I’ve been writing this post forever (for a month), and finally deleted that one and have started over again.
We had over 1500 submissions, so the stage producers and review teams made the difficult decisions when they accepted about 20% for the program. (Difficult is not nearly descriptive enough. Complex, merciless, intricate, knotty are helpful for you to understand what people had to do.)
We were able to avoid some of the gaming this year in the submission system. We allowed comments from everyone. We only took reviews from stage review teams. That avoided the popularity contests some submitters revel in.
If you submitted a session, you should hear soon. We appear to have a defect in the automated email system. Maybe. I can’t quite tell, but the people who can tell are on it.
Our next steps are to start publicizing the program as soon as we can publish it. For that, we have to get the emails out and the acceptances in.
However, assuming you believe me that the program is outstanding, I encourage you to register now. We have a few early bird registrations left. When those are gone (they are quantity-based, not time-based), you will have to register at the regular rate, unless you are attending with 4 other people from work or 4 buddies who are willing to share a 5-pack registration. The 5-pack is our best registration price.
When I can give you more info, I will.
Oh, and if anyone is willing to help me with some web work, please email me. I am looking for help on the web site. Thanks.
