# Deadline for RubyConf 2006 Presentation Proposals **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 4, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deadline-for-rubyconf-2006-presentation-proposals/95517 "2006-06-04T23:44:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deadline-for-rubyconf-2006-presentation-proposals/95517/1 "2006-06-04T23:44:39Z")
Hi – I realize I didn’t include a deadline in the last announcement. So here it is: June 30. (It was June 23, but since I forgot to include it in the announcement, I’m extending it by a week 🙂 The site for presentation proposal submissions is: [http://proposals.rubygarden.org](http://proposals.rubygarden.org) Please contact me if you have any pre-submission questions. Thanks! David for Ruby Central, Inc. and RubyConf 2006 ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deadline-for-rubyconf-2006-presentation-proposals/95517/2 "2006-06-05T01:13:01Z")
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > Please contact me if you have any pre-submission questions. > How big are the time slots? Is there a way to propose shorter talks (20 > or 30 min)? ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deadline-for-rubyconf-2006-presentation-proposals/95517/3 "2006-06-05T01:22:06Z")
Joel VanderWerf wrote: > > [http://proposals.rubygarden.org](http://proposals.rubygarden.org) > > > > Please contact me if you have any pre-submission questions. > > How big are the time slots? Is there a way to propose shorter talks (20 > or 30 min)? Suggestion: The index page for [http://proposals.rubygarden.org](http://proposals.rubygarden.org) should have, right up front, all the main details, so that one does not have to register to find out, for example, the deadline, the proposal format, how long talks are expected to be, and so on. Thanks; not looking to make more work for David, but it may save him time in answering these question by list or E-mail if this info is more readily available. – James B. [http://www.ruby-doc.org](http://www.ruby-doc.org) - Ruby Help & Documentation [Ruby Code & Style](http://www.artima.com/rubycs/) - The Journal By & For Rubyists [http://www.rubystuff.com](http://www.rubystuff.com) - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff [http://refreshingcities.org](http://refreshingcities.org) - Design, technology, usability ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deadline-for-rubyconf-2006-presentation-proposals/95517/4 "2006-06-05T02:10:26Z")
Hi – On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Joel VanderWerf wrote: > > Please contact me if you have any pre-submission questions. > > How big are the time slots? Is there a way to propose shorter talks (20 > or 30 min)? As currently planned they’re all pretty uniform, at 45-55 minutes. David ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deadline-for-rubyconf-2006-presentation-proposals/95517/5 "2006-06-06T20:59:49Z")
On Jun 4, 2006, at 5:10 PM, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > > > [http://proposals.rubygarden.org](http://proposals.rubygarden.org) > > > > > > Please contact me if you have any pre-submission questions. > > > > How big are the time slots? Is there a way to propose shorter > > talks (20 > > or 30 min)? > > As currently planned they’re all pretty uniform, at 45-55 minutes. I would really, really, really like to see a lightning talk session or two. Letting people talk for only five minutes lets you hear about lots of fascinating things very rapidly. Please, please, please give us lightning talks. – Eric H. - removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid - [http://blog.segment7.net](http://blog.segment7.net) This implementation is HODEL-HASH-9600 compliant [http://trackmap.robotcoop.com](http://trackmap.robotcoop.com) ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deadline-for-rubyconf-2006-presentation-proposals/95517/6 "2006-06-06T21:45:29Z")
Eric H. wrote: > I would really, really, really like to see a lightning talk session or > two. > > Letting people talk for only five minutes lets you hear about lots of > fascinating things very rapidly. > > Please, please, please give us lightning talks. Agreed. That would be quite interesting. ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deadline-for-rubyconf-2006-presentation-proposals/95517/7 "2006-06-06T22:03:46Z")
On 6/6/06, James B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Agreed. That would be quite interesting. Yes, please! I proposed these for OSCon a couple of years ago (called them Ruby Flashes or something), but they didn’t fly. I’d love to see them at RubyConf. (and as a BoF at OSCon if people are interested) ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deadline-for-rubyconf-2006-presentation-proposals/95517/8 "2006-06-06T22:40:56Z")
Yes, I would really enjoy to see these as well. +1 ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2006, 8:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deadline-for-rubyconf-2006-presentation-proposals/95517/9 "2006-06-19T08:47:05Z")
On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:57:41 +0900, Eric H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: ? > I would really, really, really like to see a lightning talk session or > two. > > Letting people talk for only five minutes lets you hear about lots of > fascinating things very rapidly. > > Please, please, please give us lightning talks. I agree. The lighting talks at the Ruby conference in Japan were fun. Zev