Hello OpenVPN enthusiasts!
Every year the OpenVPN community organizes a meeting to get together in
real life and discuss important topics for the future of the OpenVPN
software. We welcome all people that can contribute in one way or
another to the community.
In the past we called these meetings 'hackathons' but we feel that this
excludes people that do other valuable work like helping on the forums,
answering questions, and contributing in other ways. So we've renamed it
to 'OpenVPN community meetup', to lower any barrier to joining us.
If you intend to join, please let us know by responding to this mail,
either on the mailing list or privately. It's free to join - but of
course you have to arrange your own travel and hotel. We would like to
get an idea of how many people will be at the meetup so we can have the
appropriately sized meeting room arranged!
Oh, and if you want a cool free OpenVPN t-shirt when you attend, be sure
to add your t-shirt size to the wiki page:
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CommunityMeetup2024
When?
September 20, 21, and 22, this year.
Where?
Germany, Karlsruhe.
The exact meetup location in Karlsruhe will be decided once we have a
clearer picture of how many people are coming.
What?
One of the main items is going to be the upcoming major release OpenVPN
2.7, and what new things will go into that release. We have a community
meeting wiki page
(https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CommunityMeetup2024) where
we will gather topics and you are welcome to suggest items to discuss or
present there. Topics like code improvements, features, enhancements,
future developments, possible collaborations, and so on. And more
informally, to hang out together and get to know each other a bit,
preferably with (non-alcoholic) beer!
The format is one where we meet up in a meeting room arranged for this
purpose, and have the opportunity to discuss all sorts of topics, and
get to know each other's technical backgrounds. In the past various
features have been hashed out in detail at these meetings, giving people
a chance to talk face-to-face and work things out more easily and
quickly. And afterwards there is opportunity to eat and drink and get to
know each other a bit better.
Who?
All that contribute in some way! We will have of course a lot of the
developers that contribute code, but also people that contribute in
other ways. We receive security reports from cybersecurity experts and
welcome their insights and presence as well. We would welcome anyone
that can contribute in some way to making OpenVPN better.
Please let us know if you'll join!
Thank you!
Greetings from the OpenVPN community.
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