I would like the new Bug Wrangler(s) you are hiring.
> From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:51:18 -0700 > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: FOSDEM calls for devroom organizers and main > track speakers > > Good news on this. I've been pitching this at the foundation ever > since the last FOSDEM conference and Erik has green lit budget for it. > We've been going back and forth with the organizers over the last > couple of months to better understand what's possible. I imagine this > will be similar to a dev room / presentation track like Mozilla does > each year. > > I'll let Erik jump in with the details but rest assured I've been > making sure this happens. > > Stay tuned for more info. > > --tomasz > > > On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Arthur Richards > <[email protected]> wrote: > > It would be awesome if we could put together a devroom at FOSDEM. > > > > Over the last couple of years, FOSDEM has become my favorite > > conference. The ethos of the conference is fantastic - totally > > grassroots, transparent, and open. It draws an unbelievable crowd. The > > technical breadth and depth of the talks is generally impressive. And > > the Wikimedia/Mediawiki-related talks pack the rooms - at least they > > did the last couple of years. We should have a much bigger presence at > > this event - from my perspective, it seems like it is a fantastic > > learning, community building, and recruiting opportunity - perhaps > > even more so than most of the other conferences at which we have a > > presence. > > > > If folks think this would be something cool to do, it might also be > > worth teaming with some other similarly-minded orgs with some overlap > > - like Mozilla, Creative Commons, OLPC, CiviCRM, etc. From the > > invitation for proposals, it sounds like this would increase our odds > > at securing a devroom, it would certainly help us further > > cross-pollinate, and ultimately strengthen the broader open source > > community. > > > > What do you all think? > > > > Arthur > > > > On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Siebrand Mazeland <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Forwarded from [email protected]. Subscribe at > >> https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/fosdem. > >> > >> Siebrand > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- > >> Subject: [FOSDEM] FOSDEM calls for devroom organizers and main track > >> speakers > >> From: "Tias Guns" <[email protected]> > >> Date: Sun, August 12, 2012 14:40 > >> To: "Fosdem Announce" <[email protected]> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> <<< help spread the word and make FOSDEM awesome >>> > >> > >> > >> FOSDEM is a non-commercial event offering open source communities a > >> place to meet, share ideas and collaborate. It is renowned for being > >> highly developer-oriented and brings together 5000+ geeks from all over > >> the world. FOSDEM will take place in Brussels, Belgium on the 2nd and > >> 3rd of February 2013. > >> > >> We invite proposals for *devrooms* and *main track talks*: > >> > >> > >> *Main Track Talks* > >> The main tracks host high-quality seminars for a broad and technical > >> audience. Every track is organized around a theme (security, kernel, > >> collaboration, ...). They are held in the two biggest auditoria and last > >> 50 minutes. Each of the talks is given by a speaker who gets their > >> travel and accommodation costs reimbursed. > >> > >> To apply for a FOSDEM Main Track talk, visit > >> https://fosdem.org/2013/call_for_main_speakers.html > >> > >> To suggest a main track speaker that we should invite, mail > >> [email protected] > >> > >> > >> *Devrooms* > >> A devroom is a 'developer room' in which open source communities can > >> organize their own schedule, made of presentations, brainstorming and > >> hacking sessions. Our goal is to stimulate developer collaboration and > >> cross-pollination between projects. > >> > >> Each year we receive more requests than we can host. To better achieve > >> our goals, preference will be given to *proposals involving multiple, > >> collaborating projects*. Projects with similar goals/domains that make > >> separate requests will be asked to co-organize a devroom under their > >> common theme. > >> > >> To propose organizing a devroom, visit > >> https://fosdem.org/2013/call_for_devrooms.html > >> > >> Note! Linux distributions should apply to the dedicated distribution > >> mini-conference: > >> https://fosdem.org/2013/distrominiconf.html > >> > >> > >> *Key Dates* > >> - 1 October: deadline for devroom proposals > >> - mid October: devroom announcements > >> - 1 November: deadline main track proposals > >> - mid November: main track announcements > >> - 2 and 3 February: FOSDEM 2013 > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikitech-l mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > > > > > -- > > Arthur Richards > > Software Engineer, Mobile > > [[User:Awjrichards]] > > IRC: awjr > > +1-415-839-6885 x6687 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
