Re: [Chicken-users] address@hidden: [FOSDEM] Chicken Scheme stand declined]

[Felix]

From: Christian Kellermann <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: [Chicken-users] address@hidden: [FOSDEM] Chicken Scheme stand 
declined]
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:17:09 +0100

> * felix winkelmann <address@hidden> [101223 14:24]:
>> From: Christian Kellermann <address@hidden>
>> Subject: [Chicken-users] address@hidden: [FOSDEM] Chicken Scheme stand 
>> declined]
>> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:43:46 +0100
>> 
>> > Dear Chicken Fans,
>> > 
>> > this is the first 'bad news' since a while. Our request for a stand
>> > at FOSDEM 2011 has been declined. Nonetheless there might be a
>> > chance to get some space in a devroom or we can do something else.
>> > As you can see from the mail below I don't know why our application
>> > didn't get approval but I guess the increasing popularity of FOSDEM
>> > doesn't make life easier for the organizers...
>> > 
>> > So, which way to go?
>> > 
>> 
>> Well, space in a devroom would be cool. But if all else fails, we can
>> just hang around in a corner with our laptops. Have you figured out
>> how to apply for devroom space?
> 
> I am not sure where we would fit in. The list is on
> http://fosdem.org/2011/call_for_participation:
> 
> Accessibility, BSD, Configuration/Systems Management, Crossdesktop,
> Data Analytics, Distribution Miniconf, Embedded, Free Java, GNU,
> Jabber/XMPP, LibreOffice, Mono, Mozilla, MySQL & friends, New
> challenges in Virtualization, Open Source Telephony, Perl, PostgreSQL,
> Security / hardware crypto, World of GNUstep
> 
> And I think they mean we could try to get a talking slot there, now
> that I've read the mail for the 100th time...
> 
> So laptops in a corner it would be I guess...
> 

That's allright for me. It will be a nice opportunity to meet chicken
hackers + users, which is IMHO the most important thing.


cheers,
felix