On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 7:30 AM, Anna Ossowski <ossanna16@gmx.de> wrote:
Good morning Kinga, Hobson, and Brandon!

Good morning! :)
 
Brandon, we had discussed reaching out to everyone whose talk or tutorial didn’t get accepted and to encourage them to host an open space on that topic instead. Do you think this is a good idea or not? It would surely involve a lot of emails so I was wondering if you had a better idea :)

That has already happened, I think — in general, when a committee sends a rejection, or at least when they follow up with someone who asks about their rejected proposal, we always mention Open Spaces, Lightning Talks, and Tutorials as other ways to share with PyCon attendees. I am working to make that message more consistent each year, and to make sure communications always include those options.

I was particularly careful this year to mention these consistently as sponsors and open source projects asked about involvement.

So, I think that you can consider those audiences informed, without needing a further email spree.
 
Brandon, I would also like to edit the open spaces page on the PyCon website. How do I do that?

I'm not sure. I have some hours tomorrow dedicated to web site work, so I'll slate it for then! (Unless Ewa knows off the top of her head? I'll Cc her on this email.)

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Brandon Rhodes
PyCon 2016 Conference Chair