fosdem stand

[Erik Snoeijs <stratos stratos-online nl>]

Hi,

Now Vincent already mentioned this a few weeks ago on this list, but
this year there will be a gnome stand at FOSDEM. Which is great and
wonderful.

But currently on the sign-up page only 4 people have signed on to help
attend to it and one of those has already noted that he won't be able to
do this full time. Full time in this context meaning, i presume standing
there all day and perhaps having a few breaks to visit some talk or
whatever.

Now normally i'm quite used to this, and most of the time a 3 man crew
will be enough to man a stand. However this isn't one of the small
conferences i normally visit, this is FOSDEM. GNOME is a high profile
project that will hopefully/probably be pretty busy throughout the day.
3 People might be a bit more of a minimum then a maximum.

So what i'm basically trying to say is, we need more people! 

Manning a stand isn't hard, although the fosdem crowd is a bit more tech
oriented then most other events, no in depth technical knowledge is
required. As long as you can tell the 5-ilionth person asking "if GNOME
or KDE is better", that it's all a matter of taste, and that if they
have good taste they should use GNOME*, you're pretty much set.
And being xenophobic also isn't a problem, most visitors are more afraid
of you then you are of them. Let alone that they would touch the laptop
with the sign next to it "feel free to use".

And while i'm mad enough to dedicate most of my day being at the stand,
you don't have to. Because if only 10 people (out of the hundreds** that
will be there) help out for just a hour, i would be extremely
grateful.***

So if your not afraid of badly dressed geeks ogling the stand, and
bearded maniacs who try to explain why a graphical desktop will never
work. Please, sign up and help out.

regards,
Erik Snoeijs


* Although the people using KDE seem to disagree on that bit.
** i have no idea how many gnome-ish people are at fosdem really.
*** Not all the same hour please.