On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:44:27 +0200 Luc Verhaegen <libv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:35:12AM +0200, Luc Verhaegen wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 03:50:16PM +0200, Luc Verhaegen wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > The FOSDEM organizers have sent out a call for devrooms. FOSDEM this > > > year is on the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd of February 2013. > > > > > > After the success of this formula last year, where, for the first time > > > ever, we had a properly filled devroom schedule when the deadline hit, i > > > am going to re-apply the same formula: > > > * By the 28th of september, i need 6 committed speakers, otherwise i > > > will not apply for a DevRoom. 6 people need to apply for a talk slot > > > who _definitely_ will come to FOSDEM on February 2nd and/or 3rd 2013. > > > This "definitely" means: > > > * Don't knowingly plan anything else for this weekend. > > > * Come to FOSDEM even if your corporation does not fund you (though > > > feel free to contact the board individually for funding) > > > * Make sure that you are allowed to travel to the shengen area in > > > february. > > > * Catastrophies excluded of course. Such catastrophies include > > > things like train-derailments and such, but explicitely excludes > > > hangovers :p > > > * Scheduling based on timeliness of application: the earlier you apply, > > > the better slot you get. > > > * FOSDEMs final deadline for the full schedule is likely around 15th of > > > january 2013. But do not count on that deadline, we will only do > > > hourly slots, to keep people from running around between devrooms like > > > headless chickens. Only 12-16 slots will be available, first come, > > > first serve. > > > > > > I will set up a wiki page tonight, at http://wiki.x.org/wiki/fosdem2013 > > > > > > I hope we get a nice devroom like we had last time. That new building we > > > were in was really amazing, even though it took a while before all > > > FOSDEM visitors found it. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Luc Verhaegen. > > > > Just a heads up guys, we have a week left and not a single speaker yet! > > > > Given the timing of XDC and the FOSDEM deadines, this is not too > > surprising, but still, with XDC2012 in its final day it is high time > > that we start thinking about FOSDEM. I will later on shout at people > > here in the room too :) > > > > All we need now is people who will definitely come to FOSDEM, and who > > are willing to talk in the DevRoom. If a vague idea of a topic is > > already known, then great, but this is not necessary yet. I now put up a > > preliminary wiki page at wiki.x.org/wiki/fosdem2013, add yourself to the > > list there. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Luc Verhaegen. > > Final reminder: the deadline is tonight. > > So far there are three speakers who lined up, and my feeling is that > Matthieu and Marc lined up just so that the deadline and requirement > will be met. So only a single person is intending to come to fosdem and > has a topic he wants to talk about. > > Come on guys. Surely we can do better than that. I could come up with something, maybe people would be interested in hearing about some of our recent SoC work? I'd have to see what I could get approval for, but I could probably find *something* that's not still secret. :) -- Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
