DIY Panel Information (3 days to go!)

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CON.TXT begins Friday! We have a lot of fun events and fantastic programming planned, and you can check our full schedule to start planning your weekend. We will be sending a welcome email with the Discord link on Thursday night (late registrants will receive the email Friday morning).

We are offering nine DIY panel slots this year!

There are five DIY panel slots on Saturday, June 24 (10 am, 11 am, 2 pm, 4:30 pm, and 5:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time) and four on Sunday, June 25 (10 am, 11 am, 1 pm, and 3 pm EDT) (what time is that for me?).

DIY panel slots can be claimed on a first come, first served basis at 8am EDT each day—you’re limited to claiming one timeslot per day. Once a member of the CON.TXT Concom opens the DIY panel signup in the #channel-requests channel in the Discord server, you’re welcome to claim a slot for that day. Once we’ve indicated our acceptance in the Discord channel, you will need to provide the following information:

• a title and description for your panel
  
• names of the person(s) who will be moderating the panel
  
• the name of the person who will take on the responsibility to serve as the Zoom tech moderator.

Please note: DIY panels will not be moderated by CON.TXT volunteers.

The Concom will create a new DIY panel channel in the Discord server, open the Zoom track ten minutes prior to the panel start, and transfer Zoom hosting responsibilities to the indicated tech moderator. A Concom member will resume Zoom hosting responsibilities once each DIY panel ends.

We urge anyone interested in claiming a DIY slot to review the CON.TXT Code of Conduct and panel moderator training slides to adequately prepare ahead of time to moderate a DIY or any other panel.

If you have any questions, email panels@contxt.club or comment on this post.

It's not too late to register! You can register on Conline through midnight Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, June 22nd. We hope to see you there!