From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Orgmode meetup at FOSDEM, February 2011. Who would come? Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 10:38:06 +0200 Message-ID: <3520F0A8-0426-45F0-BC46-1F21033D29A2@gmail.com> References: <20100929133258.759fa2a8@hsdev.com> <22565908-CE05-4361-8DB1-7923EF55102A@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57090 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P2gZh-0007V1-34 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Oct 2010 04:39:24 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P2gYl-0002gG-K8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Oct 2010 04:38:12 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41]:49005) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P2gYl-0002gB-8G for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Oct 2010 04:38:11 -0400 Received: by ewy19 with SMTP id 19so2176253ewy.0 for ; Mon, 04 Oct 2010 01:38:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Richard Moreland Cc: emacs-orgmode Hi Richard, tanks for starting this, it looks pretty good. Still we need someone who says "I will organize this". Who will do that? Most importantly, we need to know if any money is involved, including registration fees. - Carsten On Sep 29, 2010, at 6:58 PM, Richard Moreland wrote: > Based off of [1], we need the following: devroom name, description, > and related URLs. For description, they suggest including the room's > topic, goals and target projects. Something like: > > Org-mode is a [some marketing words..]. > > The Org-mode devroom will include a collection of talks from its > author as well as speakers representing various other components of > Org-mode. In addition, the group will discuss the direction of > Org-mode, identify additional tools that would be useful to surround > Org-mode, as well as make a plan for widening its audience and making > it more accessible to new users. > > Some of our proposed talks include: > - Org-babel > - GTD with Org-mode > - Sceintific applications > - Sharing Org-mode data with other applications (TaskJuggler, ..?) > - Org-mode on the iPhone, Android and Nokia devices > - Managing websites with Org-mode (jekyll integration, built-in > publishing, etc) > - Power user demonstrations/tip sharing > - The future of Org-mode > > Goals: > - Expose new and existing Org-mode users to demonstrations/application > of features they might not have otherwise discovered > - Identify new applications of Org-mode, help users get started > using/customizing Org-mode for their domain > - Collect members from the Org-mode mailing list in a single place for > the first time > - Share and refine the direction of Org-mode > - Identify how contributors can help with Org-mode > development/documentation/etc. > - Plan for making Org-mode easier to get started with > > Related URLs: > - http://orgmode.org > - http://orgmode.org/worg/ > - http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/index.php > - http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-screencasts/index.php > - http://mobileorg.ncogni.to/ > - etc. > > I'm not sure what 'target projects' could mean in their suggestion for > the description. Any ideas? > > Hope this helps as a start, feel free to scrap it and start over if > someone else has a better vision. > > [1] http://fosdem.org/2011/call_for_devrooms > > -Richard > > On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Carsten Dominik > wrote: >> I do find the number of people indicating an interest to come >> encouraging. >> >> Is there anyone stepping forward to take charge of getting more >> information >> about possible costs etc? More importantly: who will write the >> proposal, or >> at least make a start? >> >> - Carsten >> >> On Sep 29, 2010, at 1:32 PM, Marcel van der Boom wrote: >> >>> On di 28-sep-2010 19:44 >>> Carsten Dominik wrote: >>> >>>> Please reply to this email if you'd consider to come to >>>> FOSDEM[1,2], >>>> February 5 and 6 next year in Brussels, in order to join an Org- >>>> mode >>>> meet-up there. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> [X] I would come and listen >>> [ ] I would come and give a talk in the devroom >>> >>> marcel >>> >>> -- >>> Marcel van der Boom -- http://hsdev.com/mvdb.vcf >>> HS-Development BV -- http://www.hsdev.com >>> So! web applications -- http://make-it-so.info >>> Cobra build -- http://cobra.mrblog.nl >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >> - Carsten