Re: FOSDEM 2016 was awesome! Let's do FOSDEM 2017

[Alex Sassmannshausen]

Sounds great — glad to hear it :-)

Alex

Pjotr Prins writes:

> Hi Alex,
>
> The proposal has been submitted to FOSDEM and you are on it :)
>
> Pj.
>
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 09:37:35AM +0200, Alex Sassmannshausen wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Wow, how time flies!  Last year was definitely amazing, and I'd love to
>> be involved to make that happen again.
>> 
>> I'd be very happy to help out organizing stuff on the day if we still
>> need volunteers for that.  Alternatively, I could also help with the
>> proposal for the event.  I'm afraid I've been a little slow on my
>> response this year.  What's the status with that?  Do you need someone
>> to make a first draft or are we past that already?
>> 
>> Thanks for taking the initiative here!
>> 
>> Alex
>> 
>> Pjotr Prins writes:
>> 
>> > FOSDEM 2017 call for proposals has started:
>> >
>> >   https://fosdem.org/2017/news/2016-07-20-call-for-participation/
>> >
>> > We need help with writing the proposal (we can build on last years
>> > this time), we need help on selecting talks and we need help creating
>> > the schedule. Finally, if we get a slot, we need help to organise the
>> > day.
>> >
>> > Who wants to be part of this exciting day? 
>> >
>> > Pj.
>> >
>> > On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 11:35:45AM -0800, Christopher Allan Webber wrote:
>> >> Alex Sassmannshausen writes:
>> >> 
>> >> > Hello,
>> >> >
>> >> > Ludovic Courtès writes:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Hi there!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I just came back from FOSDEM where we had an awesome Guile devroom with
>> >> >> nice people and great talks!
>> >> >
>> >> > I really want to echo Ludo's sentiments.  I had a great time in our dev
>> >> > room and it was really nice to put faces to the names I see popping up
>> >> > in IRC and on the mailing list. I really hope we'll be able to do this
>> >> > again next year!
>> >> 
>> >> An extra echo from me.
>> >> 
>> >> >> The room of 80 seats was full pretty much all the time, and I think we
>> >> >> were all excited to see so many people stop by the devroom.  Many 
>> >> >> shared
>> >> >> the impression that we were at an important moment of Guile’s history.
>> >> >> The transition with the Lua track that followed was also insightful and
>> >> >> a pleasant experience.
>> >> 
>> >> I was optimistic about this being a big moment in Guile's history, but
>> >> after this FOSDEM, my enthusiasm and excitement has doubled, maybe
>> >> tripled!  I can't wait to see what's happening in the year ahead!
>> >> 
>> >> >> I would like to send a big Thank You to Pjotr Prins who took the
>> >> >> initiative and organized all this masterfully, from applying for the
>> >> >> devroom, to contacting potential speakers (dozens and dozens of
>> >> >> messages!), to getting up early on Saturday to make sure everything
>> >> >> would be fine in the devroom…  Pjotr, you did an awesome job!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks to Paul van der Walt who also woke up early to help out with
>> >> >> video in the devroom, and obviously, thanks to all the speakers and
>> >> >> attendees!
>> >> >
>> >> > +1 for sure.  Thank you very much for the commitment in time and energy!
>> >> >
>> >> > Alex
>> >> 
>> >> Yes, thank you! :)
>>