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! :) > --
