Dear geek gourmets around the world,
little pieces in the kitchen, Christmas meat already prepared, and the
smell of vanilla and cinnamon is everywhere - it's Christmas, finally.
After a successful year, it is about time to relax, to enjoy some silent
days, and to look back at what we have achieved during the past 12 months.
For our Open Source Cooking, it was a successful year. Starting in the
fantastic atmosphere of the Essen Unperfekthaus in January, with cooking
Mexican food in spring, to prepraring a delicious Turkish meal in
November, we had three fantastic events - not to forget our Christmas
baking one week ago.
I'd like to take a chance to thank all those who made those events
possible, because without dedicated people standing behind such crazy
ideas, it wouldn't be more than an idea. So, today, I would like to
especially thank my good friends Christian, Alex and Steven, for
supporting my weird ideas all of the time, for coming up with great
recipes, and for not only cooking delicious and professional meals, but
also for standing the amount of stress those events and working together
with me carry. ;-) Thanks, my friends, for a fantastic time, for - even
if it's Christmas, I have to say - a hell lot of fun, and for the
delicious meals you created.
My thanks also go out to those who made cooking in public possible:
Armin and Said from Munich Café Netzwerk, who have been supportive of
our idea from the very beginning, and without whom the event never would
have been filled with life. My very warm thank you also goes out to
Reinhard and Boris from Essen Unperfekthaus, for their amazing
hospitality and for making cooking in such a wonderful environment possible.
And, of course, my deepest thanks to all those who join us, who jump
into the land of the unknown and cook by our side. Folks, it's amazing
to be with you, and the joy you bring really leaves me speechless.
And so we plan even further! ;-) Admittedly, our recent idea sounds
rather weird, but as the border between genius and madness is very thin,
we currently plan to host an event in a running train: "Geeks on rails",
so to say. We also plan for an Open Source Sauna, and an event best
described as "Mountain hacking", where we want to host a hacking weekend
in a lodge. And let's not forget about our Open Source Cooking roadshow,
where we want to create delicious food in various European cities with
our geek gourmet friends around the globe.
So, in each and every aspect, I am sure that the upcoming year will not
be open source friendly, very delicious, but that it will also bring a
lot of surprises. :-)
I wish all of you a merry Christmas, some joyful, peaceful and happy
days with those close to you, and a blessed, healthy and successful new
year!
Looking forward to cooking with you in 2012!
Florian
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Florian Effenberger <[email protected]>
Board of Directors at The Document Foundation
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