From: Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>
To: Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>
Cc: alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com, guix-devel@gnu.org, guile-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: FOSDEM 2016 was awesome! Let's do FOSDEM 2017
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2016 11:58:35 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d1lo79ok.fsf@dustycloud.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160726021928.GA28372@thebird.nl>
If I make it, maybe I can present on new developments on network freedom
and Guile... perhaps either on a survey of the new guile async
developments or presenting on the federation stuff I've been working on
in Guile, which should be usable by then?
Anyway last year was a blast! I'm sure this year's will be as well.
Pjotr Prins writes:
> FOSDEM 2017 call for proposals has started:
>
> https://fosdem.org/2017/news/2016-07-20-call-for-participation/
>
> We need help with writing the proposal (we can build on last years
> this time), we need help on selecting talks and we need help creating
> the schedule. Finally, if we get a slot, we need help to organise the
> day.
>
> Who wants to be part of this exciting day?
>
> Pj.
>
> On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 11:35:45AM -0800, Christopher Allan Webber wrote:
>> Alex Sassmannshausen writes:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Ludovic Courtès writes:
>> >
>> >> Hi there!
>> >>
>> >> I just came back from FOSDEM where we had an awesome Guile devroom with
>> >> nice people and great talks!
>> >
>> > I really want to echo Ludo's sentiments. I had a great time in our dev
>> > room and it was really nice to put faces to the names I see popping up
>> > in IRC and on the mailing list. I really hope we'll be able to do this
>> > again next year!
>>
>> An extra echo from me.
>>
>> >> The room of 80 seats was full pretty much all the time, and I think we
>> >> were all excited to see so many people stop by the devroom. Many shared
>> >> the impression that we were at an important moment of Guile’s history.
>> >> The transition with the Lua track that followed was also insightful and
>> >> a pleasant experience.
>>
>> I was optimistic about this being a big moment in Guile's history, but
>> after this FOSDEM, my enthusiasm and excitement has doubled, maybe
>> tripled! I can't wait to see what's happening in the year ahead!
>>
>> >> I would like to send a big Thank You to Pjotr Prins who took the
>> >> initiative and organized all this masterfully, from applying for the
>> >> devroom, to contacting potential speakers (dozens and dozens of
>> >> messages!), to getting up early on Saturday to make sure everything
>> >> would be fine in the devroom… Pjotr, you did an awesome job!
>> >>
>> >> Thanks to Paul van der Walt who also woke up early to help out with
>> >> video in the devroom, and obviously, thanks to all the speakers and
>> >> attendees!
>> >
>> > +1 for sure. Thank you very much for the commitment in time and energy!
>> >
>> > Alex
>>
>> Yes, thank you! :)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-08-04 16:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-26 2:19 FOSDEM 2016 was awesome! Let's do FOSDEM 2017 Pjotr Prins
2016-07-26 10:33 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2016-07-26 11:25 ` Manolis Ragkousis
2016-08-04 16:58 ` Christopher Allan Webber [this message]
2016-08-04 20:35 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-08-05 21:12 ` Amirouche Boubekki
2016-08-26 7:12 ` FOSDEM 2016 was awesome! Let's do FOSDEM 2017 - add talk proposals Pjotr Prins
2016-08-29 7:37 ` FOSDEM 2016 was awesome! Let's do FOSDEM 2017 Alex Sassmannshausen
2016-08-30 8:19 ` Pjotr Prins
2016-08-30 8:28 ` Alex Sassmannshausen
2016-10-05 14:09 ` FOSDEM 2016 was awesome! Let's do FOSDEM 2017 (we are IN!) Pjotr Prins
2016-10-05 15:17 ` Alex Sassmannshausen
2016-10-05 16:52 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-10-06 12:41 ` Amirouche Boubekki
2016-10-18 9:00 ` FOSDEM 2017: GNU Guile/Guix call for talks! Pjotr Prins
2016-11-20 16:35 ` FOSDEM 2016 was awesome! Let's do FOSDEM 2017 Leo Famulari
2016-11-21 19:04 ` Efraim Flashner
2016-11-23 21:19 ` Ludovic Courtès
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