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This is a call to everyone interested in the Wikimedia Developer Summit 2017 -- including remote participants. We need you to help us decide which sessions should be pre-scheduled in advance, getting bigger rooms, video recording, and higher quality requirements.

Today we have 46 sessions competing for 15 slots. We need to propose a schedule by December 12. How can you help?

The best way is to check the proposals submitted https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/2205/ and join those that interest you in a visible way:

- participating in the discussion (the best way to prove your interest and support the proposal) - subscribing to the Phabricator task (click "Subscribe") - awarding a token to the Phabricator task (click "Award Token")

The sooner, the better. We will start checking participation by November 28 (see the timeline https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Developer_Summit/2017/Call_for_participation#Selection_process ).

To be clear, this is not a popularity contest. Proposals with more participation will be more likely to be pre-scheduled and vice versa. However, the scheduling will be handled by the Program committee https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Developer_Summit/2017/Program_committee. They will take into account participation numbers, but they will also consider other factors.

Proposals not scheduled will be directed to the Unconference https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Developer_Summit/Unconference&action=edit&redlink=1 that will run in parallel to the pre-scheduled sessions.