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FOSDEM 2013, 1-2 Febuary, ULB Campus Solbosch, Brussels, Belgium  
FOSDEM 2013, 1-2 Febuary, ULB Campus Solbosch, Brussels, Belgium  


* KDE will be part of the cross desktop devroom on Saturday only, talks organised by Pau Garcia i Quiles
* KDE will be part of the Desktops DevRoom on Saturday only ([https://fosdem.org/2014/schedule/track/desktops/ schedule]), devroom organised by Pau Garcia i Quiles
* KDE will have a stall in building K, Level 1
* KDE will have a stall in building K, Level 1


== Devroom  ==
== People ==
 
Cross Desktop Room with Gnome, LXQt and Unity.  Accepted talks are in the [https://fosdem.org/2014/schedule/track/desktops/ schedule].
 
== Stall  ==


Please add your name if you can help on the stall over the weekend
Please add yourself and your details if you are coming


{| border="1"
{| border="1"
|-
|-
! Helper Name  
! Name  
! When available
! Available to help on the stall?
! Saturday meal?
! Accommodation?
! Phone number
|-
|-
| <strike>Pau Garcia i Quiles</strike>
| Pau Garcia i Quiles
| <strike>(occasionally) Saturday and Sunday</strike>
| Sunday
| Yes
| Ibis Sainte Catherine
| +34660149580
|-
|-
| John Layt
| John Layt
| Saturday and Sunday, "I'd like to attend at least 1 talk for a change"
| Both days "I'd like to attend at least 1 talk for a change"
| Yes
| Max Hotel
| +44-78-1285-2010
|-
|-
| Boud
| Boud + Irina
| not sure if he'll be there
| Saturday afternoon, Sunday morning (bit unsure, sorry)
| No
| Hotel Galia
| +31 620 839 63
|-
|-
| Kevin Krammer
| Kevin Krammer
| Saturday and Sunday
| Saturday and Sunday
| Yes
| NH City Centre
|
|-
|-
| Jonathan Riddell
| Jonathan Riddell
| Saturday and Sunday but giving talk Saturday 13:30
| Saturday and Sunday but giving talk Saturday 13:30
| Yes
| Ibis
| +447941 938 912
|-
| Rohan Garg
| Yes ( Need to work out schedule )
| Yes
| Ibis
| +34625112103
|-
| Albert Astals Cid
|
| Yes
| Ibis Sainte Catherine
|
|-
| Aleix Pol Gonzalez
|
| Yes
| Ibis Sainte Catherine
|
|-
| Àlex Fiestas
|
| Yes
| Ibis Sainte Catherine
|
|-
| Albert Vaca Cintora
|
| Yes
| Ibis Sainte Catherine
|
|-
| Marta Rybczynska
|
| Yes
|
|
|-
| Lydia Pintscher
| I'll be around every now and then but also need to be at the Wikimedia booth and in the devrooms and give 2 talks
| Probably not
| Astrid Central
|
|-
| Daniel Vrátil
| Yes
| Yes
|
| +420732326870
|-
| David Edmundson
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|-
| Vishesh Handa
| Yes
| Yes
| IBIS
|
|-
| Víctor Blázquez
|
| Yes
| Ibis Sainte Catherine
| 
|-
| Claudia Rauch
| Yes
| Yes
| not sure yet
| +49 178 522 3086
|-
| José Millán Soto
|
| Yes
| Ibis Sainte Catherine
| 
|-
| Kenny D
|
| Yes
| Meininger
| 
|-
| Ingo Klöcker
| Yes
| Yes
|
| 
|-
| Joris Steyn
|
| No
|
|
|-
| Antonio Larrosa
| Maybe, I still have to check the schedule
| Yes
| Exe Sablon
|
|
|-
| Mirko Boehm
| No
| Yes
|
| +49 163 635 4826
|-
| Martin Holec
|
| Yes
| Radisson Blu EU
|
|-
| Simon Edwards
|
| Yes
| Ibis Sainte Catherine
|
|-
| Andreas Cord-Landwehr
|
| No
| Hotel Du Congres
|
|-
| Miquel Canes Gonzalez
|
| Yes
| Adagio Brussels Centre Monnaie
|
|-
| Matthias Klumpp
|
| Maybe
| Centre Vincent Van Gogh (CHAB)
|
|}
|}


=== Stall To Do ===
== Devroom  ==
 
Cross Desktop Room with Gnome, Enlightenment, LXQt and Unity on Saturday only.  Accepted talks are in the [https://fosdem.org/2014/schedule/track/desktops/ schedule].
 
== Stall ==
 
We will have a two-table stall in building K first floor


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| Name badges
| Name badges
| Jonathan Riddell
| Jonathan Riddell
|  
| ordered
|-
|-
| Work out what to demo
| Work out what to demo
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|-
|-
| Table cloths - 2 x large blue
| Table cloths - 2 x large blue
|  
| Claudia
| (was Claudia in 2013)
|
|-
|-
| Flag
| Flag
| Claudia
|  
|  
| (was Claudia in 2013)
|-
|-
| Swag (T-shirts, etc)
| Swag (T-shirts, etc)
| Claudia
|
|-
| Amigurumi Konquis
| José Millán
|  
|  
| (was Claudia in 2013)
|-
|-
| Posters
| Posters
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|-
|-
| Join The Game forms
| Join The Game forms
|  
| Claudia
| (Jonathan has some, was Lydia in 2013)
| (Jonathan has some, was Lydia in 2013)
|-
|-
| FLA forms
| FLA forms
| Lydia
| Lydia will bring some
|-
| Krita DVDs & Books
|  
|  
| (was Lydia in 2013)
| (was Boud in 2013 -- we sold out in 2013! And the new dvd's aren't ready yet)
|-
|-
| Krita DVDs & Books
| Duct Tape or similar
|  
|  
| (was Boud in 2013)
| To stick up stuff on glass where masking/parcel tape is not strong enough
|-
|-
|}
|}


=== Equipment ===
=== Equipment ===
Got equipment for the stall?  Add here


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| Able to bring from UK if needed
| Able to bring from UK if needed
|-
|-
| 2 x Acer Nettops, 1 with KDE Windows
| HTPC x 2
| John Layt
| John Layt
| Bringing from UK
| Bringing from UK
|-
|-
| Wetab Tablet with Plasma Active
| Nexus 7 with Plasma Active
| John Layt
| John Layt
| Bringing from UK if needed
| Bringing from UK if needed
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| Bringing from UK
| Bringing from UK
|-
|-
| computer
| Windows computer
| XXX
| jriddell
| XXX
| ooh KDE on Windows
|-
| Monitor
| XXX
| XXX
|-
| computer for KDE Windows
| XXX
| XXX
|-
|-
| Spark tablet
| Improv
| XXX
| jriddell
| XXX
| if it arrives in time
|-
|-
| CDs
| KF 5 and Plasma 2 demos
| XXX
| jriddell and shadeslayer
| XXX
| needs neon 5 image
|-
| XXX
| XXX
| XXX
|-
|-
|}
|}


=== Posters ===
=== Posters ===
Got any posters? bring them!


{| border="1"
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|-
|-
| KDE
| KDE
| ?
| jriddell
| ?
| poster stand arrived
|-
|-
| Plasma Active
| Kubuntu
| ?
| jriddell
| ?
| poster stand arrived
|-
| Calligra
| ?
| ?
|-
| Project Neon
| ?
| ?
|-
|-
| KDE España
|
|
|}
|}
=== Stall Demos ===
{| border="1"
|-
! What?
! Who?
! Status
|-
| Project Neon/Calligra/Owncloud?
| XXX
| XXX
|-
| N9
| XXX
| XXX
|-
| Kolab
| XXX
| XXX
|-
| Plasma Active
| XXX
| XXX
|-
| Bodega appstore
| XXX
| XXX
|-
|}
== People and Accommodation  ==
FSFE is booking hotel and will let KDE people tag along. Contact Claudia for details asap.


== Friday Drinks  ==
== Friday Drinks  ==


FOSDEM will hold the usual [http://fosdem.org/2013/beerevent beer event at Delirium] again on the Friday evening.  See you there, please try to wear something KDE to raise our visibility (also: a badge with your name will make identification easier!)
FOSDEM will hold the usual [https://fosdem.org/2014/practical/beerevent/ beer event at Delirium] again on the Friday evening from 18:00.  See you there, please try to wear something KDE to raise our visibility.
 
== Saturday Night  ==
 
Any plan?
 
== Sunday Night  ==
 
Any plan?
 
== Post Event Review from 2011, to be considered for 2012 ==
 
Awesome event, thanks all for helping.  Add any thoughts so we can improve for next year:
 
* Stall had no large KDE sign, get a poster stand or cloth flag (hall of flags did good ones for Akademy 2007) with KDE logo for next year
* Better table cloths / KDE signs to go on front of tables.
* Saturday night was good but should plan ahead with printed directions.  Schedule/book for 8pm, 7:30pm was unachievable.
* larger screens for demo machines would be cool (like openSUSE had), needs better transport.  Perhaps hire locally or arrange for openSUSE to transport on their bus with their large ones??
* No way to sign up to Join the Game on the day, we should have forms and accept cash for this.
* print off crossdesktop dev room timetable to put on 2nd room door and stall (also any other KDE talks elsewhere)
* KDE stickers good but libreoffice looked very smart in jumpers, matching KDE jumpers would be awesome.  The bright blue t-shirts work well, just need to be different to any on sale.
* Some kind of attract-mode animation / slideshow / deskcast to play on large screen(s) when not in use
* I have access to a digital projector (aka beamer), Mozilla were using one but I'm not sure how useful it was given the limited space.
* New t-shirt designs
* Wider variety of swag to give away or sell?
* Contact more distros in advance for KDE CD's to hand out, Fedora were keen as were Pardus, perhaps also Mageia and one of the *BSD's?
* KDE on Windows was very popular, perhaps talk to the Windows team about an installer CD to give away?  ''I have been trying to find a sponsor but neither Microsoft USA nor Microsoft Spain are interested -- Pau''
* Formal dressing (suits) at the stall? Postgres and others do that and it makes the project look more professional. Maybe a mixture of informal dressing and suits to make sure every visitor will feel comfortable?


== Post Event Review from 2012, to be considered for 2013 ==
== Saturday Meal ==


* Awesome event, lovely KDE people, good stall, good devroom
Jonathan has booked a pizza buffet at [http://www.mammaroma.com/ Mamma Roma] (Dansaert 17 rue du Pont de la Carpe) on Saturday evening for 24 people from 20:30.  Don't be late.
* Needs overall coordinator, 2011 had Jonathan for stall but lacked energy and Pau for devroom who did a nice job
* stall needed good posters, well thought about marketing points
* we need a driver to carry equipment and people to and around brussels
* swap telephone numbers before so we can stay in contact


== Post Event Review from 2013, to be considered for 2014 ==
== Post Event Review from 2013, to be considered for 2014 ==

Latest revision as of 15:49, 31 January 2014

KDE at FOSDEM 2014

FOSDEM 2013, 1-2 Febuary, ULB Campus Solbosch, Brussels, Belgium

  • KDE will be part of the Desktops DevRoom on Saturday only (schedule), devroom organised by Pau Garcia i Quiles
  • KDE will have a stall in building K, Level 1

People

Please add yourself and your details if you are coming

Name Available to help on the stall? Saturday meal? Accommodation? Phone number
Pau Garcia i Quiles Sunday Yes Ibis Sainte Catherine +34660149580
John Layt Both days "I'd like to attend at least 1 talk for a change" Yes Max Hotel +44-78-1285-2010
Boud + Irina Saturday afternoon, Sunday morning (bit unsure, sorry) No Hotel Galia +31 620 839 63
Kevin Krammer Saturday and Sunday Yes NH City Centre
Jonathan Riddell Saturday and Sunday but giving talk Saturday 13:30 Yes Ibis +447941 938 912
Rohan Garg Yes ( Need to work out schedule ) Yes Ibis +34625112103
Albert Astals Cid Yes Ibis Sainte Catherine
Aleix Pol Gonzalez Yes Ibis Sainte Catherine
Àlex Fiestas Yes Ibis Sainte Catherine
Albert Vaca Cintora Yes Ibis Sainte Catherine
Marta Rybczynska Yes
Lydia Pintscher I'll be around every now and then but also need to be at the Wikimedia booth and in the devrooms and give 2 talks Probably not Astrid Central
Daniel Vrátil Yes Yes +420732326870
David Edmundson Yes Yes
Vishesh Handa Yes Yes IBIS
Víctor Blázquez Yes Ibis Sainte Catherine
Claudia Rauch Yes Yes not sure yet +49 178 522 3086
José Millán Soto Yes Ibis Sainte Catherine
Kenny D Yes Meininger
Ingo Klöcker Yes Yes
Joris Steyn No
Antonio Larrosa Maybe, I still have to check the schedule Yes Exe Sablon
Mirko Boehm No Yes +49 163 635 4826
Martin Holec Yes Radisson Blu EU
Simon Edwards Yes Ibis Sainte Catherine
Andreas Cord-Landwehr No Hotel Du Congres
Miquel Canes Gonzalez Yes Adagio Brussels Centre Monnaie
Matthias Klumpp Maybe Centre Vincent Van Gogh (CHAB)

Devroom

Cross Desktop Room with Gnome, Enlightenment, LXQt and Unity on Saturday only. Accepted talks are in the schedule.

Stall

We will have a two-table stall in building K first floor

What? Who? Status
Name badges Jonathan Riddell ordered
Work out what to demo XXX XXX
Table cloths - 2 x large blue Claudia
Flag Claudia
Swag (T-shirts, etc) Claudia
Amigurumi Konquis José Millán
Posters Jonathan Riddell JR got a poster stand
Manifesto Business Cards (was John Layt in 2013)
Join The Game forms Claudia (Jonathan has some, was Lydia in 2013)
FLA forms Lydia Lydia will bring some
Krita DVDs & Books (was Boud in 2013 -- we sold out in 2013! And the new dvd's aren't ready yet)
Duct Tape or similar To stick up stuff on glass where masking/parcel tape is not strong enough

Equipment

Got equipment for the stall? Add here

What? Who? Status
21" wide Touchscreen monitor John Layt Bringing from UK, possibly use as large Plasma Active demo
17" standard monitor John Layt Able to bring from UK if needed
HTPC x 2 John Layt Bringing from UK
Nexus 7 with Plasma Active John Layt Bringing from UK if needed
MacBook with KDE MacPorts John Layt Bringing from UK
Windows computer jriddell ooh KDE on Windows
Improv jriddell if it arrives in time
KF 5 and Plasma 2 demos jriddell and shadeslayer needs neon 5 image

Posters

Got any posters? bring them!

What? Who? Status
KDE jriddell poster stand arrived
Kubuntu jriddell poster stand arrived
KDE España

Friday Drinks

FOSDEM will hold the usual beer event at Delirium again on the Friday evening from 18:00. See you there, please try to wear something KDE to raise our visibility.

Saturday Meal

Jonathan has booked a pizza buffet at Mamma Roma (Dansaert 17 rue du Pont de la Carpe) on Saturday evening for 24 people from 20:30. Don't be late.

Post Event Review from 2013, to be considered for 2014

  • New venue from 2012 now allows posters to be stuck on glass walls
  • No ethernet in new venue, make sure all hardware has working wifi
  • Tablets popular as flashy "attract-mode" gadgets, but ExoPC's became unstable from prolonged use.
  • Flag made a good impact, was hung from string cellotaped to glass walls (masking tape too weak)
  • Mostly worked that people pitched in when about, but would have been nice to have a list of attendees who were able to be more coordinated. Asking people to commit to a whole days booth duty is too much, asking for just 1 hour may get a better response.
  • Use G+ Events to try invite and co-ordinate people
  • More announcements 2-4 weeks before via the Dot and social media and to call for volunteers
  • Perhaps enable use of @kdecommunity twitter and G+ account by someone in attendance to post messages during event
  • Swag sold out too quickly and new products popular, discuss with Claudia around numbers and variety as to what is feasible. Needs someone coming by car or local to Brussels if we want more swag, otherwise too hard for one person.
  • Make sure have FLA and JTG forms
  • Any printing needs lead time of 2-4 weeks to keep costs down, so needs to be decided at least a month out. Any planning must start in November/December
  • Was good to have Qt booth next door, lots of mutual traffic and help
  • 2014 will be a good chance to have KDE Frameworks 5 as the focus, push their cross-desktop nature, maybe feature a couple of key apps. One suggestion is a live-drawing demo with Krita, maybe sell digital caricatures?
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