Welcome to CactusCon 9!

Welcome to CactusCon 9!!!!

The Discord server for CactusCon 9 is now open for registered attendees at https://cactuscon.com/cc9. All talks and speaker Q&A are on Discord.

READ THIS: LOOK FOR A DM FROM @Hacktar IN DISCORD

TO CHECK IN TO THE CON IF YOU DID NOT GET A DM FROM @Hacktar , JUST SEND HIM A FRIENDLY HELLO!

Check-in & Registration

• As with previous years' in-person conference, registration is handled through Eventbrite.

• If you have your ticket already, great! Get the PDF ready and look for a DM (direct message) from @Hacktar with instructions on how to check in.

• If you don't have your ticket yet, head to https://cactuscon.com/register and follow the instructions (it's free!)

• If you're having trouble, just send !reg to @Hacktar to open a help ticket and one of our volunteers will give you a hand.

General Info

• Please take a minute to read over the #rules-⛔ channel. Failure to follow could mean being ejected from the con

• Keep an eye on #announcements-📢 to stay in the know on events and upcoming talks. - We'll be conducting giveaways throughout the con in #giveaways-🏆

• The schedule of talks and workshops is available in the #schedule-🕜 channel.

• There's a clock at the top of the channel list so our non-AZ attendees can easily know what time it is "at the con". It updates every 5 minutes.

Discord Use

• On the left, you'll see a list of channels you can chat in. There's also Voice Channels in each section that we encourage you to jump into!

• If a voice channel is getting a bit crowded, you're welcome to jump over to a Breakout Voice Channel - They're open for anyone to use!

Talks & Workshops

• Talks & Workshops will be presented pre-recorded using YouTube Premiere mode. This means that at the scheduled talk time, you can head over to the specific talk link and watch it in real-time with the rest of us.

• The links to each talk will be announced in #announcements-📢 prior to the starting time.

• Immediately following a talk, YouTube will display a link to the live Q&A with the presenter.

• To ask questions of a presenter, please use the #talks-q-and-a-❓-closed channel, and they will either respond in chat, or address it during the live Q&A.

• Discussion about the current in-progress talk is in the #talks-discussion-🗣-closed channel

• After a talk is over, please move conversation about it to the #talks-hallway-🚪-closed channel.

• Workshop registration was handled through Eventbrite as well. If you've pre-registered for a workshop, send @Hacktar the ticket barcode for the workshop and you'll be granted access to the voice and text channel where the workshop will be held.

Sponsors

• Our partners, supports, sponsors, and community sponsors are the reason we can make this all happen!

• Our Partners & Sponsors have their own dedicated channels, and will be conducting giveaways in them, so keep an eye out!

• (Note that entering a sponsor giveaway will provide your name and email from your Eventbrite registration to the sponsor)

• Our supporters & in-kind sponsors can be interacted with in the #sponsors-closed channel.

Moderation & Support

• If you need moderator help, you can tag @Moderators at any time

• Additionally, you can use !mod in any room or a DM with @Hacktar and It'll open up a private support chat for you with a moderator.

• If you need any additional help, head over to #help-and-support-🆘 and we'll take care of you.