<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title></head><body><div><span class="color" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">Hi everyone!</span></div><div><span class="color" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><br></div><div><span class="color" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent;"></span>I hope you're ready to enjoy Berlin on the cusp of autumn and if that isn't enough, hopefully the program will get you even more excited. Thank you so much to our Talks Committee for all their work putting this together and for everyone who submitted such great ideas, we really had our work cut out for us. Start making your plans by</span><a href="https://conf.kde.org/event/9/timetable/?layout=room#all"><span class="color" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent;"></span> </span><span class="color" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent;"></span><u>checking out the program page</u></span></a><span class="color" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent;"></span>!</span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="color" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent;"></span>In addition to our lovely programming, we're pleased to announce that volunteer signups are now live on the </span><a href="https://community.kde.org/Akademy/2025#Be_a_volunteer"><span class="color" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent;"></span><b><u>Akademy wiki!</u></b></span></a><span class="color" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent;"></span> Volunteering is a great way to make new friends and Akademy wouldn't be possible without us all pitching in to make it happen. Find a task or two that sounds fun and sign yourself up! All you need to do is add yourself to a timeslot on the wiki page! For bonus points, <span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent;"></span><b>make sure you also have clicked the "yes I want to volunteer" option on your registration page</b><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent;"></span> while you're checking out the schedule to help us keep the emails relevant for everyone.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="color" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent;"></span><b>Volunteers who work more than on hour also get a special shirt</b><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent;"></span>, but you have to <span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent;"></span><b>sign up before August 5th</b><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent;"></span> to qualify.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="color" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent;"></span>We'll have more exciting announcements soon so stay tuned!</span></div><div><br></div><div>Kieryn</div><div>-- </div><div> Kieryn Darkwater</div><div>They/Them</div></body></html>