From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Amirouche Boubekki Subject: Re: FOSDEM 2016 was awesome! Let's do FOSDEM 2017 Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:12:34 +0200 Message-ID: <19310ff1c12f48c713e42276ee304620@hypermove.net> References: <20160726021928.GA28372@thebird.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20160726021928.GA28372@thebird.nl> 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" To: Pjotr Prins Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, =?UTF-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= , guile-user@gnu.org, guile-user List-Id: guix-devel.gnu.org On 2016-07-26 04:19, Pjotr Prins wrote: > 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? I would love to have time to talk about guile-wiredtiger or another project if it works out well. I hope this goes as planned! > > 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! :) -- Amirouche ~ amz3 ~ http://www.hyperdev.fr