Due September 13: Register to Offer Maintainer Track Sessions at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2020 Virtual

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Hello!

Thank you for your patience as we work on transitioning KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America from an in-person event to a virtual event experience. This email serves as an invitation for you to register to virtually offer a Maintainer Track session at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2020. Please see the details below and fill out the form no later than Sunday, September 13, 2020, 11:59pm PDT.

SIG Leads, please make sure you forward this to the Working Group, Subproject, and User Group chairs.

Please read thoroughly as our policy has changed from earlier this year and has been adapted to meet our new virtual world experience.

The Opportunity:

Leaders of CNCF Graduated and Incubating Projects and Activities (Working Groups, SIGs, Subprojects, User Groups) can host one 35-minute session, during KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America, being held virtually, November 17–20, within the “Maintainer Track.”
We recommend your session be a combination of an introduction and deep dive of our project/working group/SIG/User Group/Subproject.

The Intro portion should include some slides and a demo to explain what your activity does and why people should care. (15-minutes)
The Deep Dive portion is for contributors, maintainers and other attendees with some pre-existing familiarity with the activity. We recommend that this should be a working part focusing on technical discussions and debates, as opposed to just processes (e.g., should the API be changed, not what's the best time for monthly conference calls). (20-minutes)

Maintainer Track sessions will be available to all conference attendees.
You may have a maximum of four speakers on your session. Each speaker will be provided free registration to the conference.
This is one of the best opportunities of the year to add new users and contributors.

Requirement:

In order to participate in the Maintainer Track, you must lead a CNCF Graduated/Incubating Project, a CNCF SIG or Working Group, or a Kubernetes SIG, Working Group, User Group, or Subproject.

Changes:

Sandbox projects are no longer eligible to offer maintainer track sessions at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon.
With the recent change of the event going virtual, our goal is to minimize screen fatigue and the number of sessions hosted virtually. One way we are doing this is to only allow one Maintainer Track session per CNCF Graduated and Incubating Projects and Activities (Working Groups, SIGs, Subprojects, User Groups). Note: We are working on other ways to bring more engagement between projects/WGs/UGs/SIGs/Subprojects in this new virtual environment.

To register a Maintainer Track session for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2020 - Virtual, please go to:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HJMPVFJ

The deadline to register to offer a Maintainer Track session for North America 2020 is Sunday, September 13, 2020, 11:59pm Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). You’ll be notified of the scheduled date and time of your session by Thursday, October 1, 2020. Please note, we are still working on all the logistics of bringing this event to a virtual platform (no platform has been decided upon, yet) and will share those details on October 1.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Nanci Lancaster