Happy to join the efforts and "be" at the booth for a few hours on Saturday. On Sunday I will be busy with running a devroom, but I am happy to help on Saturday and prepare with setting it up.
J. On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM Rich Bowen <[email protected]> wrote: > Gavin just filled out the stand request this morning, perhaps 2 hours > before you sent this email. > > We very very much want projects to show up in force to represent! > > —Rich > > > On Nov 4, 2025, at 9:51 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 > > — > Rich Bowen > [email protected] > > > > >
