This is turning into quite a long thread ;-) Shall we start a wiki page to coordinate all the FOSDEM activities (same way we do for ApacheCON)?
I don't seem to have enough karma to start a new page on ComDev wiki, but I can surely contribute if somebody at least starts a page. Any takers? Thanks, Roman. On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: > On 15/07/2015 jan i wrote: >> >> On 14 July 2015 at 09:06, Andrea Pescetti wrote: >>> >>> On 13/07/2015 jan i wrote: >>>> >>>> who takes lead on keeping an eye on the FOSDEM team? >>> >>> I usually monitor that, and I can notify this list too this year (even >>> though now is way too early for me to have any ideas about my possible >>> commitment to an OpenOffice and/or and Apache presence). >>> >> thanks a lot for volunteering to help keep a finger on the pulse. >> It might be that you do not have any idea about the AOO presence, but it >> seems I am in a more lucky position > > > Well, it seems I didn't write it in a clear way. My quote above should mean > something like "I have no idea if I will be at FOSDEM", not "I have no idea > if OpenOffice/Apache will be at FOSDEM". I doubt that could be > misunderstood, but with a lot of mails misunderstandings just happen and are > not a big issue. > >>> For reference: last year the call was mid-September with a deadline of >>> mid-November and the conference was in late January like this year. >> >> The dates I have been told are saturday 30 january 2016 to sunday 31 >> january 2016. > > > These are the official dates, sure. I wanted to say (and here I admit I > wrote it in a confusing way!): FOSDEM 2016 will be more or less in the same > period as FOSDEM 2015. For FOSDEM 2015 calls were sent out mid-September > 2014 with a deadline in mid-November 2014. It is reasonable to expect a > similar timeline this year. > >> - AOO traditionally has a double table on the first floor, I would would >> like (as ASF and AOO) to get 4 tables in the ground floor. > > > It would be great to have both, not at the expense of visibility though. I > would suggest to wait for the call and read it before exploring > possibilities. I'm much in favor of an Apache presence. I don't know if one > can ask for a specific floor... but again, reading the call can probably > help a lot! > >> - if we have enough projects, we can try and make a Apache dev.room (AOO >> might prefer to be in open editors room). Is it ok if I write to all PMCS >> asking for interest ? > > > I tend to think like Rich on this: a "virtual" track would be very smart > (i.e., we --oops, I am already assuming I will be at FOSDEM!-- have a poster > at the booth where we highlight all Apache-related talks), but these talks > happen in different devrooms, since the devrooms are not arranged by > Foundation but by topic. > >> - Which message to do we want to bring across ? just that we exist or more >> ? > > > More! > >> - Is the booth a place for people to join Apache, or just a "we exist, go >> and look us up" ? > > > It is a developer conference. I would consider it a success if developers > who visit the booth consider putting their "reasonably serious" projects in > the Incubator and have a good understanding of the advantages this brings. > >> Please if somebody feel I bully by taking lead, please tell me > > > Come on... You are welcome to do so! Simply, I can't take commitments since > at this moment late January 2016 is off the radar for me (to be clear, I > want to say: it's too early for me to know whether I will be in Brussels at > FOSDEM in late January 2016). > > Regards, > Andrea.
