KDE at FOSDEM 2017 wrapup
FOSDEM 2017 Wrapup We had a pleasingly successful FOSDEM this year with a KDE stall and Desktop devroom and KDE Slimbook launch party meal/drinks. We had 19 people at the Saturday party. I asked for 200euro of food and charged people 20euro each which worked perfectly with enough money left over to buy everyone a beer. Sadly no women at the party again which was commented on social media, la presidencia stood us up for VLC. It was at http://www.magic-rubens.com/ which is owned by the same guy who runs the venue I've used in previous years but that's currently under repair http://www.lepaon.be/ We ran a stall, only 1 table again which is tight for space but we managed. Our notes say we sold: KDE India 2-shirts €20 24 Vinyl Sticker €2 6 20 Years Book €12 12 Neon Shirts €25 6 Cap €5 4 USB drives €5 6 Canvas bags €5 3 Lanyards€26 Mug €5 4 Neon Fez€56 Part of the Solution t-shirt €15 2 Krita DVD €15 4 These figues are not accurate, unfortunately we often forgot to write down what when sold so they are a large under-estimate. We had a surplus of €935.40 which I've given to Lydia to bank. Stall demos were Slimbook, Docker images, Snappy package, Plasma Mobile and WikitoLearn all of which were popular. We had signs with an intro on it for the stall. The fezes gave us more visibility and despite David Edmundson's skepticism about their connection to anything whatsoever KDE they did sell out. I spent about €120 on KDE stickers from Handylabels which we gave out for free and were very popular so we ran out by Saturday afternoon, maybe ration them a bit next year. I only got to one talk on Subsurface which had a full room. Other KDE talks were on Slimbook, Kube and Flatpak/Snappy which was a good proportion of all the desktop room talks. Pau managed the room all himself and deserves hugs. FOSDEM continues to grow and be an impressive event. Looking at various unscientific metrics KDE presence at the event continues to remain strong and steady even while the rest of the Free Software movement continues to grow.
Re: KDE at FOSDEM 2017 wrapup
On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 1:16 PM, Jonathan Riddell wrote: > Sadly no women at the party again which was commented on social media, > la presidencia stood us up for VLC. Important diplomatic mission ;-) I'll be working on this cloning thing until next year. Thanks a lot for organizing, Jonathan, Pau and everyone else who helped! Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors / KDE Community Working Group http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
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On Montag, 6. Februar 2017 18:04:16 CET Lydia Pintscher wrote: > On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 1:16 PM, Jonathan Riddell wrote: > > Sadly no women at the party again which was commented on social media, > > la presidencia stood us up for VLC. > > Important diplomatic mission ;-) I'll be working on this cloning > thing until next year. > > Thanks a lot for organizing, Jonathan, Pau and everyone else who helped! Unfortunately I couldn't be there, so I can only extend my thanks to everyone involved. Great job!
Re: KDE at FOSDEM 2017 wrapup
Hi! Great summary! I wish stay with you but I can't... sniff, sniff. Can I use it for KDEBlog? Obviously without the numbers of sold products.. Thanks in advanced A 2017-02-06 18:04, Lydia Pintscher escrigué: On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 1:16 PM, Jonathan Riddell wrote: Sadly no women at the party again which was commented on social media, la presidencia stood us up for VLC. Important diplomatic mission ;-) I'll be working on this cloning thing until next year. Thanks a lot for organizing, Jonathan, Pau and everyone else who helped! Cheers Lydia
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Si por supuesto On Monday, 6 February 2017, Baltasar wrote: > > Hi! > Great summary! I wish stay with you but I can't... sniff, sniff. > Can I use it for KDEBlog? Obviously without the numbers of sold products.. > Thanks in advanced > > A 2017-02-06 18:04, Lydia Pintscher escrigué: > >> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 1:16 PM, Jonathan Riddell wrote: >> >>> Sadly no women at the party again which was commented on social media, >>> la presidencia stood us up for VLC. >>> >> >> Important diplomatic mission ;-) I'll be working on this cloning >> thing until next year. >> >> Thanks a lot for organizing, Jonathan, Pau and everyone else who helped! >> >> >> Cheers >> Lydia >> >
Re: KDE at FOSDEM 2017 wrapup
Hi Jonathan, Thank you and those who volunteered at the booth. Best regards On 6 Feb 2017 5:05 p.m., "Lydia Pintscher" wrote: > On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 1:16 PM, Jonathan Riddell wrote: > > Sadly no women at the party again which was commented on social media, > > la presidencia stood us up for VLC. > > Important diplomatic mission ;-) I'll be working on this cloning > thing until next year. > > Thanks a lot for organizing, Jonathan, Pau and everyone else who helped! > > > Cheers > Lydia > > -- > Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher > KDE e.V. Board of Directors / KDE Community Working Group > http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >
Re: KDE at FOSDEM 2017 wrapup
I also gave away £113 worth of KDE stickers I bought from handylabels.co.uk. These were very popular and all went on Saturday morning. The same quantity of lower quality stickers from vistaprint have never gone as fast before. Jonathan On 6 February 2017 at 12:16, Jonathan Riddell wrote: > FOSDEM 2017 Wrapup > > We had a pleasingly successful FOSDEM this year with a KDE stall and > Desktop devroom and KDE Slimbook launch party meal/drinks. > > We had 19 people at the Saturday party. I asked for 200euro of food > and charged people 20euro each which worked perfectly with enough > money left over to buy everyone a beer. Sadly no women at the party > again which was commented on social media, la presidencia stood us up > for VLC. It was at http://www.magic-rubens.com/ which is owned by the > same guy who runs the venue I've used in previous years but that's > currently under repair http://www.lepaon.be/ > > We ran a stall, only 1 table again which is tight for space but we > managed. Our notes say we sold: > > KDE India 2-shirts €20 24 > Vinyl Sticker €2 6 > 20 Years Book €12 12 > Neon Shirts €25 6 > Cap €5 4 > USB drives €5 6 > Canvas bags €5 3 > Lanyards€26 > Mug €5 4 > Neon Fez€56 > Part of the Solution t-shirt €15 2 > Krita DVD €15 4 > > These figues are not accurate, unfortunately we often forgot to write > down what when sold so they are a large under-estimate. We had a > surplus of €935.40 which I've given to Lydia to bank. > > Stall demos were Slimbook, Docker images, Snappy package, Plasma > Mobile and WikitoLearn all of which were popular. We had signs with > an intro on it for the stall. The fezes gave us more visibility and > despite David Edmundson's skepticism about their connection to > anything whatsoever KDE they did sell out. > > I spent about €120 on KDE stickers from Handylabels which we gave out > for free and were very popular so we ran out by Saturday afternoon, > maybe ration them a bit next year. > > I only got to one talk on Subsurface which had a full room. Other KDE > talks were on Slimbook, Kube and Flatpak/Snappy which was a good > proportion of all the desktop room talks. Pau managed the room all > himself and deserves hugs. > > FOSDEM continues to grow and be an impressive event. Looking at > various unscientific metrics KDE presence at the event continues to > remain strong and steady even while the rest of the Free Software > movement continues to grow.
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I also gave away about 500 stickers I bought from moo.com - they were cheap and nice, lots of people were taking it! Bye, -Riccardo On 15 February 2017 at 16:17, Jonathan Riddell wrote: > I also gave away £113 worth of KDE stickers I bought from > handylabels.co.uk. These were very popular and all went on Saturday > morning. The same quantity of lower quality stickers from vistaprint > have never gone as fast before. > > Jonathan > > > On 6 February 2017 at 12:16, Jonathan Riddell wrote: > > FOSDEM 2017 Wrapup > > > > We had a pleasingly successful FOSDEM this year with a KDE stall and > > Desktop devroom and KDE Slimbook launch party meal/drinks. > > > > We had 19 people at the Saturday party. I asked for 200euro of food > > and charged people 20euro each which worked perfectly with enough > > money left over to buy everyone a beer. Sadly no women at the party > > again which was commented on social media, la presidencia stood us up > > for VLC. It was at http://www.magic-rubens.com/ which is owned by the > > same guy who runs the venue I've used in previous years but that's > > currently under repair http://www.lepaon.be/ > > > > We ran a stall, only 1 table again which is tight for space but we > > managed. Our notes say we sold: > > > > KDE India 2-shirts €20 24 > > Vinyl Sticker €2 6 > > 20 Years Book €12 12 > > Neon Shirts €25 6 > > Cap €5 4 > > USB drives €5 6 > > Canvas bags €5 3 > > Lanyards€26 > > Mug €5 4 > > Neon Fez€56 > > Part of the Solution t-shirt €15 2 > > Krita DVD €15 4 > > > > These figues are not accurate, unfortunately we often forgot to write > > down what when sold so they are a large under-estimate. We had a > > surplus of €935.40 which I've given to Lydia to bank. > > > > Stall demos were Slimbook, Docker images, Snappy package, Plasma > > Mobile and WikitoLearn all of which were popular. We had signs with > > an intro on it for the stall. The fezes gave us more visibility and > > despite David Edmundson's skepticism about their connection to > > anything whatsoever KDE they did sell out. > > > > I spent about €120 on KDE stickers from Handylabels which we gave out > > for free and were very popular so we ran out by Saturday afternoon, > > maybe ration them a bit next year. > > > > I only got to one talk on Subsurface which had a full room. Other KDE > > talks were on Slimbook, Kube and Flatpak/Snappy which was a good > > proportion of all the desktop room talks. Pau managed the room all > > himself and deserves hugs. > > > > FOSDEM continues to grow and be an impressive event. Looking at > > various unscientific metrics KDE presence at the event continues to > > remain strong and steady even while the rest of the Free Software > > movement continues to grow. > -- Pace Peace Paix Paz Frieden Pax Pokój Friður Fred Béke 和平 Hasiti Lapé Hetep Malu Mир Wolakota Santiphap Irini Peoch שלום Shanti Vrede Baris Rój Mír Taika Rongo Sulh Mir Py'guapy 평화