Re: FOSDEM Experience

Albert Astals Cid <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.events
Message-ID <7493915.96IsKl0Xgr__11740.8879836605$1422914061$gmane$org@xps>
El Dilluns, 2 de febrer de 2015, a les 20:24:23, Vishesh Handa va escriure:
> Hey guys
> 
> I spent some time over the weekend helping with the FOSDEM booth. It was an
> interesting experience. I've compiled some of my thoughts about what worked
> and what didn't. We can probably use this list next year.
>
> ..... Big snip ......
> 
> = KDE Presence in the conference =
> * This year we barely had any KDE talks - Just GCompris.

Well not sure how "KDE-centered" it was since i couldn't attend, but we also 
had Andreas Cord-Landwehr on the desktop room talking about QtQuick.

> * We need more talks and more people talking / promoting KDE.

Agreed

> * Someone had the idea of doing a sprint sometime around FOSDEM, that way
> everyone can come to FOSDEM later.
> * We (or maybe just me) need more KDE merchadize apart from tshirts.
> Basically something we can wear, which shows. Tshirts don't work when it is
> super cold.

http://www.freewear.org/?show-item=FW0107--KDE-Sweatshirt It's just more 
expensive than t-shirts :D

Cheers,
  Albert

> 
> --
> 
> Overall, it was a fun experience. Most of my suggestions are simple, the
> main limiting factor is having someone do the effort and actually
> coordinate and follow through. Johnathon Riddel did a good job in
> organizing stuff this year.

Totally, if we want to make a bigger impact, we need a bigger organization 
effort with more people involved and most probably more than a wiki to 
organize the whole thing.

Cheers,
  Albert

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