Hi All, Thanks Dimitris, Jarek and anyone else - I'll get a wiki page up and running similar to those from previous years.
Nothing much to do just yet until we are approved I guess but we can get started on some things. I am also in the #fosdem channel on Slack so we can also continue there. Kind regards Gav... On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> wrote: > Happy to join the efforts and "be" at the booth for a few hours on > Saturday. On Sunday I will be busy with running a devroom, but I am happy > to help on Saturday and prepare with setting it up. > > J. > > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM Rich Bowen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Gavin just filled out the stand request this morning, perhaps 2 hours >> before you sent this email. >> >> We very very much want projects to show up in force to represent! >> >> —Rich >> >> > On Nov 4, 2025, at 9:51 AM, Dimitris Soumis <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Hi all, >> > >> > A few of us in the Tomcat PMC have been discussing re-establishing an >> ASF >> > presence with a foundation-level stand at FOSDEM 2026 (Brussels / 31 >> > January & 1 February 2026). I’d like to kick this off on the community >> list >> > and volunteer to coordinate unless someone else is already driving this. >> > >> > ASF stand goals: >> > >> > 1. Show the breadth of the ASF and “the Apache Way". >> > 2. Direct people on how to contribute. >> > 3. Meet with maintainers, Q&A, and demos with contributors from >> several >> > PMCs. >> > >> > Please confirm there’s no existing 2026 application in progress and that >> > it’s appropriate for me to coordinate on behalf of the ASF (with support >> > from others here). If I get the green light, I am going to send a >> proposal >> > in https://fosdem.org/2026/news/2025-10-03-call-for-stands/. Any >> further >> > coordination can be made in #fosdem Slack channel >> > <https://the-asf.slack.com/archives/CSUA2LAGH> . The deadline for call >> for >> > stands closes on the >> > *9th of November.* >> > >> > Kind regards, >> > Dimitris Soumis >> >> — >> Rich Bowen >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> -- *Gavin McDonald - * Systems Administrator, ASF Infrastructure Team V.P Travel Assistance Committee
