Re: Happy to have met you again at FOSDEM

Hi Luca and Ege, Sorry I couldn't make it. I'm currently in the USA so it really wasn't possible for me. Maybe next year. ... but I certainly hope we'll meet again before. J' On Sun, Feb 05, 2023 at 10:59:17PM +0100, Luca Saiu wrote: > Unfortunately Ege and I could not meet most of the

Re: GHM 2022 in October at İzmir, Turkey

I can't remember whether I actually expressed an interest or not. But let me express it now. Yes I am interested. However I can't actually commit myself at this moment. J' On Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 11:52:30PM +0200, Luca Saiu wrote: Hello. The time we proposed for GHM 2022 is

Re: [CFP] Binary T00ls Summit 2022

Is this web conferencing system runnable using 100% free software (including the Javascript, if any is necessary)? J' On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 08:17:42PM +0100, Jose E. Marchesi wrote: The venue of the event will be an instance of the Big Blue Button web conferencing system,

Re: GHM 2022 in October at İzmir, Turkey

Thumbs up to Luca and Ege, Obviously the biggest question mark with any kind of travel at the moment is COVID. Who knows whether one will be allowed to enter Turkey in October, and whether one will be allowed to return home afterwards. So it will, I think, be necessary to very closely keep an

Re: GHM Swiss Edition: Finances

On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 10:41:05AM +0100, Tim R??hsen wrote: Thanks for offer helping out GHM budget. Hopefully, we won't have any expenses (room + projector are a free offer by CCC Hamburg). Maybe if something gets broken. Anyways, thank you for organizing

Re: GHM 2020: Swiss edition

On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 01:51:21PM +0100, Christian Grothoff wrote: On 11/11/19 1:36 PM, John Darrington wrote: > But like Jose says, I think Tim is about to announce arrangements for the > regular annual GHM. I think it's great that people are organising more >

Re: [Ghm-discuss] GHM 2020 CCC or Dock Europe location

On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 12:44:55PM +0200, Tim R??hsen wrote: Another opportunity would be in the same building, at https://www.dock-europe.net/. These offer seminar rooms and even have 34 beds in 2/3/4 beds a room (no single bed rooms). (including 7% or 19% VAT - 14

Re: [Ghm-discuss] GHM 2020 First location proposals

Personally, I'm happy to pay the higher price for the Vielank place. However I know that there are people who are interested in GHM and have very limited disposable income, so I think we should try to keep costs as low as possible. On Sat, Sep 14, 2019 at 12:38:32PM +0200, Tim R??hsen wrote:

Re: [Ghm-discuss] Dinner on Tuesday, 3rd Sept

My flight doesn't arrive until 22:00 so it's probably going to be too late for Dinner. :( On Mon, Sep 02, 2019 at 12:32:11AM +0200, Jose E. Marchesi wrote: Is anyone arriving in Madrid on Tuesday? I arrive around 18:30 at MAD and would like to meet with whoever is

Re: [Ghm-discuss] GHM in India

On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 10:14:45AM +0530, Srikar Arepalli wrote: Hi All, I'm Srikar volunteering for FSF-India as Student coordinator, also Alumni lead of VGLUG https://vnrvjietglug.wordpress.com/ . VGLUG stands for VNR GNU/Linux Users Group, aka, Swatantra Software

Re: [Ghm-discuss] GHM in India

On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 08:47:52AM +0530, sri...@ninthfloor.org wrote: Im interested in helping them organize one in India. Let me know how I can help you. There are several aspects to organising GHM. 1. You need to find an auditorium - it need not be fancy, but somewhere with an

Re: [Ghm-discuss] Booking transport etc for GHM...

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 11:43:25AM +0200, Jose E. Marchesi wrote: I hesitate to book expensive flights / hotel before it is sure that GHM really takes place. Is it possible to give us a note here when enough registrations have been made ? I will send

Re: [Ghm-discuss] GNU Hacker's Meeting 2019 - Madrid

On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 09:46:38AM +0100, Jose E. Marchesi wrote: a) During the last week of July. b) During the first week of September. Which one you think is better? Both are equally good for me. As for the duration of the event, I was thinking

Re: [Ghm-discuss] apologies

On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 05:23:08PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: Hi Matthias, > this was the last message I've received concerning GHM 2018. > Was it the last one or is the list not working vor me? Indeed, this seems to have been the last message. >

Re: [Ghm-discuss] GHM Ruhrarea? GHM multiple regions?

On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 10:43:21AM +, ng0 wrote: How many times did we have cities in NRW (Germany) in the past years? We once held GHM in Dusseldorf. I could arrange something at the hackerspace and social community center it is located in (Soziales Zentrum Bochum) or

Re: [Ghm-discuss] apologies

On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 12:57:21AM -0200, Rodrigo Rodrigues da Silva wrote: Maybe it is a bit too early now but I could propose something for 2019. Rio de Janeiro (where I live now) seems to be an obvious choice (and organizing as a local makes things much easier) but of

Re: [Ghm-discuss] Possible GHM 2018 accommodation

On Fri, Dec 08, 2017 at 10:04:20AM +0100, Ander Juaristi wrote: This is what I shall do once I get back home next week: - Try reaching those places by phone, and get some exact figures, like price, etc. - Try harder looking for more similar places in the area, so

[Ghm-discuss] Possible GHM 2018 accommodation

I had a brief look at the list and the websites. IMO these 3 seem like possibilities: https://www.downtownriverhostel.es/en/ http://www.urbanhousesansebastian.com/ https://www.aroominthecity.eu/ So perhaps if you're in the region you could check them out. Most of the others are a bit too

Re: [Ghm-discuss] apologies

I agree that we should in the future try to arrange a GHM outside of Europe. Would you like to propose something? J' -- Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encrypted email. PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See

Re: [Ghm-discuss] apologies

On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 11:55:31AM +0100, Ander Juaristi wrote: Wow, my proposal has received better critique than I would have expected! I'll start getting in touch with hotels, hostels, etc. in the area and see what feedback I get. I'll keep you posted. Please do. As

Re: [Ghm-discuss] apologies

Well thanks for trying, anyway. Does anyone else have any suggestions? So far we have had only one proposal, and IMO it is not entirely appropriate. It would be good to get some more ideas. J' On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 03:42:12PM +0100, Catonano wrote: I apologize for my performance in

Re: [Ghm-discuss] First GHM 2018 Organizing Meeting

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 07:44:30PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: Hi Alex, > The first organising meeting just finished. Attached you should find > the meeting notes (org format). Don't hesitate to respond if you have > questions / need clarifications.

[Ghm-discuss] GHM 2018

"Bids" are now being accepted for hosting GHM 2018. If you know of somewhere in your region where we could possibly hold the meeting, and you are willing to help organise it, please send a message to ghm-plann...@gnu.org J' -- Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encrypted email. PGP Public key

Re: [Ghm-discuss] First GHM 2018 Organizing Meeting

On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 09:51:34PM +0200, Mikkel Kirkgaard Nielsen wrote: On 13 September 2017 21:29:46 CEST, Alex Sassmannshausen >The meeting will take place on Friday 15 September at 20h Central >European Summer Time (22h UTC) in the

Re: [Ghm-discuss] First GHM 2018 Organizing Meeting

On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 04:44:48PM +0200, Catonano wrote: Is the 15th on line gathering a final deadline for a proposal for a venue in Apulia ? Because I'm talking to some people and they all are asking for more time, at least until the beginning of october for

Re: [Ghm-discuss] Keysigning Party - Missing Keys

On Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 03:44:01PM +0200, Darshit Shah wrote: I'd like to ask everyone else that participated if there was any trouble with signing my keys or sending them back to me? Actually there is: pius gives me the error message: There was a problem talking to the mail server

Re: [Ghm-discuss] Keysigning Party - Missing Keys

I just haven't got around to it yet. I'll do it in the next few days. J' On Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 03:44:01PM +0200, Darshit Shah wrote: Hi, At the last GHM we had a keysigning party where about 8-10 of us participated in exchanging keys and cross signing them.

Re: [Ghm-discuss] Joining GHM Discuss

Hi Christopher, Glad you managed to subscribe. Posting mail encoded in HTML however is frowned upon (by me at any rate). Can you set your MUA to send in plain text? J' On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 10:38:20PM +0200, Christopher Dimech wrote: head>div style=font-family: Verdana;font-size:

[Ghm-discuss] Feedback GHM 2017

I'd like to extend a big "thank you" to all those people who participated in GHM 2017. It would be great if you would all do one last thing and give use your feedback about the event. To that end I have set up two web pages: https://www.gnu.org/ghm/blog.html where you can send general free

Re: [Ghm-discuss] GHM 2018: processing payments

A few things to bear in mind: 1. If we are in effect "sharing" a bank account with another organisation, then it does mean that payees must be very careful what they put in the comment fields, so that the account holder knows to whom the money belongs. Not everyone is careful about doing this -

[Ghm-discuss] GHM - Some final hints.

Hello everyone. Some final words before GHM. 1. There is an updated programme at https://www.gnu.org/ghm/programme.html 2. Don't forget that if you are taking the "Anruefsammeltaxi from the Marlsfeld railway station this must be booked 30 minutes in advance. I checked the website today,

Re: [Ghm-discuss] GHM keysigning

A few more people have added their names to the list for keysigning, and there were a few corrections. The current list is at http://darrington.wattle.id.au/keys_20170812.txt Please check that yours is correct. Send me any additions or corrections. The list must be finalised before people

Re: [Ghm-discuss] Bringing in Hacker's Equipment ?

On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 10:27:26PM +0200, Tim R?hsen wrote: Or is it all more about sitting and chatting and listing to talks and drinking ? I think that's about the size of it! In case we have fine weather it would be great if someone takes the initiative to organise some kind

Re: [Ghm-discuss] GHM 2017 Update

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 08:52:50PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: John Darrington <j...@darrington.wattle.id.au> writes: > Less urgently, there are a number of tasks for which we need > volunteers. For example, "master of ceremonies", co-ordination

[Ghm-discuss] GHM 2017 Update

It is less that 2 months away from the point where we have to either confirm or cancel GHM 2017. Right now, we don't quite have enough confirmed registrations to proceed. Previous experience of Gnu events have shown that many people commit themselves right at the last possible moment.

Re: [Ghm-discuss] My idea for GHM 2017

On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 08:59:12AM +, ng0 wrote: Is there a country/region already for the next meeting so I could help locate/gather potential venues and hostels and similar places? I think there has been an implicit assumption that it'll be Western Europe "somewhere".

Re: [Ghm-discuss] My idea for GHM 2017

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 05:38:44PM +0200, Darshit Shah wrote: Last I heard, we were looking into the Linux Hotel in D??sseldorf for the next GHM. But I'm not sure what happened about it. That was considered some years ago. But for PR reasons we should not hold GNU events at the

Re: [Ghm-discuss] Attending without having registered

On Sat, Jul 02, 2016 at 09:32:07PM +0200, Christian Grothoff wrote: 3) if you can show that you bought tickets, you can use the non-EU option and still have food Does the "United" Kingdom now fall under the non-EU option? J' -- Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encryted

Re: [Ghm-discuss] GHM in China

On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 07:14:21PM +0800, ? - Xu Jizhe wrote: Dear organizers of GHM, This is Xu Jizhe, from Beijing, China, the free software activist in China. And I held a lot free software events before, It's cool to hold the GHM in China, I'd like to do this,

Re: [Ghm-discuss] [GHM] Suggested fixes for the web page footers

Hello Therese, The GHM "project" is a pseudo-project which has been hacked by many different individuals over the years.Much of the information there is for historical interest. Assuming that your changes only affect the formatting and not the content, I don't think anyone will object if you

[Ghm-discuss] policy updated.

I have updated the GHM web page with the revised wording which we agreed to on Sunday. I hope that closes this issue. -- PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key.

Re: [Ghm-discuss] The posh talk does not complain with the policy

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 12:15:50PM +0200, Jose E. Marchesi wrote: Agreed. However having a policy that forbids _any_ humor that may be offensive to _anyone_ (as it happens with the current policy) to prevent a problem that never happened in the whole history of the event

Re: [Ghm-discuss] Last chance to participate in keysigning

I can confirm, that your key is in the ring. On Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 09:44:41PM +0200, b...@gnu.org wrote: Hi, I didn't receive any confirmation that my key was taken into account (I sent it a while ago now), and you mention that the keyring will be finalized after the

[Ghm-discuss] GHM 2014

As some of you are aware, we have started arrangements for GHM 2014. To that end, I have put together a web-page : http://www.gnu.org/ghm/2014 Much of the information I copied from last years' page. There are two things I'd like confirmation on: 1. There is a link to Donations page on

[Ghm-discuss] GHM 2014 [Was: Re: 30th anniversary t-shirt]

On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 11:20:42PM +0200, Luca Saiu wrote: On 2013-09-11 at 20:54, John Darrington wrote: Maybe it was a bit premature then for me to have started on the desidn for GHM 2014 ... You have one year :-). Actually I really like your logo. Have you

[Ghm-discuss] Oops Hotel Paris

Anyone who stayed at the Ooops hotel last week, could you send me a quick email. Thanks. John -- PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See http://keys.gnupg.net or any PGP keyserver for public key. signature.asc Description:

Re: [Ghm-discuss] A visit to the Paris astronomic observatory?

I'd be interested. I could manage Thurs, Fri or Saturday xx On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 04:35:03PM +0200, Luca Saiu wrote: Hello. Alain Coulais, from the GNU Data Language project, has kindly proposed to lead us to a visit to the Paris observatory

Re: [Ghm-discuss] Starting early: GHM 2014

I'm glad that GHM 2014 is being thought about. I'm also however not entirely happy with merging it into another event. Perhaps it would be possible to hold GHM immediately before (or after) the Libre Software Meeting? J' On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 06:27:48AM +0200, Luca Saiu wrote: Hello

Re: [Ghm-discuss] Accommodation

Is anything happening about this or should I think about booking my own accommodation? J' On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 12:43:53PM +0200, Jose E. Marchesi wrote: What are other people doing for accommodation? Anyone want to share a room? The Ooops hostel

Re: [Ghm-discuss] Will you participate

I didn't know there were official dinner events. Last time we just got pleasantly inebriated at the pub. When are they and how much? J' On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 03:36:45PM +0200, Luca Saiu wrote: Hello. We'd like to have a rough idea about how many people will attend the

Re: [Ghm-discuss] Will you participate

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 08:49:56PM +0200, Luca Saiu wrote: On 2013-08-13 at 19:56, John Darrington wrote: Last time we just got pleasantly inebriated at the pub. When are they and how much? Friday and Saturday evening. I've asked suggestions to a few people

Re: [Ghm-discuss] T-shirt order

I won't be buying a T-Shirt, but I'll gladly donate 10 EUR to the GHM expenses fund. J' On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 05:27:08PM +0200, Luca Saiu wrote: Hello. After less than 24 hours since announcing the design (http://ageinghacker.net/ghm-scratch/banner-t-shirt ), I have

Re: [Ghm-discuss] GHM t-shirts?

Will the T shirt have a blinking cursor? On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 08:10:04PM +0200, Luca Saiu wrote: On 2013-07-25 at 20:07, Luca Saiu wrote: On 2013-07-25 at 12:47, Luca Saiu wrote: No promises yet, but we're considering having some custom t-shirts made for the

Re: [Ghm-discuss] Newcomer

On Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 04:10:58PM +0200, Michael Isberg wrote: Hi, I have been using GNU/Linux for a couple of years but I haven't made any contributions yet due to lack of competence and time. I would with the help of others like to create a free SCADA system,

Re: [Ghm-discuss] Let's make it official: choose the date

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 04:08:45PM +0200, Luca Saiu wrote: We would also like to know how many people are likely to attend. So, if you're seriously considering this, please answer. We'll set up official Registration information later, even if I'd like to keep this side of

Re: [Ghm-discuss] Main Topic for 2012

On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 04:34:28PM -0400, Rick C. Hodgin wrote: Linux is GPLv2, and Linus Torvalds and the Linux maintainers are strongly against v3. GPLv2 is behind a serious deficiency in copyleft protection with regards to TiVo-ization, and hardware makers are already creating

Re: [Ghm-discuss] Main Topic for 2012

On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 05:46:24PM +0200, Neal H. Walfield wrote: Hi, In the past, each GHM has had a main topic. Last year the main topic was extensibility, in 2010, it was decentralized systems (if I recall correctly). My recollection is that the main topic was really