Hi max and others, <br><br>it's a pity that you won't be there. we will all miss you!<br>
<br>Anyway, in a big month probably the biggest open source event in Europe will start again!<div class="post-content">
<p>And as always, Fedora people will visit fosdem with great quantities.
So I’m putting a lot of effort in making this the best Fosdem for
Fedora people ever. I hear you thinking, how can this event become even
better? Well, I try to provide activities for Fedora people every
evening.</p>
<p>An overview:</p>
<ul><li>friday: Fad, dinner, beer event</li><li>Saturday evening: Tour through Brussels</li><li>Sunday evening: Super Bowl game @ fatboys (sadly, only 10 people can join)</li></ul>
<p>If you are planning to come, be sure to check the Fedora wiki: <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fosdem_2012">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fosdem_2012</a> , and the Fosdem website: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org">http://www.fosdem.org</a></p>
<p><br></p><p>cheers,</p><p>Bert<br></p>
</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 5:39 AM, Max Spevack <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mspevack@fedoraproject.org">mspevack@fedoraproject.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
For whatever it's worth, I'd like to support what Christoph said.<br>
<br>
FOSDEM is always the best event of the year -- and of the 4 Fedora<br>
foundations, it is always the one that makes me think of Friends and<br>
Features, because it's a great time for many of the contributors to<br>
spend together, and it always has an excellent technical focus.<br>
<br>
Some of the Fedora traditions worth remembering:<br>
<br>
* Eating at the Drug Opera (<a href="http://www.drugopera.be/index.php?lang=en" target="_blank">http://www.drugopera.be/index.php?lang=en</a>)<br>
<br>
* Watching the Super Bowl at Fat Boys (<a href="http://www.fatboys-be.com/" target="_blank">http://www.fatboys-be.com/</a>). I<br>
know this was something I organized the last few years, but someone else<br>
could easily do it. Just remember to make the reservation in advance,<br>
and to get enough seats! They get angry if you bring more people than<br>
your reservation.<br>
<br>
I won't be able to attend FOSDEM in 2012, but I will be thinking about<br>
all my Fedora friends in EMEA.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
--Max<br>
</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
On Sat, 19 Nov 2011, Christoph Wickert wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hi there,<br>
><br>
> some words about FOSDEM for those of you planning to go to Brussels,<br>
> from somebody, who has been attending the event several times:<br>
><br>
> * FOSDEM stands for "Free and Open Source Software Developers'<br>
> European Meeting" and it's really a developer's meeting. It's<br>
> the most geekish event I know and the talks target a very<br>
> advanced audience.<br>
> * Nobody comes for FOSDEM for the exhibition but just for the<br>
> talks. The stands are located on a narrow hallway. It is<br>
> overcrowded and the air is really bad.<br>
> * Given that it's a developer meeting and nobody really cares<br>
> about the exhibition anyway, I'm not sure if it makes sense to<br>
> have a booth. I doubt we will be able to recruit new<br>
> contributors because whoever is there already uses Linux for a<br>
> while and most have settled with their favorite distribution<br>
> ages ago.<br>
> Nevertheless I think Fedora should be there and have a booth,<br>
> just because other projects like Debian and OpenSUSE have one,<br>
> too. But I suggest to not put too much effort into it for the<br>
> reasons I just outlined.<br>
> * The food at FOSDEM is awful but it helps to survive.<br>
><br>
> So much for the negative side. On the positive side we have:<br>
><br>
> * FOSDEM is a place to meet other developers. All the rockstars of<br>
> FOSS are there.<br>
> * The social event is called "Beer event" and it takes place at a<br>
> pub called "Delirium". These names say it all.<br>
> * FOSDEM is the only event I know where people drink beer during<br>
> lectures.<br>
> * FOSDEM is fun. It is badly organized, loud, overcrowded and you<br>
> have a hangover. Yet though - or for this very reasons - it's<br>
> quite a lot of fun!<br>
><br>
> Last but not least: There was an unwritten rule, at least for the EMEA<br>
> or European ambassadors: If you go to FOSDEM, it's your own decision but<br>
> not an official Fedora event. You will have to pay for yourself and not<br>
> receive funding.<br>
> This rule has changed recently, I know we sponsored some people and IIRC<br>
> I have been sponsored my hotel room once (in four years, everything else<br>
> was paid from my own pocket).<br>
><br>
> If we are to sponsor contributors, I'd prefer people with a strong<br>
> technical background. This doesn't mean we'll not sponsor any<br>
> ambassadors, but IHMO it should be ambassadors who are involved in other<br>
> groups of Fedora, too and/or have clear agenda of things they want to do<br>
> or achieve at FOSDEM.<br>
><br>
> If you think you meet these criteria and you should be at FOSDEM, please<br>
> follow the usual process for funding. For details refer to<br>
> <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Sponsoring_event_attendees" target="_blank">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Sponsoring_event_attendees</a><br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
> Christoph<br>
><br>
><br>
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