This is the Potter's Cast, a podcast home for potters everywhere. It's a community of

potters dedicated to grow their business. We're picking up where the art degree ends. I'm your

host, Paul Blaze. Welcome to episode number 1023 of the Potter's cast. Now, it's that time of year when we start thinking ahead about

NSECA. Okay, okay. When I say that, I know that there's a little bit of tongue and cheek here,

but there is some reality about it because NSECA 2025 is not around the corner.

It's nearly a year away. I mean, it's going to be a March of 2025. So it's out a ways. So I totally

get that. But having said that, I got a couple of announcements to make about Enceica that is coming up,

and that is that there are a number of deadlines that are happening right now for presentations,

because it's one of those things where all of a sudden you realize, oh my gosh, I've been wanting

to do a presentation, but the deadlines come and gone. So, right now,

the deadlines are coming up. It's going to be May 2nd, which is really just around the corner.

So here are the things that are, if you want to do proposals for them. So here are the categories that you can think about doing proposals for

if you'd like to be a part of ANCCA and not just not just be a part of it, but actually help to

make an impact in ENSICA. So for instance, there is the 2025 lectures and co-licture proposals.

That deadline is on the May 2nd and getting that into them on May 2nd.

And the presentations are basically an opportunity for one or two presenters to share a focus, expiration of a specific topic.

So that is an opportunity to be to be a presenter like that.

We're a lecturer. Then there is the 2025 panel proposals. And in the panel proposals,

these are presentations where we feature a moderator and two or three presenters who bring a variety

perspectives to a specific subject. And so the moderator makes the introductions and then gives an

overview of the topic for the sessions. So you can kind of see how that can be very cool to do.

Then there is the short program, or I should say the short form proposals. And this is like a 10-minute

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