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Today's Topics:
1. Events! LPD, FOSDEM, etc. (Sebastian)
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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 12:58:12 +0100
From: Sebastian <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
To: <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>, <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
Subject: [bristol] Events! LPD, FOSDEM, etc.
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Hi
Our event last Saturday for Linux Presentation Day (
http://linux-presentation-day.org.uk ) was mostly nice and successful.
Although did end up with a few issues to sort out at the event etc, but
nothing major, such as to do with the USB's. We also had a good turn out
of about 20 people from the general public, and it seems that most event
visitors enjoyed themselves.
The USB issue was that well in the end actually got 50 or so offical Ubuntu
USB's sent, even though had been told that woudn't get them, since a
logisitcs issue, on IRC before by someone from the Canonical Community
Team. However then I found out the evening before the event, that they
were actually blank, nothing on them, so some or more, had Ubuntu 16.04 put
on them at the event. The moral of the story is to check at least some of
the USB's, if not all of them, before an event, when being sent them like
that.
The plan is to run another two Linux Presentation Day events next year,
probably in April and probably in October as well, but maybe May and
November instead. Linux Presentation Day events are ideally meant to be
twice a year. Anyway it turns out that next year this LUG is going to
probably actually have three events, yes THREE, with membes of the LUG
behind them, (,which is impressive considering what our LUG is like in
general), with one of our other fellow members having ideas for something
bigger, and that also won't be for LPD. He would like to mainly organise
an event that's bigger, and one where actually have speeches as well.
Public speaking awesome! Nothing has been decided properly yet, and I
don't have proper details, but its looking like that event will probably be
in July, if it is to happen.
Going back to Linux Presentation Day it seems that most event visitors
came in, because of the paid Facebook advert that had been running for
about two weeks. Would have been like three weeks, but originally had
issues setting it up properly and as a result keeping it running. I know
it probably won't get used much, but there's also now as of today a
Facebook group for our LUG on Facebook as wel.
Events, events, are usually fun! However no OGG Camp ( http://oggcamp.org
) this year, so its looking like my next tech event will be the AWESOME
FOSDEM (Free Open Source Developers European Meeting) again, for my sixth
time, since been going every year since 2012 like with OGG Camp. FOSDEM is
sarting to feel like its coming up again already, but currently isn't that
near, since its the first weekend of Februrary. For anyone who is into open
source enough, be that as just mostly a user like me, or as a developer,
FOSDEM is an awesome expereince! However one that does not happen in the
UK, but rather in (or near) Brussels Belgium. FOSDEM is probably also at
least a bit more awesome when got people to meet over there from a proper
project, like with myself, and Sim from Jolla who was at the LPD on
Saturday. However yes its the kind of event that certain famous people in
the open source / free software world will go to as well, and I even got
to meet and breifly chat to and shake hands wih Mark Shuttleworth this
year. No I didn't ask him how his trip to space went when meeting.
With FOSDEM and OGG Camp, I went with someone else the first year (not a
techie), but all other years done all the travelling there and back on my
own, so would be awesome if could actually do that next year with at least
one person from the LUG, but its looking like there may be a person or two
already, who may seriously be inerested in going. Also it seems going by
the mailing list archeive that in 2008 or whenever it was a group of people
from the LUG actsually went and did FOSDEM together. Anyway who would be
seriously interested in going to and back from FOSDEM next year with me,
and why? FOSDEM is massive people have differnet interests etc, so whilst
over there won't always be together of course, but can probably also get
you into to the Mageia meal on Saturday night, assuming that Mageia will
be there again as usual.
Friday night starts off with a MASSIVE Crazy beer event, with the
conference itself being Saturday and Sunday at a massive university.
Saturday night various project meals will happen. FOSDEM is so massive
that always going to miss something speechwise, that may be of interest,
but they video quite a lot of speeches as well. It's a great event for
stocking up on tech t-shirts as well, nearly every stand will have
t-shirts, and a few stands give away decent free ones, but otherwise they
sell for about 10 euros usually. I have made the mistake of not being
early enough to certain stands a few times before though, to get a certain
t-shirt, or get it, but in the right size. However there is a main
building of stands with two floors of stands, plus another building, etc.
The other year I belive it was 2015, by coincidence whilst going around
some of the stands at FOSDEM, there was a guy at one of the stands, that I
started chatting to a bit, since he sounded English, and turns out he was
from Bristol. Apparantly he had actually been in the audiance as well, when
I spoke at the IT Mega Meet the first year it was on in 2012. Anyway
FOSDEM weekend he had no proper plans for the Saturday night, but was able
to get him into the Mageia meal. Anyway we were going to meet up again at
the first LUG meeting after the event it seems, but I didn't go, and we
lost contact as well. If the person I am reffering to just happens to be
reading this, I would be interested in meeting you soon again at a LUG
meeting.
Best Regards
Sebastian
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