\o/ huzzah! On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Tomasz Finc <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
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