On 1 Dez., 23:05, Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf <lars.sonchocky- [email protected]> wrote: > Hi list, > > I received the attached e-mail some minutes ago. Whatever magic > happened here - we suddenly got a devroom - yay! > > It's just for one day (Sunday 7th February from 09:00 to 17:00) but > that's way better than nothing. And our devroom is now also listed here: > > http://www.fosdem.org/2010/list-devrooms-their-call-talks > > So sorry for all the turmoil caused and many thanks to the unknown > person who made this possible finally. > > We can (should) start thinking about our schedule (the deadline for > the full schedule submission is 2010-01-10) and I am a happy camper now. > > regards, > > Lars > > Anfang der weitergeleiteten E-Mail: > > > > > Von: Mattias 'Tias' Guns <[email protected]> > > Datum: 1. Dezember 2009 22:18:15 MEZ > > An: Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf <[email protected]> > > Kopie: Fosdem Developer Rooms <[email protected]> > > Betreff: Re: FOSDEM devroom request (GNUstep) > > > Hello Lars, > > > Yeah, there are quite some notifications to sent around ; ) > > > But we have good news for you: your request has been accepted ! > > > We will put the following at your disposal: > > - room AW1.117 with 31 seats, > > - a video projector with VGA cable, > > - wireless internet, > > for 1 day, on Sunday 7th February from 09:00 to 17:00 > > > If you prefer to decline this offer, please inform us as soon as > > possible. > > > The hours listed above are the schedulable hours. We recommend to plan > > the first 15min or so with a little welcome talk so you can prepare > > the > > first "real" speaker (network, connect to video projector, etc...). We > > can also open the room a bit earlier for preparations. We expect the > > rooms to be empty 30 minutes after the last talk. > > > For stocking material overnight, we have a large room that will be > > locked from Saturday 18:00 to Sunday 09:00. However, there is no > > insurance whatsoever and we take no responsibility for stolen or > > damaged > > goods, even though there is a security team at the venue, including > > during the night. > > > Devroom schedule: > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > You are free to manage the schedule inside your devroom as you wish > > and > > plan talks, hacking sessions, BoF discussions, whatever. But always > > keep > > in mind that FOSDEM is a FOSS community event, organized by the > > community > > for the community. We're a non-profit organization and don't accept > > vendor talks. So make sure that the stuff that will take place in your > > room is strongly related to FOSS projects and communities. (I guess > > that's obvious for everyone but well.. ;) > > > We're asking you to send us the following information about your > > schedule, in order for us to add it to our website and for visitors > > to see. > > > For every session, we will need: > > * start time and duration (in 15 minute blocks -- please stick with > > that granularity, as it will make the schedule somewhat easier to > > follow for visitors), > > * activity title (please try to be descriptive, there are ~250 > > talks at > > FOSDEM during the week-end ;)), > > * a short abstract (1-2 paragraphs), > > * a longer description if appropriate, > > * optionally a list of links to the project website or similar > > * for each speaker: > > * the speaker's real name, > > * a short overview of her bio in a couple of lines, > > * optionally also a longer bio, > > * optionally a picture (please send it to us as 128x128 PNG), > > * optionally links to her website, blog, ... > > > For examples, see: > > *http://archive.fosdem.org/2009/schedule/devrooms/freejava > > *http://archive.fosdem.org/2009/schedule/events/java_state_icedtea > > *http://archive.fosdem.org/2009/schedule/speakers/mark+reinhold > > > Send that information either in a plain text email or with a text file > > attached to an email. The easiest for us is to have that data in the > > following form, e.g.: > > --->8---------------------------------------------------------------- > > John Doe > > [email protected] > > > John is currently working as a freelancer and spends most of his free > > time contributing to various opensource projects, most prominently on > > libjohndoe. > > > John currently lives in England with his wife, 2 kids and a bunch of > > kitten. He loves spending his time walking around in the woods, and > > of course kitten. He has a masters degree in kitten science, which > > helps him a lot with coding. > > > blog:http://johndoe.example.org/blog/ > > attached: john_doe.png > > > --- > > > Kitten cooking with libjohndoe > > > libjohndoe is a high performance library that can be used for various > > purposes, and most prominently to cook kitten. > > > John will present the internals of his pet project, libjohndoe, and > > how its API has evolved from a kitten shop into a cantonese > > restaurant management platform along the years. > > He will also make a demo of its newest feature. > > >http://johndoe.example.org/libjohndoe/ > >http://johndoe.example.org/blog/tags/libjohndoe > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > Jane Hackerton > > [email protected] > > ... > > --->8---------------------------------------------------------------- > > (the number of dashes and such doesn't matter, it isn't automated, but > > a format like the above would be perfect for us) > > > Please, pretty please, try to stick to what we are asking above, as > > it will make our life a lot easier when we will have to hack 250 talks > > into our content management system. > > > Note that the information above will be available both on our website > > and in the free program folder we distribute to the visitors. > > > Call for talks: > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > We want to host a list of all accepted devrooms with links to their > > call for talks on our site. We believe this can help potential > > speakers > > find the way to the most relevant devroom. We (FOSDEM) also organize > > lightning talks (15 min talks) and as every year, we will forward talk > > requests that better fit your devroom to you. > > Please send us a link to your call for talks as soon you publish it > > on your project's website. > > > Deadlines: > > ~~~~~~~~~~ > > The deadline for the full schedule submission is 2010-01-10 > > > The earlier you send us the data, even if incomplete, the easier it is > > for us, and the earlier it will be online on our site. > > We would recommend you to send talk acceptance notifications before > > 2009-12-31 to the contributors of your project -- that would leave you > > with plenty of time to poke speakers again and again for sending you > > the required data ;) > > As an example, the lightningtalk request deadline is 2009-12-20 with > > acceptance notification on 2009-12-28. > > > Some conditions we need to agree on: > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > For us, you are the devroom responsible. This means that we will > > communicate everything through you, and you will be the one we will > > poke for information ;) > > > Also, during the weekend, we want you to do good housekeeping of the > > room: > > - we will offer trash bags for the garbage, there should not be any > > garbage lying around in the room when you leave, > > - there is a limit on the room capacity that can not be exceeded (by > > much). > > > Please understand that we are a non for profit association, and that > > every single organization team member works on FOSDEM during her > > spare time. As such, it would be very nice if we didn't have to spend > > several hours cleaning up the devrooms, and it is just a very small > > amount of work for the attendees to put their garbage into the trash > > bags. > > > Two years ago there were some rooms that were extremely overcrowded, > > and apart from the obvious risks regarding the security of the > > attendees, doing so is the most effective way of killing the event as > > any inspection by the university and/or the fire department would get > > us thrown out for good. > > > We cannot provide every single project with large rooms and over- > > abundent seating, so if the room has reached its full capacity, please > > ask additional people to stay out and enjoy another talk -- there are > > plenty to choose from. > > As last year, we will provide you with signs to put on the doors of > > the > > devrooms to signify that the room is full (or not). > > > And, of course, if you have any questions, please contact us at > > [email protected] > > > On behalf of the FOSDEM devroom team, > > Tias > > > Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf wrote: > >> I didn't receive any notification as of now. Has our request been > >> accepted or rejected? > >> thanks, > >> Lars > >> Am 21.11.2009 um 15:44 schrieb Mattias 'Tias' Guns: > >>> Hello Lars, > > >>> Thank you for your devroom request. We received it well and it > >>> has been added to the pool of candidates. > >>> The acceptance notification will be sent around on 2009-11-29. > > >>> Kind regards, > >>> Tias > >>> FOSDEM organizer > > >>> Planet GNUstep - a collaboration of GNUstep related projects wrote: > >>>> Submitted on 11/21/2009 - 02:40 > >>>> Submitted by anonymous user: [213.9.34.100] > >>>> Submitted values are: > >>>> Developer Room: > >>>> devroom name: Planet GNUstep - a collaboration of GNUstep > >>>> related projects > >>>> devroom description: > >>>> participating projects: > >>>> - GNUstep > >>>> GNUstep is a free, object-oriented, cross-platform, OpenStep/ > >>>> Cocoa API compatible framework and development environment. > >>>> - Étoilé > >>>> Étoilé is an innovative GNUstep based user environment > >>>> designed from the ground up around the things people do with > >>>> computers: create, collaborate, and learn. > >>>> - GAP - the GNUstep Application Project > >>>> The GNUstep Application Project provides a comprehensive set > >>>> of administration and user level tools to make using GNUstep > >>>> based environments a very pleasant experience. Part of the > >>>> charter of this project is not only to write new tools, but also > >>>> to port existing NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/Cocoa applications to GNUstep > >>>> as well. > >>>> - QuantumSTEP / mySTEP > >>>> QuantumSTEP is a Mac-like Application Platform that can be > >>>> installed on existing mobile Linux devices (Openmoko, Zaurus, > >>>> Letux, ...) > > ... >
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