Summits, Conferences and Meetups workgroup - 2023-01-26
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emus
> Hi dear standholders,
> I sent a message to Alasdair a few weeks back but worried he might have
> missed the email. Sending it here as well.
> Unfortunately, our team cannot participate in FOSDEM this year -- none of
> my team members can come to Brussels in person. So our stand, Fluence, will
> be empty. If there is a chance to forward it to some great project, please
> let me know, we'd be happy if the space won't be wasted, and hopefully, we
> can make it next year!
> BR,
> Anna
Shall we call for interest?
emus
CC: ralphm
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ralphm
I don't think FOSDEM allows bartering stand space this way.
ralphm
If it is empty and next to us, then we just have more room.
ralphm
I'm arranging dinner, but need to call back. As soon as I have details I will send out an invite to register and provide menu preferences.
ralphm
I do have a sponsor for dinner already.
ralphm
By the way, I looked at the FOSDEM stand overview, and it appears that we are in a different location than before: ground floor, at the large glass wall on the short side of the building.
ralphm
https://fosdem.org/2023/stands/
MattJ
Yes, this was discussed earlier and also mentioned in the blog post
MattJ
It may make things a bit interesting for the "lounge" aspect
ralphm
We'll have to see how that works out in practice. Unless you are saying that I should not bring all the stuff.
MattJ
I wasn't quite saying that, but you're probably right that it's worth considering that question
MattJ
IIRC those stands are usually quite close together, and it gets pretty crowded in that area (being close to the main doors)
ralphm
I think this is a reasonable shot at the location: https://blog.shadura.me/images/posts/fosdem-building-k.jpg
MattJ
I highly doubt we can put beanbags/etc. in front of the table, as it would obstruct the flow
MattJ
Yeah, that's how I remember it
ralphm
If the stands are sequential we would be probably be somewhere between the two white supports
MattJ
Except I expected there would be at least gaps between the tables to get in/out
MattJ
and there is limited room behind the table
MattJ
So yeah, I don't think the traditional setup will work at all
ralphm
Right. Including the ability to beam something on a wall.
MattJ
Yep
ralphm
I can try to send a message to stands@ team if they considered this, because otherwise I'll cancel the van and just arrange for a car.
MattJ
FWIW I (and I think others) are not necessarily against changing the format/location
ralphm
indeed
MattJ
I think we can probably get a bit more visibility in a new location. Even if not more people, at least different people.
MattJ
We might also want to put a poster in the old location for people looking for us :)
ralphm
Hah
ralphm
I have done nothing in terms of posters, swag or anything this year. Posters are still an attainable goal.
ralphm
However we do have our pull-up banner, table cloths and XMPP flag.
MattJ
Yeah, it's good we've got those
emus
I will print qr codes for our channels
MattJ
It looks like people do stick things to the glass behind the stands
MattJ
(posters)
emus
Lets try the new location. next years planning we can do better
ralphm
Still sending the e-mail. Let's see what they come back with, but it looks like there's not enough Realtime Estate.
ralphm
Cc'd emus and MattJ
emus
thanks
emus
> ralphm:
> 2023-01-26 04:39 (GMT+01:00)
> Still sending the e-mail. Let's see what they come back with, but it looks like there's not enough Realtime Estate.
haha
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ralphm
Diner location and time set. Arranging the details.
ralphm
Dinner
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Sent!
emus
👍️
MattJ
Okay, this is the latest revision of the "newsletter" I plan to get printed: https://matthewwild.co.uk/uploads/2023%20XMPP%20news%20-%202.pdf
MattJ
It incorporates feedback from here about the earlier versions, and some tweaks from a graphic designer friend of pep.'s
MattJ
and I was planning to do some of these too: https://matthewwild.co.uk/uploads/XMPP%20for%20Developers%20and%20Individuals.pdf
MattJ
As well as these, I have that client comparison matrix (I will just print one of those for the stand), some posters from Movim, and some informational materials from https://www.freie-messenger.de/ (German and English)
MattJ
I will also set up a Snikket instance for demo purposes, similar to 2020, and the same QR/NFC setup. Any other demos would be good.
ralphm
And just like that, we got (all) of our familiar corner
MattJ
But it sounds like maybe with less of a squeeze than recent years?
ralphm
Hence 'all'. Curious if they'll also move Matrix, but maybe not. Not suggesting it to them.
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moparisthebest
MattJ: newsletter looks great! one super minor note, says QUIC is a replacement for TCP but it really replaces TCP+TLS, but I never know the right way to word that :)