# MountainWest RubyConf 2007: Call For Papers **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [October 27, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mountainwest-rubyconf-2007-call-for-papers/73882 "2006-10-27T19:42:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat_eyler)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mountainwest-rubyconf-2007-call-for-papers/73882/1 "2006-10-27T19:42:09Z")
The MountainWest RubyConf 2007, scheduled for the middle of March (we’ll be publish the final dates in the next week or two), is opening a call for presenters. We will have about nine 45 minute slots for talks (with 15 minutes of Q&A/bathroom breaks between them). Ideally, we’d like to see a good mixture of Ruby and Ruby on Rails talks, with an emphasis on doing useful stuff and best practices. Proposals should be submitted to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid in November and December of 2006 – midnight MST (hey, no complaints, that’s where we live) on Dec 31st is the cutoff. No late proposals can be accepted, no exceptions. A proposal should identify the target audience, give a short blurb about the presenter, and have a short abstract of the talk itself. Proposals should provide enough information for a small panel of judges to use as a basis for selection. The selection process will take place in early January, and all submitters will be notified by email by the end of January. We hope to publish our conference schedule in February. Feel free to suggest ideas here on the mailing list, but _please_ send submissions to me (removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid) instead of the mailing list. ---
**Author:** ![pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat_eyler)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mountainwest-rubyconf-2007-call-for-papers/73882/2 "2006-10-27T21:26:19Z")
pat eyler wrote: > no exceptions. A proposal should identify the target audience, give a > short blurb about the presenter, and have a short abstract of the talk > itself. Proposals should provide enough information for a small panel > of judges to use as a basis for selection. > > The selection process will take place in early January, and all > submitters will be notified by email by the end of January. We hope > to publish our conference schedule in February. > > Feel free to suggest ideas here on the mailing list, but _please_ send > submissions to me (removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid) instead of the mailing list. Where will it be held? Thanks, Dan ---
**Author:** ![pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat_eyler)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mountainwest-rubyconf-2007-call-for-papers/73882/3 "2006-10-27T21:32:23Z")
On 10/27/06, Daniel B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > pat eyler wrote: > > > The MountainWest RubyConf 2007, scheduled for the middle of March > > (we’ll be publish the final dates in the next week or two), is opening > > a call for presenters. We will have about nine 45 minute slots for > > talks (with 15 minutes of Q&A/bathroom breaks between them). Ideally, > > we’d like to see a good mixture of Ruby and Ruby on Rails talks, with > > an emphasis on doing useful stuff and best practices. > > Where will it be held? _sigh_ even after we reviewed it a bunch of times, I still ended up not putting in a location … it’ll be in Salt Lake City. ---
**Author:** ![pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat_eyler)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mountainwest-rubyconf-2007-call-for-papers/73882/4 "2006-10-28T02:12:48Z")
On 10/27/06, James B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > pat eyler wrote: > > > The MountainWest RubyConf 2007, scheduled for the middle of March > > Where on the map will this be? https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Salt%2BLake%2BCity,%2BUT&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=5&ll=40.759741,-111.890259&spn=23.194835,53.920898 or Salt Lake City, if a place name is good enough 😉 (sorry for not including it on the CFP) ---
**Author:** ![pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat_eyler)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mountainwest-rubyconf-2007-call-for-papers/73882/5 "2006-10-28T01:58:47Z")
pat eyler wrote: > The MountainWest RubyConf 2007, scheduled for the middle of March Where on the map will this be? – James B. “A principle or axiom is of no value without the rules for applying it.” - Len Bullard