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.
