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

[Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com>]

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! :)