Volunteer for SeaGL
2025 marks our 13th year as an all-volunteer staffed FLOSS conference. With three virtual events and a hybrid one under our belt, the plan is to continue improving on an in-person experience in Seattle and online.
Would you like to lend a beak or wing to the effort? Please email us at participate@seagl.org or hop into our Matrix channel and say hi! You can also fill out our Volunteer Interest Form to let us know how you’d like to help out.
Staff Committees
The volunteer work needed to put SeaGL together is roughly organized into the following committees. Specific skill gaps will be added as they are identified. You can read more about the roles and process in this 2024 blog post.
- Attendee Experience: Focusing on and prioritizing the SeaGL community.
- A/V & DevOps: Central nest for SeaGL technical operations.
- Finance: Keeping an eye on the SeaGL books and issuing reimbursements.
- IDEA: Promoting inclusion, diversity, equity, and access at SeaGL and beyond.
- Partnerships: Connecting SeaGL with other groups, organizations, and sponsors.
- Policy & Protocol: Making sure there are rules in place to keep SeaGL a safer space.
- Programming & Flow: Packing the SeaGL program with amazing content.
- Promotion & Outreach: Spreading the word about SeaGL world wide.
- Volunteers: Keeping the SeaGL staff happy and recruiting new volunteers to the flock.
Partner with SeaGL
We have a limited number of tables available for business and community partners of SeaGL 2025. Groups and companies interested in attending should review our Partnership & Sponsor Prospectus which outlines various fiscal tiers and add-ons.
In-kind contributions are accepted from media and local partners. Free space is made available for non-profit and educational organizations. Please see our sponsors page for a list of current supporters and email us at sponsor@seagl.org to discuss further partnership opportunities!
Present at SeaGL
Over the years, we have given a stage to hundreds of speakers. If you’re interested in joining them, keep an eye out for our call for proposals (CFP) which usually opens in May and runs for approximately a month.
We make a point of welcoming presenters of all experience levels, especially those bringing uncommonly heard perspectives. So if you’re a first time speaker or member of an under-represented group in tech, please consider applying!
That said, we are not looking for sponsored talks; while our partners are welcome to submit presentations, we do not guarentee they will be accepted.
Suggest a SeaGL Keynote
We encourage you to nominate someone who has been doing exciting work in the Free / Libre / Open (FLO) community! Keynote presenters may be suggested through our Keynote Nomination Form which is now open year round.
Nominees need not have prior keynote experience; we are interested in both aspiring and veteran presenters. In fact, since 2018 half of our keynote slots have been dedicated to amplifying the voices of speakers who may be presenting on the main stage for the first time.
While you are welcome to nominate yourself, we encourage you to take some time to think about people you have seen present, who you think have an important message to share.
We are looking for individuals who:
- Have done work to empower others and challenge social norms
- You go out of your way to read all of their Open Source posts on social media
- Might only have a small following, but are doing amazing work in their own little corner
- Are always tinkering with new and exciting projects that inspire others to try new things
- Are slowly, but steadily, working to make the FLO community and world a better place, for everyone
Stay in touch
Chat
Participate in year-round discussions on Matrix.
Announcements
Subscribe to our low-traffic announcement mailing list.
Organizer List
Get notified when we call for volunteers via our seagl_organize mailing list.
Social Media
Follow and share our posts on:
or keep an eye on the overview of SeaGL’s social media activity via Matrix in #social-media:seagl.org.
GitHub
Propose changes to the website by opening a pull request on GitHub.