[Air-L] CfP REMINDER (Due Monday): Maintainers III: Practice, Policy, and Care

[Jessica Meyerson]

Greetings Internet Researchers,


A reminder for those of you that have already seen the call, and
encouragement for those of you seeing it for the first time -

Maintainers III Call for Proposals closes on Monday, May 13.

There are many different ways to participate - lightning talks, panels,
short papers -- and plenty of time to submit your proposal!

(Also - paper *abstracts* are due Monday, but papers aren't due until
closer to the conference)


We hope to see you there - read more below:


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Maintainers III: Practice, Policy, and Care

Washington, D.C., United States, October 6-9, 2019

Webpage: http://themaintainers.org/miii

Twitter: @The_Maintainers

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Maintainers III: Practice, Policy, and Care (MIII)
<http://themaintainers.org/miii> is the third in a series of conferences
that celebrates and unpacks the concepts of maintenance, infrastructure,
repair, and the myriad forms of labor and expertise that sustain our
human-built world. MIII will be held in Washington, D.C. from October 6-9,
2019 at the Kellogg Conference Hotel (Gallaudet University).

Goals of Maintainers III:

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   Bring together practitioners, policy-makers, researchers, and activists
   who have deep engagements with maintenance
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   Develop and sustain communities of practice in specialized areas
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   Contribute to a broad public movement around the importance of
   maintenance and maintainers in modern life


Call for Proposals:

Distinct from Maintainers I <http://themaintainers.org/program/> and
Maintainers II <http://themaintainers.org/maintainers-ii-program/>, MIII
will feature 4 maintenance tracks including Information Maintenance,
Transportation Maintenance, Software and Open Source Maintenance and
General Maintenance. Visit the Maintainers III About
<http://themaintainers.org/miii> webpage to read more about the focus of
each track.

We welcome a variety of submissions types in all maintenance tracks,
including:

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   Panels that provide diverse perspectives
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   Papers that highlight research findings, policy briefings, or case
   studies
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   Workshops that both engage and allow for thoughtful discussion
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   Lightning Talks, that summarize topics in 5 minutes
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   Alternative Submissions that don’t neatly fit the other descriptions.

You can read more about each submission type and submit your proposal on
the Maintainers III Submit a Proposal
<http://themaintainers.org/miii-submit-proposal> webpage.

Key Dates:

20 March 2019 — Save the Date and Call for Proposals announced

13 May 2019 — Deadline for all proposal submissions

24 June 2019 — Proposal acceptance notifications sent

24 June 2019 — Conference registration opens

13 September 2019 — Early bird registration deadline

6-9th October 2019 — Maintainers III: Practice, Policy, and Care

The MIII Planning Committee will continue to update the website with
resources - for now, check out our Attendee Resources
<http://themaintainers.org/miii-attendee-resources>page for more
information on MIII’s Code of Conduct and Accessibility FAQ. We sincerely
hope you will join us in October 2019 and help to shape the discussion of
Practice, Policy, and Care!

MIII Planning Committee:

Hillel Arnold

Juliana Castro

Tabitha Decker

Don Goodman-Wilson
Shannon  Mattern
Mehdi Medjaoui

Jessica Meyerson
Andy Russell
Raquel Velho

Lee Vinsel
Carole Voulgaris

Chela Scott Weber

Questions?

Contact Andy Russell (andy at themaintainers.org), Lee Vinsel (
lee at themaintainers.org), or Jessica Meyerson (jmeyerson at themaintainers.org).