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I'd definitely like to be there, as I missed FOSDEM this year - stupid flights... - -- Saso Riccardo wrote: > Hi, > > > On 2007-05-07 11:07:14 +0200 "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I think that I remember that during FOSDEM 2007 there came up the idea >> to have a separate Developer's meeting between the FOSDEM events. And >> it should be a GNUstep only meeting, so that we have enough time and >> no conflicting talks/topics to discuss. I also remember that there was >> a proposal for a Swiss Chalet to meet :-) > > well, long time ago (2 years?) I had the AlpenStep proposal... > Switzerland was planned back then because Guerkan couldn't enter the > Schengen Area. Something near Lugano could have suited me, because I > could arrive there by motorbike in a reasonable time, so not to add > airplane costs. > >> I think we already have a lot of interesting topics to dicuss: >> >> * how to make/plan/verify new releases >> * news on Cairo backend >> * SimpleWebKit status, issues, missing parts in GNUstep Base and GUI >> * Etoile >> * how to attract new developers and users? >> * organization for FOSDEM 2008 + participation in other OSS / Linux >> events? >> * how to handle ObjC-2.0 and new features of OS X 10.5? > > You left out GAP !!!! I feel terribly offended. Generally I'd pull out > the question of Applications (both user-level as well as developer-level). > I want to discuss windows stuff too... > >> What we need: >> >> a) enough GSParticipants > I'd appreciate some NSCoreDevelopers. I understand that NSAdam or > NSGregory are far away, but the presence of NSNicolaPero or NSRichardFM > would be quite interesting, especially regarding the release cycle, > objc 2.0 and the "missing parts" > GSFredKiefer and GSAlexMalmberg would be good for the backend talk. > >> b) a rough GSAgenda - formed by proposals for Team Decisions and >> Status Presentations about Subprojects > There is so much to talk about we need a GSPreMeeting to make the > GSAgenda :) > >> c) a nice, central GSLocation with conference room, flipchart and a >> beamer, great food, but affordable to everybody > Switzerland suits the location for me, but it is not the cheapest place > in the world, although if some insider gives you a tip you can get away > with it. A place with at least some kind of internet connection (at > least a modem) would be very handy I guess. > >> d) a GSTimeInterval (I would assume that a weekend would be preferred >> by the majority) > Yes. At the cost of taking a day off before or after, it would give > maximum flexibility. > >> e.g. something like Sat 15:00 - Sun 15:00, so that you can come >> earlier or depart later if interested to do e.g. hiking > also leave out some time for talking about stuff off GSAgenda, I guess > some "subgroups" of similarly minded people could form (I think I'd like > to talk to core people, to GAP people and to Nikolaus.. other might want > to meet Etoile, etc) > >> e) GSSponsor(s) to support those with small budget > that would be too nice to be true :) > >> and ... we will have a lot of GSFun > > some kind of GSHack instead of GSHike could be nice too. > >> I can volunteer to organize b) >> >> For d) I suggest a timeframe before End of July (vacation time) or >> beginning with September: > > Sept suits me: begins to be off-season and yet not rainy enough :) > > > Cheers, > Riccardo > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnustep mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGQOOUakxhuWWzY78RAzx1AJ923cOEwd/jUvHkmHCwzhAYg5IScACdFgyd 5G5ab4ZBHFL+cN4+yig9e0w= =uwRa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
