Hi Everyone, We were hoping to be in the GNUstep developers' room at FOSDEM next year, but it appears that there isn't going to be one (see forwarded message).
That being the case, I probably won't bother going to FOSDEM this year as we won't have the opportunity to give a presentation. I am therefore removing anything FOSDEM-related from the agenda for this evening's meeting. Still relevant is the 0.3 release. I think we should still aim to get this out around the time of FOSDEM and if anyone is going then they could possibly hand out some LiveCDs. We should also aim to get some impressive video demoes online. David Begin forwarded message: > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 28 November 2007 07:29:00 GMT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: No FOSDEM 2008 stand/devroom this year: new Plans for > GNUstep-Dev-Meeting & How to attract General Public? > > Hi all, > > we just got the note that they have so many project requests at FOSDEM > 2008 so that they had to decide between them. And, the decision is > that we do not get a stand/devroom this time. > > So, the good side is that there is nothing ot organize :-) > And everyone can decide her/himself to visit FOSDEM and is not obliged > to man the stand. > > But in the recent discussion how to do better marketing for GNUstep > and to attract new developers, this is a major setback. Where else can > we easly have approx. 3000 people running around a GNUstep > presentation? > > The other downside is that we had planned a Pre-FOSDEM Workshop (2 > days) so that all developers from all continents could meet, discuss, > make plans for next phases etc. but still spend travel expenses only > once. > > Since Brussels in February isn't the most easy location to get (cheap) > accommodation for a larger group anyway, I want to propose that we > shift the workshop in time and location to meet somewhere near > Frankfurt (big Airbase Hub) after Easter time. > > Question to the prospective overseas visitors: which timing would be > most convenient? > > And, when looking at the Google statistics (they estimate 45 active > members on this list), the recent discussions and that I have seen > here many (new) names of contributors, I am sure we can gain a lot of > momentum - but we also must make this publically known. So, a good > question will be how to involve and ttract the "general public" in > such an event. > > Nikolaus > > PS: there will still be 15min Lightning Talks at FOSDEM where one can > outline a project and ask for participants - I am heavily considering > to use this opportunity for Simple WebKit, and there should be someone > to talk about GNUstep > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnustep mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep _______________________________________________ Etoile-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss
