From my experience, that is better than most code out there :)
Feb 22 2015
prev sibling parent reply Rikki Cattermole <alphaglosined gmail.com> writes:
On 23/02/2015 5:28 p.m., Adam D. Ruppe wrote:

 On Monday, 23 February 2015 at 02:25:24 UTC, Rikki Cattermole wrote:

 An interesting topic could definitely be web development in D. Could
 bring up issues all the way to CTFE'ing templates.


 Indeed. I'd prolly be the boring conservative in that bunch, my web libs
 don't do anything special... except get the job done!

 But this is a pretty good idea a lot of us could do. We don't even
 strictly need a topic list, we could take callers or like twitter
 questions and crap like that.


Yes exactly. Just letting a group of people talk about, based upon some 
input could lead to some very interesting discussions.
Perhaps we could get some UTU students involved with it? Even if they 
are not terribly interested in D, it would provide excellent input.
Feb 22 2015
parent reply "Adam D. Ruppe" <destructionator gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 23 February 2015 at 05:41:51 UTC, Rikki Cattermole 
wrote:

 Perhaps we could get some UTU students involved with it?


UVU. But will students will be attending too? I think they should 
be able to, it would be good exposure to them and give us some 
fresh people too.
Feb 23 2015
parent reply Rikki Cattermole <alphaglosined gmail.com> writes:
On 24/02/2015 4:33 a.m., Adam D. Ruppe wrote:

 On Monday, 23 February 2015 at 05:41:51 UTC, Rikki Cattermole wrote:

 Perhaps we could get some UTU students involved with it?


 UVU. But will students will be attending too? I think they should be
 able to, it would be good exposure to them and give us some fresh people
 too.


I agree, they should be given free passes. Especially if they contribute 
by e.g. being on a round table discussion.
Feb 23 2015
parent Rikki Cattermole <alphaglosined gmail.com> writes:
On 24/02/2015 1:56 p.m., Rikki Cattermole wrote:

 On 24/02/2015 4:33 a.m., Adam D. Ruppe wrote:

 On Monday, 23 February 2015 at 05:41:51 UTC, Rikki Cattermole wrote:

 Perhaps we could get some UTU students involved with it?






s/UTU/UVU/


 UVU. But will students will be attending too? I think they should be
 able to, it would be good exposure to them and give us some fresh people
 too.


 I agree, they should be given free passes. Especially if they contribute
 by e.g. being on a round table discussion.


I asked Andrei before hand if there has already been one and there 
hasn't been yet.
FYI, when I submit my proposal most likely today. I'll be including a 
round table discussion proposal with it.
Feb 25 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d puremagic.com> writes:
On 23 February 2015 at 01:30, Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d
<digitalmars-d puremagic.com> wrote:

 I could prolly do two talks... especially if someone else wants to suggest a
 topic. Heck, I could improvise in a round table or something too.


I'd happily be on a panel talk. :)
Feb 23 2015
prev sibling parent reply Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d puremagic.com> writes:
On 23/02/15 12:30, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d wrote:

 On 23 February 2015 at 01:30, Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d
 <digitalmars-d puremagic.com> wrote:

 I could prolly do two talks... especially if someone else wants to suggest a
 topic. Heck, I could improvise in a round table or something too.


 I'd happily be on a panel talk. :)


It would be really nice if there could be an organized panel talk of the 
maintainers and major contributors of the various D compilers out there 
(including DDMD and SDC).
Feb 27 2015
parent Rikki Cattermole <alphaglosined gmail.com> writes:
On 28/02/2015 2:29 a.m., Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d wrote:

 On 23/02/15 12:30, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d wrote:

 On 23 February 2015 at 01:30, Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d
 <digitalmars-d puremagic.com> wrote:

 I could prolly do two talks... especially if someone else wants to
 suggest a
 topic. Heck, I could improvise in a round table or something too.


 I'd happily be on a panel talk. :)


 It would be really nice if there could be an organized panel talk of the
 maintainers and major contributors of the various D compilers out there
 (including DDMD and SDC).


Send in a proposal for it then.
I did one for a round table. Which would most likely have overlap.

Because this is a general proposal and the number of people associated 
with it must be later determined, biography is being left out.
The topics that will be discussed are unknown at this point, so keywords 
will also be left out.

Title: How Does D Fend?
Kind: Round table
Target audience: Beginners and those on the fence
Abstract:
Majority of talks at DConf 2015 are aimed at those who are already in 
the D community. A round table for those who are not entirely vested 
should enable those that are not to ask questions and get answers from a 
range of people. An example of this is (Richard Cattermole) who has got 
good solid knowledge of Compile Time Function Execution of code in the D 
language. Along side others including: dmd and phobos contributes. 
Others from e.g. vibe.d and even students from UVU would give full range 
of skill level a chance to talk about a topic.

Extended description:
The round table discussion could take a very long time and each topic 
discussed could in turn be long drawn out. From this a set time limit 
per topic should be attached. The time limit chosen should be determined 
based upon the entire given time allocated for the round table.
Each topic is discussed in three stages.

     Introduction, what does everyone know about the topic?
     Discussion, discuss between the members issues and future potential 
for the topic
     Summary, most members should be able to agree what the current 
state and future potential lies. Giving an answer to the person who 
asked the question.

Primarily a time limit should be placed upon the discussion. 
Introduction and summary being so fundamental it should not have it on it.
The choosing of questions should be done by somebody who is not on the 
round table. They should gather it from a range of locations. The live 
stream chat, Twitter and live audience are the most common ones.
The audience should be open for non DConf visitors. At the very least 
UVU staff and students. UVU students should be part of the round table.
Feb 27 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 2/22/2015 4:03 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 Speakers get travel reimbursement. If you are using D and have something
 interesting to share, a DConf 2015 submission is the single best thing to do
for
 D and its community.


I'll add that a LOT of you are working on projects that are of great interest
to 
the community. A presentation at DConf is a great way to get the word out about
it.

We're also interested in case histories of using D at work.
Feb 22 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent reply "David Nadlinger" <code klickverbot.at> writes:
On Monday, 23 February 2015 at 00:03:17 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 At this point we don't have enough submissions to make DConf 
 2015 viable. Those we have are of good quality, but simply put 
 more are needed.

 We're counting on our core community (i.e. frequent 
 contributors to this forum) to both participate and spread the 
 news about the conference.


Expect two proposals from me by Friday too. I just simply didn't 
get around to writing them up in between all the science going on 
here yet.

David
Feb 23 2015
parent reply "David Nadlinger" <code klickverbot.at> writes:
On Monday, 23 February 2015 at 14:50:42 UTC, David Nadlinger 
wrote:

 Expect two proposals from me by Friday too. I just simply 
 didn't get around to writing them up in between all the science 
 going on here yet.


Okay, my last week was … interesting, but I hope I just managed 
to send one of the proposals barely inside the deadline (my wall 
clock read 8.59 AM CET).

If it turns out that you still need to fill a slot in the 
conference timetable after allocating all the talks, I'd be happy 
to send you the second one too (50 min talk on Dash, the D 
Compiler Performance Tracker). I figured it wouldn't send it 
after the deadline, because either you'd just ignore it, or it 
would be unfair towards the earlier submitters.

I agree with the others about a compiler dev panel or round table 
discussion being a good idea. If I'll be in Orem, I'll be happy 
to participate.

  — David
Feb 28 2015
parent "Stefan Koch" <uplink.coder googlemail.com> writes:
+1 for the compiler-dev table.
I'd be happy to take part on that.
Mar 01 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d puremagic.com> writes:
On 23/02/15 01:03, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d wrote:

 At this point we don't have enough submissions to make DConf 2015 viable. Those
 we have are of good quality, but simply put more are needed.

 We're counting on our core community (i.e. frequent contributors to this forum)
 to both participate and spread the news about the conference.

 The call for submissions closes at the end of day of February 27 (this coming
 Friday).


You should have one from me now.  Sorry it took this long to get it to you.
Feb 27 2015
parent Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 2/27/2015 5:30 AM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d wrote:

 You should have one from me now.  Sorry it took this long to get it to you.


Yes, got it. Thanks!
Feb 27 2015
prev sibling parent reply Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy yahoo.com> writes:
On 2/22/15 7:03 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 Hi folks,


 At this point we don't have enough submissions to make DConf 2015
 viable. Those we have are of good quality, but simply put more are needed.


I'm sure you are poring over the proposals you received last week, but 
can you just let us know whether enough have been proposed to make sure 
the conference is still on? Thanks.

-Steve
Mar 02 2015
parent Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 3/2/15 7:08 AM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:

 On 2/22/15 7:03 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 Hi folks,


 At this point we don't have enough submissions to make DConf 2015
 viable. Those we have are of good quality, but simply put more are
 needed.


 I'm sure you are poring over the proposals you received last week, but
 can you just let us know whether enough have been proposed to make sure
 the conference is still on? Thanks.


DConf 2015 is definitely on. Thanks to the many last-minute submitters! 
-- Andrei
Mar 02 2015