From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christopher Allan Webber Subject: Re: FOSDEM 2016 was awesome! Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2016 11:35:45 -0800 Message-ID: <87twlqoqdv.fsf@dustycloud.org> References: <87oac0ajjs.fsf@gnu.org> <87egcwg1es.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-reply-to: <87egcwg1es.fsf@gmail.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com Cc: Pjotr Prins , guix-devel@gnu.org, Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= , guile-user@gnu.org List-Id: guix-devel.gnu.org Alex Sassmannshausen writes: > Hello, > > Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > >> Hi there! >> >> I just came back from FOSDEM where we had an awesome Guile devroom wit= h >> 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 shar= ed >> the impression that we were at an important moment of Guile=E2=80=99s = history. >> The transition with the Lua track that followed was also insightful an= d >> 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=E2=80=A6 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! :)