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Reviewing your RailsConf Proposal

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Lots of proposals.

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469

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469

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One month to submit.

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It’s hard to chose.

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But we had to.

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15.95%

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Those odds aren’t that bad.

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CFP-App

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It’s a Rails app.

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It’s open source.

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You can contribute.

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https://github.com/ rubycentral/cfp-app

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So use it for your conf.

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Make it better.

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CFP-App helps.

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A lot.

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This is what CFP-App looks like.

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title

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tracks

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And this is what we don’t see:

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Who the speaker is.

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Other reviewer’s rating.

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Helps protect us from our own bias.

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We only see other ratings after we rate.

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It helps when:

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You’re being too harsh.

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You’re being too nice.

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It’s helps achieve consensus.

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We can also send comments to the candidate.

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We help you improve your proposal.

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Does it work?

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That’s not good enough.

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But we’ll do better next time.

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We focus on good writers first.

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But it doesn't stop there.

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We later move beyond anonymous reviewing.

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Because who you are does sometime matter.

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Or your experience is relevant.

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Or you’ve taught workshops before.

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I only reviewed 180 proposals.

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They reviewed a lot more.

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Akira Matsuda

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Marty Haught

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Kinsey Ann Durham

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Sarah Mei

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Coraline Ehmke

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Hug these people.

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Submit a proposal!

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RubyConf 2015

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RailsConf 2016

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TurbolinksConf 2017

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EveryConf

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HomeConf

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Come talk to us if you need help.

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We need your voice.

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