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From: Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com>
To: Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, Ludovic Court??s <ludo@gnu.org>, guile-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: FOSDEM 2016 was awesome! Let's do FOSDEM 2017 (we are IN!)
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2016 17:17:29 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fuoahlkm.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161005140936.GA17347@mail.thebird.nl>

W00t! Fantastic, well done :-)

Alex

Pjotr Prins writes:

> Good news! 
>
> We have just been informed that GNU Guile/Guix has a half day devroom
> for FOSDEM 2017 again.  
>
>   https://fosdem.org/2017/
>
> Book your resp. flights/trains/boats!
>
> Pj.
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 10:28:56AM +0200, Alex Sassmannshausen wrote:
>> 
>> Sounds great ??? glad to hear it :-)
>> 
>> Alex
>> 
>> Pjotr Prins writes:
>> 
>> > 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 Court??s 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! :)
>> >> 
>> 

  reply	other threads:[~2016-10-05 15:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-26  2:19 FOSDEM 2016 was awesome! Let's do FOSDEM 2017 Pjotr Prins
2016-07-26 10:33 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2016-07-26 11:25 ` Manolis Ragkousis
2016-08-04 16:58 ` Christopher Allan Webber
2016-08-04 20:35 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-08-05 21:12 ` Amirouche Boubekki
2016-08-26  7:12   ` FOSDEM 2016 was awesome! Let's do FOSDEM 2017 - add talk proposals Pjotr Prins
2016-08-29  7:37 ` FOSDEM 2016 was awesome! Let's do FOSDEM 2017 Alex Sassmannshausen
2016-08-30  8:19   ` Pjotr Prins
2016-08-30  8:28     ` Alex Sassmannshausen
2016-10-05 14:09       ` FOSDEM 2016 was awesome! Let's do FOSDEM 2017 (we are IN!) Pjotr Prins
2016-10-05 15:17         ` Alex Sassmannshausen [this message]
2016-10-05 16:52         ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-10-06 12:41         ` Amirouche Boubekki
2016-10-18  9:00           ` FOSDEM 2017: GNU Guile/Guix call for talks! Pjotr Prins
2016-11-20 16:35 ` FOSDEM 2016 was awesome! Let's do FOSDEM 2017 Leo Famulari
2016-11-21 19:04   ` Efraim Flashner
2016-11-23 21:19     ` Ludovic Courtès

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