From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pjotr Prins Subject: Re: FOSDEM 2019 stand applications Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 12:54:34 +0100 Message-ID: <20181123115434.lkxen5umdwepnlhe@thebird.nl> References: <20181122232828.3db9e337@alma-ubu> <87muq04bls.fsf@posteo.net> <20181123090242.65bcc4a9@alma-ubu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50143) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gQAAn-00026r-Vk for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2018 07:03:11 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gQA2e-0007uR-3i for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2018 06:54:42 -0500 Received: from mail.thebird.nl ([94.142.245.5]:39130) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gQA2d-0007ph-Rj for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2018 06:54:36 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181123090242.65bcc4a9@alma-ubu> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_H=F6fling?= Cc: guix-devel On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 09:02:42AM +0100, Bj=F6rn H=F6fling wrote: > On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 23:16:47 -0600 > Brett Gilio wrote: >=20 >=20 > > Bummer, > >=20 > > Did they provide any more feedback so that we can be more prepared > > next year as more likely candidates? >=20 > No. >=20 > I think in general there is the problem of high demand and only a > fixed size of stands. I'm not sure if there is anything we could do to > improve our application text. On FOSDEM I will be asking other stands > how they did it, how much effort they put into it and what tricks they > have. >=20 > Anyway, it was a first trial, we didn't put too much effort into it and > we can now just concentrate on the 2 Guix-days before FOSDEM. >=20 > Bj=F6rn Yes, it is very competitive. What we still can do is have promotional materials and provide them through an existing stand. There are probably a few sympathetic to GNU Guix. There are also some common tables we can use for that and (of course) the minimalism devroom on Saturday. Pj.