Re: FOSDEM 2016 was awesome! Let's do FOSDEM 2017

[Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>]

Hi Alex,

The proposal has been submitted to FOSDEM and you are on it :)

Pj.

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 09:37:35AM +0200, Alex Sassmannshausen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Wow, how time flies!  Last year was definitely amazing, and I'd love to
> be involved to make that happen again.
> 
> I'd be very happy to help out organizing stuff on the day if we still
> need volunteers for that.  Alternatively, I could also help with the
> proposal for the event.  I'm afraid I've been a little slow on my
> response this year.  What's the status with that?  Do you need someone
> to make a first draft or are we past that already?
> 
> Thanks for taking the initiative here!
> 
> Alex
> 
> 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! :)
> 

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