Excellent :) On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 12:08:49PM -0500, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: > If there's interest in it, I signed up for a second talk about expanding > the Guile community, kind of based on my overly-exuberant email to > guile-devel last night. I'm not sure if anyone would be interested in > that! But it's something I really care about. > > Pjotr Prins writes: > > > Would it be worth contacting the other GNU projects that use Guile? > > Can someone put this announcement on the Guile mailing list? > > > > Pj. > > > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 06:53:38AM +0200, Pjotr Prins wrote: > >> FOSDEM Dev track deadline Oct. 9th. The more talk proposals we have > >> for Guile/Guix, the better: > >> > >> https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/TalkProposals > >> > >> If you have an idea for a talk on Guile/Guix, please add it before > >> coming Monday. Even if you are not sure you can make it. We may find > >> someone else to give the talk! Dave, how about your static web > >> publishing system, and the the deployment stuff? > >> > >> We also need non-Guix talks! How about a Guile talk on monads, or > >> Guile as part of other GNU projects? The language dev tracks tend to > >> be interesting, let's make ours exciting! > >> > >> Pj. > >> > >> ----- Forwarded message from Alasdair G Kergon <[email protected]> ----- > >> > >> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 22:14:38 +0100 > >> From: Alasdair G Kergon <[email protected]> > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: [FOSDEM] FOSDEM 2016: Call for Participation > >> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i > >> > >> FOSDEM offers open source and free software developers a place to > >> meet, share ideas and collaborate. Renowned for being highly > >> developer-oriented, the event brings together some 5000+ geeks from > >> all over the world. > >> > >> The sixteenth edition will take place on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st > >> January 2016 at the usual location: ULB Campus Solbosch in Brussels. > >> > >> We now invite proposals for main track presentations, developer rooms, > >> stands and lightning talks. > >> > >> Main Tracks > >> ----------- > >> Previous editions have featured main tracks centered around security, > >> operating system development, community building, and many other > >> topics. Presentations are expected to be 50 minutes long and should > >> cater to a varied technical audience. The conference covers > >> reasonable travel expenses agreed in advance and arranges > >> accommodation for accepted main track speakers. > >> > >> Proposals for main track presentations should be submitted using > >> Pentabarf: > >> https://fosdem.org/submit > >> > >> This year, submissions will be reviewed in two batches, beginning with > >> those received by 16 October. > >> > >> Questions or remarks? Contact us at [email protected]. > >> > >> Key dates: > >> 16 October > >> - deadline for first batch of main track proposals > >> > >> 30 October > >> - final deadline for main track proposals > >> > >> 2 November onwards > >> - main track talks announced (in batches) > >> > >> Developer Rooms > >> --------------- > >> Developer rooms are assigned to self-organising groups to work > >> together on open source and free software projects, to discuss topics > >> relevant to a broader subset of the community, etc. Content may be > >> scheduled in any format, subject to approval. Popular formats include > >> presentation tracks, hacking sessions and panel discussions. > >> Proposals involving collaboration across project or domain boundaries > >> are strongly encouraged. > >> > >> Developer room proposals should be submitted through the form at > >> https://fosdem.org/devroom > >> which contains further information. > >> > >> Questions or remarks? Contact us at [email protected]. > >> > >> Key dates: > >> 9 October > >> - deadline for developer room proposals > >> > >> 19 October > >> - accepted developer rooms announced > >> > >> 2 November (or earlier) > >> - developer rooms issue Calls for Participation > >> > >> 18 December (or earlier) > >> - developer rooms publish complete schedules > >> > >> Stands > >> ------ > >> FOSDEM offers open source and free software projects the opportunity > >> to display their work during the event. At its stand, a project can > >> share information, demo software, sell merchandise, give away goodies, > >> and so on, and personally interact with the visitors. > >> > >> What we offer: > >> > >> - one 180x80cm table, positioned in one of the buildings with > >> developer rooms, for the entire duration of the conference. In some > >> cases, a second table may be possible, if you have a good reason to > >> need two. > >> - two chairs per table > >> - one power socket type C/E (if you require adapters or additional > >> sockets, please bring them yourself) > >> - fast uplink shared wireless Internet access > >> > >> To apply, please fill out the form at: > >> https://fosdem.org/stands > >> which contains further information. > >> > >> Questions or remarks? Contact us at [email protected]. > >> > >> Key dates: > >> 13 November > >> - deadline for stand proposals > >> > >> 30 November > >> - accepted stands announced > >> > >> Lightning talks > >> --------------- > >> Lighting talks are short - 15 minutes - talks on a wide variety of > >> topics. Anyone who has something interesting to say about an open > >> source or free software topic can apply. We particularly encourage > >> topics that do not fit in any of the developer rooms. > >> > >> Proposals for lightning talks should be submitted using Pentabarf: > >> > >> https://fosdem.org/submit > >> > >> Please select "Lightning Talks" in the "track" field. > >> > >> Questions or remarks? Contact us at [email protected]. > >> > >> Key dates: > >> 27 November > >> - deadline for lightning talk proposals > >> > >> 14 December > >> - accepted lightning talks announced > >> > >> All deadlines are at 23.59 UTC. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> FOSDEM mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/fosdem > >> > >> > >> ----- End forwarded message ----- > >> > >> -- > >> >
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