Hi,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 12:04 AM, Brion Vibber brion@pobox.com wrote:
Just to confirm, is the abstract meant to be "no less than 300 words" as it says in the template or "no more than 300 words"? I'm a little short on mine if it's meant to be no less than 300. :)
It actually is "no less than 300 words"; I think it's supposed to be a high-pass filter for submissions, to weed out proposals that aren't "serious".
That said, in some cases, 250 words are largely enough to describe a serious submission, so I wouldn't worry too much about reaching exactly 300 words. If a proposal is strong, it shouldn't matter (much).