On Monday, August 26, 2013 4:32:37 PM UTC-4, William Stein wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 12:45 PM, David Joyner > <wdjo...@gmail.com<javascript:>> > wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Brad Burkman > > <bbur...@lsmsa.edu<javascript:>> > wrote: > >> I proposed a Sage session for the National Council of Teachers of > >> Mathematics meeting in New Orleans next April, and it was rejected. > Did > >> someone else propose a similar session, or did they just reject the > idea of > >> a Sage session? I gave a session (different topic) at the 2013 NCTM > >> meeting, and two other sessions on which I am either lead or co-speaker > were > >> accepted for 2014. > >> > >> Thoughts? > > > > > > Something like that was rejected for an AMS-MAA meeting as well. They > > suggested to re-title as "open source math software". That was accepted. > > Good idea though and thanks for trying. Hope you get it next time! > > Yes, I think that a somewhat broader title (that might allow talks about Geogebra or WeBWorK or Maxima) will seem less like advertising. Of course, it seems like you are proposing it just as a regular talk talking about something that worked well for you in class, so it seems odd for them to reject it (particularly if it means that you won't pay the registration fee now, though given the location I am guessing you will still attend).
So I would ask for some feedback, along the lines of "how can I improve my submission next year to make it more in line with NCTM's goals for the conference?" I have to say that it certainly seems relevant, but maybe they have a very limited number of talks they can accept? I'm really sorry you had a bad experience, but don't give up - often packaging is everything. > Maybe I should change the name from Sage to OpenSourceMathSoftware or OSMS for short :-). > You type osms on the command line to start it. Maybe it could be pronounced "awesomes". Sage is indeed awesome, but maybe this suggestion will step on even more toes :-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-edu@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
