Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day! After getting home...

[Ludovic Courtès]

BTW, it’s been a couple of weeks already, but I realize we didn’t write
a summary of the Guix workshop and the discussions we’ve had over the
weekend.  It’d be useful for those who didn’t attend and for lurkers.

Any volunteer?  :-) If you make it plain text or Markdown, we can make
it a blog post.

Ludo’.

Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day! After getting home...

[Ludovic Courtès]

Heya,

Efraim Flashner  skribis:

>> Ludovic Courtès writes:
>> 
>> > That alone could justify pursuing the same approach in the coming
>> > years, IMO.  At the same time, a devroom at FOSDEM proper is a good
>> > way to reach out to new people, which is also a good thing.  Maybe we
>> > could do both?  :-)
>> 
>> Yes please! That would give me another chance to participate :D
>> 
>> Alex
>> 
>
> The last time I looked at booths for FOSDEM they said it was really
> crowded and that even groups that might have previously gotten two
> tables would only be getting one table. For next year we might consider
> pairing up with GNU or with Nix and splitting a table. It'd give us a
> meeting area to hang around also.

A devroom is more than one table, though.  :-)  In previous years, we
shared the devroom with Lua folks, which worked well.

Now, at FOSDEM, Björn and others thought it might be a good idea to have
a Guix booth next time (like in the lobby of building K, if you
remember.)  If there are enough volunteers, we should definitely apply.
If all of us can spend a couple of hours at the booth during the
weekend, we should be fine.

Ludo’.

Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day! After getting home...

[Efraim Flashner]

On Mon, Feb 05, 2018 at 12:23:37PM +0100, Alex Sassmannshausen wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> It sounds like the event was absolutely amazing — I'm well jealous of
> everyone who was able to go!
> 
> Ludovic Courtès writes:
> 
> > That alone could justify pursuing the same approach in the coming
> > years, IMO.  At the same time, a devroom at FOSDEM proper is a good
> > way to reach out to new people, which is also a good thing.  Maybe we
> > could do both?  :-)
> 
> Yes please! That would give me another chance to participate :D
> 
> Alex
> 

The last time I looked at booths for FOSDEM they said it was really
crowded and that even groups that might have previously gotten two
tables would only be getting one table. For next year we might consider
pairing up with GNU or with Nix and splitting a table. It'd give us a
meeting area to hang around also.

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Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day! After getting home...

[Catonano]

2018-02-05 12:23 GMT+01:00 Alex Sassmannshausen <
alex.sassmannshau...@gmail.com>:

> Hello,
>
> It sounds like the event was absolutely amazing — I'm well jealous of
> everyone who was able to go!
>
> Ludovic Courtès writes:
>
> > That alone could justify pursuing the same approach in the coming
> > years, IMO.  At the same time, a devroom at FOSDEM proper is a good
> > way to reach out to new people, which is also a good thing.  Maybe we
> > could do both?  :-)
>
> Yes please! That would give me another chance to participate :D
>

Ditto

Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day! After getting home...

[Alex Sassmannshausen]

Hello,

It sounds like the event was absolutely amazing — I'm well jealous of
everyone who was able to go!

Ludovic Courtès writes:

> That alone could justify pursuing the same approach in the coming
> years, IMO.  At the same time, a devroom at FOSDEM proper is a good
> way to reach out to new people, which is also a good thing.  Maybe we
> could do both?  :-)

Yes please! That would give me another chance to participate :D

Alex

Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day! After getting home...

[Ludovic Courtès]

Heya!

I confirm: this was a great Guix workshop and a great FOSDEM again!
It’s so intense, to me it’s like living two weeks on three days.  :-)

I really enjoyed the intimate and focused workshop we had, which is in
sharp contrast with the ever more crowded FOSDEM.  That alone could
justify pursuing the same approach in the coming years, IMO.  At the
same time, a devroom at FOSDEM proper is a good way to reach out to new
people, which is also a good thing.  Maybe we could do both?  :-)

Anyway, a big thank you to Manolis and to you Pjotr for taking care of
all this, to Eelco for joining us and for an insightful talk as always,
and to everyone for making it so pleasant to be there!

Ludo’.

Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Pjotr Prins]

Check out the tracks on Saturday. Mind blowing stuff:

https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/day/saturday/

As a reminder you can stay at ICAB on TH/FR night. They have rooms.
Just use the contact form on the website.

Hope to see you all!

Pj.

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 10:29:38AM +0100, Pjotr Prins wrote:
> So far 24 people have signed up
> 
>   https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/FOSDEM2018
> 
> The room can hold 50 people, so we should have enough space. Even so,
> if you plan to show up unannounced, we will stop at 50. So better to
> sign up. Besides, we can plan for coffee/lunch that way.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Pj.
> 

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Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Pjotr Prins]

So far 24 people have signed up

  https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/FOSDEM2018

The room can hold 50 people, so we should have enough space. Even so,
if you plan to show up unannounced, we will stop at 50. So better to
sign up. Besides, we can plan for coffee/lunch that way.

Thanks,

Pj.

Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Manolis Ragkousis]

Hello Carlo,

Don't worry I added your name. See you there!

Manolis

On 01/18/18 20:14, Carlo Zancanaro wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 05 2017, Manolis Ragkousis wrote:
>> If you are going to attend please add your name to the wiki, or just
>> respond to this email, so we can order enough lunches! Of course
>> everyone is welcome to come whether they register or not!
> 
> Apparently I can't create an account in order to edit the wiki, but I am
> planning to attend!
> 
> Carlo

Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Carlo Zancanaro]

On Tue, Dec 05 2017, Manolis Ragkousis wrote:
If you are going to attend please add your name to the wiki, or 
just

respond to this email, so we can order enough lunches! Of course
everyone is welcome to come whether they register or not!


Apparently I can't create an account in order to edit the wiki, 
but I am planning to attend!


Carlo


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Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Hi Pjotr,

> One thing we ought to organise is recording video at the event. Who
> would be interested in helping out with that? And who could supply
> some hardware?

I could bring a camcorder with a stand.  Surprisingly, I don’t have a
microphone.  We’d need one with a 3.5mm jack.  The integrated microphone
would not be sufficient for a decent recording.

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Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Pjotr Prins]

One thing we ought to organise is recording video at the event. Who
would be interested in helping out with that? And who could supply
some hardware? I don't think we have to go for professional quality,
but it should be a bit more than a phone recording. 

Pj.

Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Ludovic Courtès]

Heya,

Pjotr Prins  skribis:

> On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 09:45:33PM -0800, Chris Marusich wrote:
>> It's a little last minute, but I'm thinking of going.  It'd be really
>> great to meet people in person and also to be able to go to FOSDEM!
>> Would there still be enough room for me on the Guix/Guile day if I came?
>
> Absolutely. Just add your name to the list. 

Looking forward to meeting you in person!

> We are happy to announce that Eelco Dolstra will be a speaker too to
> talk about the future of Nix and to take part in GNU Guix dicussions.

Awesome, thank you Eelco!

Ludo’.

Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Chris Marusich]

Pjotr Prins  writes:

> On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 09:45:33PM -0800, Chris Marusich wrote:
>> It's a little last minute, but I'm thinking of going.  It'd be really
>> great to meet people in person and also to be able to go to FOSDEM!
>> Would there still be enough room for me on the Guix/Guile day if I came?
>
> Absolutely. Just add your name to the list. 

I'll be there!  I've added my name to the list here:

https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/FOSDEM2018

> We are happy to announce that Eelco Dolstra will be a speaker too to
> talk about the future of Nix and to take part in GNU Guix dicussions.

Awesome!  I'm very excited!!  It'll be really great to finally meet many
of you in person!

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Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Chris Marusich]

Pjotr Prins  writes:

> We are hosting a GNU Guix and Guile day on Friday before FOSDEM (that
> is Feb 2nd.). We have a large room for 40 people at http://icab.be/
> for the whole day. In the morning we'll have talks - and in the
> afternoon it is free discussion and hacking. 
>
> Write Manolis, Ludo or me if you would like to give a talk. 
>
> We'll want to record them, so if anyone here has a camera and is
> willing to help out we will be very grateful!
>
> We'll set up a registration page a few weeks in advance because we
> need to know how many lunches to order. Note you can also stay at
> ICAB. It is not expensive and I have heard it is pretty good. 
>
> FOSDEM is one of the greatest free software events in the world with 2
> days of talks on some 30 tracks https://fosdem.org/2018/! You should
> consider going. Almost everyone I know who attends FOSDEM keeps coming
> back. There is something for everyone! Personally, I get inspired
> *every* time (sometimes detrimental to my free time the rest of the
> year). 
>
> It is how I got to be part of Guix - it was a talk by Ludo. Hope to
> see you there! 
>
> Pj.

It's a little last minute, but I'm thinking of going.  It'd be really
great to meet people in person and also to be able to go to FOSDEM!
Would there still be enough room for me on the Guix/Guile day if I came?

-- 
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Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Ludovic Courtès]

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice  skribis:

> Pjotr Prins wrote on 31/12/17 at 20:29:
>> HNY GNU Guix. I think 2018 is going to be a great one. 
>> 
>> Do consider attending the Guix day in Brussels!
>
> I've just added my name to the wikilist. \o/
>
> Very much looking forward to meeting everyone, both new and familiar.

Same here, good times coming!

Ludo’.

Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice]

Pjotr Prins wrote on 31/12/17 at 20:29:
> HNY GNU Guix. I think 2018 is going to be a great one. 
> 
> Do consider attending the Guix day in Brussels!

I've just added my name to the wikilist. \o/

Very much looking forward to meeting everyone, both new and familiar.

Happy times,

T G-R

Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Pjotr Prins]

HNY GNU Guix. I think 2018 is going to be a great one. 

Do consider attending the Guix day in Brussels!

Pj.

Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[ng0]

Pjotr Prins transcribed 1.0K bytes:
> We are hosting a GNU Guix and Guile day on Friday before FOSDEM (that
> is Feb 2nd.). We have a large room for 40 people at http://icab.be/
> for the whole day. In the morning we'll have talks - and in the
> afternoon it is free discussion and hacking. 
> 
> Write Manolis, Ludo or me if you would like to give a talk. 
> 
> We'll want to record them, so if anyone here has a camera and is
> willing to help out we will be very grateful!
> 
> We'll set up a registration page a few weeks in advance because we
> need to know how many lunches to order. Note you can also stay at
> ICAB. It is not expensive and I have heard it is pretty good. 
> 
> FOSDEM is one of the greatest free software events in the world with 2
> days of talks on some 30 tracks https://fosdem.org/2018/! You should
> consider going. Almost everyone I know who attends FOSDEM keeps coming
> back. There is something for everyone! Personally, I get inspired
> *every* time (sometimes detrimental to my free time the rest of the
> year). 
> 
> It is how I got to be part of Guix - it was a talk by Ludo. Hope to
> see you there! 
> 
> Pj.

For those who can not make it to the meeting - I'm still not sure if
it'll be financially and timewise good for me to attend - could you
try to hook the meeting / talk parts into mumble? In other words,
have one laptop joined on a mumble server and (ideally) let those
back at home participate. We've done this with at least the last
GNUnet eV meeting and a couple of secushare meetings.

You can use our mumble server on gnunet.org for this.

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Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Mark Meyer]

Hi Manolis,
I'll be in Brussels for FOSDEM and will join you :)

Cheers, Mark

On Tue, Dec 5, 2017, at 18:59, Manolis Ragkousis wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> We now have a wiki page for our FOSDEM GNU Guix/Guile day. [1]
> 
> If you are going to attend please add your name to the wiki, or just
> respond to this email, so we can order enough lunches! Of course
> everyone is welcome to come whether they register or not!
> 
> Also if you know anyone wanting to sponsor the event, please do tell him
> to contact me or Pjotr!
> 
> Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
> 
> Manolis
> 
> [1] https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/FOSDEM2018
> 


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Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Thomas Danckaert <p...@thomasdanckaert.be> writes:

> From: Manolis Ragkousis <manolis...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!
> Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 19:59:38 +0200
>
>> If you are going to attend please add your name to the wiki, or just
>> respond to this email, so we can order enough lunches!
>
> I'm going to attend.

Please also add me and a second person to the list of people who will
attend.

Thanks!

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Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Thomas Danckaert]

From: Manolis Ragkousis <manolis...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 19:59:38 +0200

> If you are going to attend please add your name to the wiki, or just
> respond to this email, so we can order enough lunches!

I'm going to attend.

Thomas

Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Manolis Ragkousis]

Hello everyone,

We now have a wiki page for our FOSDEM GNU Guix/Guile day. [1]

If you are going to attend please add your name to the wiki, or just
respond to this email, so we can order enough lunches! Of course
everyone is welcome to come whether they register or not!

Also if you know anyone wanting to sponsor the event, please do tell him
to contact me or Pjotr!

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Manolis

[1] https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/FOSDEM2018

Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Pjotr Prins]

> > On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 07:55:40PM +0100, Pjotr Prins wrote:
> > > We are hosting a GNU Guix and Guile day on Friday before FOSDEM (that
> > > is Feb 2nd.). We have a large room for 40 people at http://icab.be/
> > > for the whole day. In the morning we'll have talks - and in the
> > > afternoon it is free discussion and hacking. 
> > > 
> 
> Exciting! What time do we have the room from?

The building opens at 8am. I think we should officially start at 9am.

Pj.

Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Ludovic Courtès]

Pjotr Prins  skribis:

> On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 02:23:03PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> Likewise, please think about organizational or technical topics you’d
>> like to talk about in a possibly more informal way, and hack sessions
>> you’d like to see.
>
> Can we set up a wiki page for this?

Good idea.  I suggest we set up one under
 (anyone can create an
account).

Ludo’.

Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Pjotr Prins]

On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 02:23:03PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Likewise, please think about organizational or technical topics you’d
> like to talk about in a possibly more informal way, and hack sessions
> you’d like to see.

Can we set up a wiki page for this?

Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Ludovic Courtès]

Heya,

Pjotr Prins  skribis:

> We are hosting a GNU Guix and Guile day on Friday before FOSDEM (that
> is Feb 2nd.). We have a large room for 40 people at http://icab.be/
> for the whole day. In the morning we'll have talks - and in the
> afternoon it is free discussion and hacking. 

Woohoo!  Save the date!

> Write Manolis, Ludo or me if you would like to give a talk. 

Likewise, please think about organizational or technical topics you’d
like to talk about in a possibly more informal way, and hack sessions
you’d like to see.

Looking forward to Feb. 2nd!

Ludo’.

Re: FOSDEM 2018 and announcing a GNU Guix/Guile day!

[Pjotr Prins]

I am booking a room at ICAB for 3 nights. Anyone else want to stay?

They ask you to book now, and you have to be pretty sure. It is a 20
minutes walk to downtown. I think that is perfect.

Pj.

On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 07:55:40PM +0100, Pjotr Prins wrote:
> We are hosting a GNU Guix and Guile day on Friday before FOSDEM (that
> is Feb 2nd.). We have a large room for 40 people at http://icab.be/
> for the whole day. In the morning we'll have talks - and in the
> afternoon it is free discussion and hacking. 
> 
> Write Manolis, Ludo or me if you would like to give a talk. 
> 
> We'll want to record them, so if anyone here has a camera and is
> willing to help out we will be very grateful!
> 
> We'll set up a registration page a few weeks in advance because we
> need to know how many lunches to order. Note you can also stay at
> ICAB. It is not expensive and I have heard it is pretty good. 
> 
> FOSDEM is one of the greatest free software events in the world with 2
> days of talks on some 30 tracks https://fosdem.org/2018/! You should
> consider going. Almost everyone I know who attends FOSDEM keeps coming
> back. There is something for everyone! Personally, I get inspired
> *every* time (sometimes detrimental to my free time the rest of the
> year). 
> 
> It is how I got to be part of Guix - it was a talk by Ludo. Hope to
> see you there! 
> 
> Pj.
> 

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