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_faqs/001-why-mendercon.md

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question: "Why is the conference called MenderCon?"
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The term "mender" was coined by the founders of [Corgibytes](https://corgibytes.com), M. Scott Ford and Andrea Goulet,
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after Scott saw an ad for a Maker Fest event and he thought, “Where’s the event for people who like to fix things?!”
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That’s exactly what MenderCon will ideally be - an event for people who are passionate about mending software systems.

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question: "What's an unconference?"
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Simply put, an unconference is a conference that does not have a predetermined set of speakers or talks. The people who
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show up to the event are the ones who decide what gets talked about. This approach eliminates a fair bit of overhead for
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organizing the event. We don’t need to put out a call for proposals. We don’t need to go through proposals and decide
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who gets to speak. We don’t have to verify that the people who submitted proposals are still available, and we don’t
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have to notify everyone who didn’t get selected.
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The un-conference format also creates an opportunity to elevate voices who are not normally heard from. At a traditional
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conference, the list of speakers and topics is curated in some form by the organizers. This can often lead to the
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conference schedule being dominated by people who are well known or people who have gotten practice speaking in the past.
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While we welcome people with speaking experience and notoriety, it’s important to us that we create a space to where
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those who are not normally selected have a chance to speak. In an unconference format, anyone who wants to speak gets to
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speak.
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By using the unconference format, there’s less work for those organizing the event, and there’s an opportunity for
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new people to be heard. We call that a win-win.

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In addition to creating the opportunity to see some good talks, we wanted to create a space for other kinds of sessions,
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particularly ones that require some level of participation or discussion. With so many people working from home because
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of COVID-19, there are many who are craving more human interaction. We want to have MenderCon be a space for that.
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So don’t be surprised to see someone pitch a session that is simply titled something like, “_Let’s chat about the unique
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challenges of refactoring PHP_”, and when you get in the room there are no slides, just someone who wants to facilitate
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a conversation.

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