Events/FOSDEM/2014

FOSDEM (Brussels, Belgium) is probably the best community driven FOSS event in Europe. It's massive, chaotic and fun.

2014
1-2 February: https://fosdem.org/2014/

We have one main track session: The Wikipedia Stack, by Erik Moeller.

Wikis devroom
Join the Wikis devroom on Saturday 1st. See the schedule.

Coordination: Quim Gil (MediaWiki), Vincent Massol (XWiki) and Jean-Marc Libs (Tiki) coordinate the devroom.

Wikimedia stand
See the complete list of stands.

Team: Dimitar Dimitrov (coordinator, Wikimedia Belgium), Quim Gil (Wikimedia Foundation). Stevie Benton (Wikimedia UK), Lydia Pintscher (Wikimedia Deutschland).

Keep in mind for next time:

* We had somebody ask about accepting donations at the stand (henna)

* People asking to buy things (henna)


 * Also need more goodies; other projects fundraiser a bit that way and have lots. We should have a selection on shirts and mugs for sale (both very popular)

Stand design
What do we get from the organizers? Are they setting any requirements?

dimi

Do we need to print anything?

WMBE had prepared to have one, but we can't do it, because we're not affiliated yet. dimi

Merchandising
(We need an address to send the materials) : Asked WMDE and WMUK for goodies. Waiting for response.
 * Who will bring what? (MediaWiki and Wikidata information material, WMBE/WMUK/WMDE goodies)
 * Wikimedia Foundation brings...





Activities

 * Cool events/activities to attract our stand and make it memorable?
 * Anything to demo? PC / laptop?

What else?

Shifts
We need at least 2 volunteers in each slot. We also need volunteers for mounting / unmounting.

Times to be confirmed. Friday build up, Saturday 9:00-19:00 and Sunday 9:00-17:00.

Friday Saturday

Which are the opening / closing times?


 * 9-11: mounting Dimi, Ward
 * 11-13:
 * 13-15:
 * 15-17: + Lionel Scheepmans (talk)
 * 17-19:

Sunday

Which are the opening / closing times?


 * 9-11:
 * 11-13:
 * 13-15:
 * 15-17:
 * 17-19 (includes unmounting, the more the merrier): ,

Participants
Link to your user profile and explain your main tasks / motivations.


 * , co-organizing the Wikis devroom.
 * , giving a talk and attending.
 * , going to listen and learn.
 * , lurking.
 * , giving a talk and attending.
 * Dimi, Wikimedian based in Brussels (lobbying for a copyright reform)
 * Seb35, interested in MediaWiki and free softwares (yes! :-)
 * Jean-Fred (talk) − saw the light on, thought I would come :)
 * Henna (talk) I can help with the stand but don't have times yet
 * Lionel Scheepmans (talk) : Interested to share knowledge and hep for every thing needed.
 * --Aktron (talk) 18:14, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Ori Livneh
 * Faidon Lamboitis
 * Daniel Zahn
 * Alexandros Kosaris
 * Roan Kattouw
 * Erik Moeller
 * Andrew Garrett
 * Antoine Musso finally not attending.
 * Harsh Kothari - Giving talks and attending
 * Guido Iaquinti
 * Geertivp (talk)