I think if there are enough folks to staff it, this would be a great opportunity to get some new logo swag out into the wild and hopefully bring in some new contributors!
On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM Dimitris Soumis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > A few of us in the Tomcat PMC have been discussing re-establishing an ASF > presence with a foundation-level stand at FOSDEM 2026 (Brussels / 31 > January & 1 February 2026). I’d like to kick this off on the community list > and volunteer to coordinate unless someone else is already driving this. > > ASF stand goals: > > 1. Show the breadth of the ASF and “the Apache Way". > 2. Direct people on how to contribute. > 3. Meet with maintainers, Q&A, and demos with contributors from several > PMCs. > > Please confirm there’s no existing 2026 application in progress and that > it’s appropriate for me to coordinate on behalf of the ASF (with support > from others here). If I get the green light, I am going to send a proposal > in https://fosdem.org/2026/news/2025-10-03-call-for-stands/. Any further > coordination can be made in #fosdem Slack channel > <https://the-asf.slack.com/archives/CSUA2LAGH> . The deadline for call for > stands closes on the > *9th of November.* > > Kind regards, > Dimitris Soumis >
