That should actually be 'FOSDEM 2016'. Best regards,
Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* Services & Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail & Trade http://www.orrtiz.com On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Tony Stevenson <[email protected]> wrote: > Page now showing here - > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/COMDEV/FOSDEM+2015 > > > > > -- > > Many thanks, > Tony > > On Thu, 16 Jul 2015, at 01:38 AM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> > > 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. >
