From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: FOSDEM 2016 was awesome! Let's do FOSDEM 2017 Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2016 11:35:26 -0500 Message-ID: <20161120163526.GA9706@jasmine> References: <20160726021928.GA28372@thebird.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34536) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c8r7F-000402-Rx for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:06:46 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c8r79-0005PV-W2 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:06:45 -0500 Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]:59232) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c8r79-0005PO-SQ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:06:39 -0500 Received: from localhost (ec2-52-45-90-242.compute-1.amazonaws.com [52.45.90.242]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 52AD525042 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:06:39 -0500 (EST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160726021928.GA28372@thebird.nl> 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: guix-devel@gnu.org Hi Guix! I'll be at FOSDEM :) Does anyone have advice about lodging, beyond what FOSDEM mentions in this link? https://fosdem.org/2017/practical/accommodation/ On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 04:19:28AM +0200, 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? > > 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! :) > > -- >