[steering-discuss] FOSDEM DevRoom Call for Papers

Hi,

as you know, we have a DevRoom at FOSDEM, so we need to draft a Call for Papers. :slight_smile:

Anyone already working on that? If not, shall we ping the dev and marketing list?

Florian

Hi Florian, all,

Florian Effenberger wrote (02-11-10 12:34)

Anyone already working on that?

Below the draft for the announcement and the link to the wiki.

Do we want a deadline for the cfp?
Do we want to tell about current uncertainty wrt refund of costs?
Do we want to discuss at Libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org ?

  = = =
The draft for the announcement:

Dear reader,

2011 Brussels, FOSDEM... Your first chance ever to give a talk for LibreOffice at this great open source event … obviously you don't want to miss this!

So do you want to share for example your experience in starting hacking the code, or tell about the tweaks in your build environment, code changes you have done or those that you prepare, or your work on QA? Simply submit your proposal at our wiki:

When there are too many proposals, we will have to choose, so please give a clear description of your talk, goal and target audience.
We are going to try to arrange sponsoring for our speakers, but the possibilities are not sure at the moment.

Thanks a lot,

TDF Steering Committee

More info:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Events/Fosdem2011
– mailing list Libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org
– mailing list marketing@libreoffice.org

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The wiki:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Events/Fosdem2011

Best,
Cor

Hi there,

Below the draft for the announcement and the link to the wiki.

  Looks excellent.

Do we want a deadline for the cfp ?

  Good question; normaly some flexibility is good here, along with
prodding people into action.

Do we want to tell about current uncertainty wrt refund of costs ?

  I would make the text more like:

  "FOSDEM is a free conference to attend, and we will try to seek
   sponsorship, but funding is limited, so please only request it
   if you cannot attend otherwise"

  how about that ? :slight_smile:

Do we want to discuss at Libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org ?

  Can do; lets whack it in the wiki first, and just not announce it - so
people can go edit it in-place there.

The draft for the announcement:

  And thanks for the great start ! :slight_smile: wonderful to get a nucleus to grow
this around.

2011 Brussels, FOSDEM... Your first chance ever to give a talk for
LibreOffice at this great open source event … obviously you don't want
to miss this!

  Love it :slight_smile:

So do you want to share for example your experience in starting hacking
the code, or tell about the tweaks in your build environment, code
changes you have done or those that you prepare, or your work on QA?
Simply submit your proposal at our wiki:

  One thing I would like is to have a range of talk lengths. ie. I think
we should have some 30 minute, and some 15 minute, slots - and perhaps
some 5 minutes. There is great benefit in having people simply stand up,
say hello, and sit down again :wink: so you get to know who they are - and
they build confidence.

When there are too many proposals, we will have to choose, so please
give a clear description of your talk, goal and target audience.
We are going to try to arrange sponsoring for our speakers, but the
possibilities are not sure at the moment.

  I would ask for a couple of paragraphs about the talk - maximum 300
words - otherwise, some will write their life story, and others two
lines :slight_smile:

  Anyhow - thanks muchly for the nice, punchy draft :slight_smile: and leading this.

  ATB,

    Michael.

Hi Michael,

Michael Meeks wrote (12-11-10 16:38)

Hi there,

Thanks for your feedback :slight_smile:

New proposal below.
Note: we are asked to deliver the cfp this weekend.
More comments on the text below welcome...

  = = = draft II = =

Dear readers,

2011 Brussels, FOSDEM... Your first chance ever to give a talk for LibreOffice at this great open source event ... obviously you don't want to miss this!

So do you want to share for example your experience in starting hacking the code, or tell about the tweaks in your build environment, code changes you have done or those that you prepare, or your work on QA? Simply submit your proposal at our wiki: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Events/Fosdem2011

We really like you to share in the way that fits you best, be it 5, 10 or up to 30 minutes :slight_smile:

It might well be that we'll have to choose between the various proposals, after all FOSDEM is only two days :wink: So please give a clear description of your talk, goal and target audience etc. See the outline that is provided at the wiki.

FOSDEM is a free conference to attend, and we will try to seek sponsorship. But funding is limited, so please only request it if you cannot attend otherwise, and we will try our best to support you.

Thanks a lot,

TDF Steering Committee

More info:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Events/Fosdem2011
– for questions mail: Libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org

Hi,

New proposal below.
Note: we are asked to deliver the cfp this weekend.
More comments on the text below welcome...

as usual, I'm swamped with work :slight_smile: So, if no objections come in the next hours, I'll post this as CfP on the announce@ list

Thanks Cor and all the others who contributed, that's much appreciated!

Florian

Florian Effenberger wrote (14-11-10 10:35)

as usual, I'm swamped with work :slight_smile: So, if no objections come in the
next hours, I'll post this as CfP on the announce@ list

Pls do Florian.

Note the request from the mail from Fosdem:

"If you already sent around a call, can we ask you to mail a copy to
fosdem@lists.fosdem.org, or alternatively provide us with a link to it.

Please provide us with a link before the end of the weekend, so we can
include it in the joined call. We will send this joined call to a few
open-source news sites. "

Thanks Cor and all the others who contributed, that's much appreciated!

Thanks for your help too :slight_smile:

Cor

Hi,

Pls do Florian.

sending out now.

Note the request from the mail from Fosdem:

"If you already sent around a call, can we ask you to mail a copy to
fosdem@lists.fosdem.org, or alternatively provide us with a link to it.

Please provide us with a link before the end of the weekend, so we can
include it in the joined call. We will send this joined call to a few
open-source news sites. "

Thanks!

Florian

Thanks for your feedback :slight_smile:

  Thank you - the result was excellent :slight_smile:

the code, or tell about the tweaks in your build environment, code
changes you have done or those that you prepare, or your work on QA?

  Oh ! we forgot translators; I updated the wiki page a little. Now we
need to encourage people to come, or better encourage people that are
coming already to give a talk :wink:

  ATB,

    Michael.