FOSDEM

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Hi,

Many thanks to Lars for the organization efforts and to all the presentors for 
their talks.

I found the FOSDEM staff most helpful for the rooms and projectors, but will 
add to my list of things to bring one or 
two extension power cords (either to charge up laptops or to allow those who 
need to finish their talk preparations 
discreetly in the back of the room).

The food and drinks were pretty well organized for what appears to be an ever 
growing annual event. They estimated 
over 5000 persons came to FOSDEM this year.

I had brought some power adapters but no one asked. We did need a mini DVI to 
VGA adapter for Macs though and had to 
transfer presentations to another machine instead (glad I brought my USB key).

I found the housekeeping at the Argus Hotel this year not up to par. One person 
wanted to change their room because 
they had been woken up by rowdy partymakers on Friday night. I was luckier.

There is another hotel (I was there last year) named NH about 3 minutes walk 
from the Argus, which was 10 EUR more 
and much more comfortable. Maybe we can try to negotiate better terms and free 
wifi for GNUstep developers with them 
next year?

I was happy to shuttle various persons to and from FOSDEM as I had come by car. 
The taxi services were a bit 
overwhelmed on Saturday evening.

I missed the Etoilé folks and hope they can make it next year. Thanks to David 
Chisnall for his remote video 
presentation. We definitely need some extra speakers for future remote video 
presentations though.

Sebastian's idea of a presenter to introduce the speaker is a good suggestion.

Overall, I felt it was a good event. I look forward to meeting again next year.

Thanks,

Gerold