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Revision as of 17:17, 25 January 2009
About
OLPC / SugarLabs will have a presence at FOSDEM'09 taking place in Brussels (Belgium) from Saturday, February 7 to Sunday, February 8.
Additionally plans are underway to have a one-day OLPC / Sugar community meetup on (probably) Friday, February 6.
Goals | FOSDEM'09
- getting more developers to work on Sugar related tasks
- gnash as a real flash replacement would be great and needs help!
Goals | Community Meetup
- discussing the current state of things
- making plans for 2009:
- better defining the relation between OLPC and Sugar Labs
- advancing the Sugar platform
- making awesome educational content
- writing cool activities
- building and contacting relevant communities around OLPC and Sugar
- generally making it easier to contribute to OLPC and Sugar
- translating existing documentation (e.g. FlossManuals)
- writing materials geared towards how teachers can use the XO and Sugar in schools
- designing great marketing materials
- pilot projects in Europe
- create a web page that shows you OLPC enthusiasts geographically close to you
- ...
- socializing, finally being able to put faces to nicknames
Attendance
Please sign up here if you plan to attend! ChristophD 03:40, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
| Name | Community Meetup Friday 6th | FOSDEM Saturday 7th | FOSDEM Sunday 8th | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChristophD | Yes | Yes | Yes | flight to Brussel is booked, will arrive on the evening of Feb. 5 |
| niklaus | Yes | Yes | Yes | flight to Brussel is booked, will arrive on the at 12:30 Feb. 5 |
| Tomeu | Yes | Yes | Yes | flight booked, arrive Feb 6th at 10.30am and leave Feb 9th at 17:00 |
| Benjamin Berg | Yes | Yes | Yes | Arrives at 11:01 on Friday at Bruxelles-Midi, leaving again on Monday 17:59. |
| Marcopg | Yes | Yes | Yes | (not sure yet) |
| Guillaume Desmottes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| h01ger / Holger Levsen | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| David "nubae" Van Assche | Yes | Yes | Yes | flight to Brussel is booked, will arrive on the evening of Feb. 5 |
| Bernie Innocenti | Yes | Yes | Yes | Will arrive by car from Italy, probably on the evening of Feb. 5 |
| Simon Schampijer | Yes | Yes | Yes | flight booked, will arrive on the evening of Feb. the 5th and leave the evening of the 9th |
Schedule
What about joining sometime after 18:00 the Friday Beer Event?
Tomeu is going to talk about "The Sugar platform" in the GNOME dev room on Saturday 15:00.
Greg is going to talk about "Sugar and Fedora" in the Fedora dev room on Saturday 17.00.
To-Do
- decide if we are going to ask a sister project for a piece of a booth (we did so last year in the GNOME booth)
- find a venue for the friday meeting
- lots of things...
Accommodation
Has several double rooms free, at 50e per room and night. Localization doesn't look too bad. It's said to have free wifi. We should book soon!
Comments
Please add relevant notes and thoughts! ChristophD 03:40, 7 January 2009 (UTC)