Re: fosdem stand

[Erik Snoeijs <stratos stratos-online nl>]

And of course i forget to include the link.
http://www.stratos-online.nl/blog/02Mar2008

On Sun, 2008-03-02 at 02:55 +0100, Erik Snoeijs wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> So fosdem has come and gone and in the end my fears where unfound,
> because there where lots of great people helping out.
> 
> But i noticed there hasn't been a fosdem post on panet.gnome.org, well
> there of course have been mentions, but no real post about the stand.
> 
> I just made a post about it detailing a few things we did and what
> happened, but my blog doesn't get syndicated by p.g.o. So if anyone
> would be so inclined to just copy paste the fosdem stuff and post it on
> p.g.o or link to it or whatever. Because i think having these kinds of
> messages on p.g.o, sends a really positive message about what the people
> of gnome are doing, and might inspire others to do the same.
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2008-02-17 at 01:05 +0100, Erik Snoeijs wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > That's great. 
> > I don't think there are any timetables and i recon there won't be any
> > real need for it either. Well not officially on paper anyway.  We'll
> > probably work some sort of schedule out in the morning about who wants
> > to see what talk and how those clash. But mostly its just a matter of
> > are there enough people at the table for me to be able to leave it.
> > 
> > But if you just come to the stand when you feel like it, you can help us
> > out. Then when you want to see a talk or do something else you can just
> > go your way. Unless of course we collectively chose that moment to make
> > a mad dash for it and leave you there alone :)
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 14:42 +0200, Lucas Rocha wrote:
> > > Hi Erik,
> > > 
> > > I can stay on the stand for some hours. Do you have any timetable with
> > > the volunteers allocation per day?
> > > 
> > > --lucasr
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 2008/2/14, 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.
> > > >
> > > >
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