Saturday, January 30, 2010

Open Engagement no-go

Another rejection:

Dear Angela,

This year Open Engagement received nearly 300 proposals and we spent nearly two weeks thoroughly reviewing all of them. The selection committee greatly enjoyed these submissions and truly wishes that it were possible to include all of them but to do so would simply exceed our capacity. The committee was forced to make tough decisions and were unable to accommodate many esteemed and valued colleagues.
Unfortunately this year we are unable to accommodate your submission. We strongly encourage you to apply again next year. Part of the spirit of Open Engagement is being able to create an event where we can take care of all of our participants; part of that includes housing, meals, and transportation once in Portland. With that said the number of individuals we can accept is very small and we are unable to take on many proposals that we would have loved to include in this conference.
Thank you very much for your time and for sharing your work with us.
All our very best,
The Open Engagement planning committee

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Open Engagement
Making Things
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May 15-17, 2010
Portland, OR

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