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author: Vjeux
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Yesterday, the call for presenters closed for [React.js Conf](http://conf.reactjs.com/) and we couldn't believe it, we got a **hundred proposals** and more than 600 people left their contact information to be notified when tickets would go on sale. This is incredible!
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Yesterday was the [React.js Conf](http://conf.reactjs.com/index.html) call for presenters submission deadline. We were
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surprised to have received a total of **one hundred talk proposals** and were
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amazed that 600 people requested to be notified when ticket go on sale. This is incredible!
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But...
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When we organized the conference, we decided to start small since this is the
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first React.js conference. Also, we weren't sure what level of demand to expect,
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so we planned for a single-track, two-day conference on Facebook's campus. The
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largest room available would accomodate 18 speaking slots and 200 attendees.
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The spacial configuration makes it difficult to add a second track and changing
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venues only two months in advance would be too difficult, so we are deciding to
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stick with the originally planned format and venue on Facebook's campus.
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When we organized the conference we decided to start small since it's the first one. We went for a single track, two-days conference, on Facebook campus. This means that we've got "only" 18 speaking slots and 200 attendees.
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Unfortunately, this means that we can only accept a small number of the awesome
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conference talk proposals. In order to make sure attendees get a fair shot at
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registering, we're going to to sell tickets in three separate first-come,
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first-serve phases. **Tickets will cost $200 regardless of which phase they are
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purchased from and all proceeds will go to charity**.
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Unfortunately, we're using the biggest room on campus and putting more people won't make for a very good experience. The spatial configuration also makes it hard to add a second track to accomodate for more speakers. Changing the venue only two months in advance is also going to prove very challenging.
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- Friday November 28th 2014 — Noon PST: First wave of tickets
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- Friday December 5th 2014 — Noon PST: Second wave of tickets
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- Friday December 12th 2014 — Noon PST: Third and last wave of tickets
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So...
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We really do wish that everyone could attend React.js Conf, but in order to
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ensure a quality experience for those who attend, we feel it will be best to
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limit the size of the conference to what was originally planned for. This means
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that not everyone who wants to attend will be able to, and many talks that
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would be excellent contributions to the conference will have to be postponed
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until the next conference.
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We took the very hard decision of keeping the current format. This means that from the hundred talks that were submitted, we're only going to be able to accept a tiny number :( For the attendees, we want to make sure that people have a fair shot at getting their tickets, so we're going to do three waves of ticket sales. Each of them is going to be first come first serve. **The price is set to $200 per ticket**.
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We hope to see many of you at React.js Conf this January.
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- Friday November 28th 2014 — Noon PST, first wave
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- A week later, on Friday December 5th 2014 — Noon PST, second wave
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- A week later, on Friday December 12th 2014 — Noon PST, third and last wave
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Sincerely,
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This is a very unfortunate situation but I hope that we can make the best out of it!
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React Core Team
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