# Fosdem : Developers Room, Presence **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [November 15, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fosdem-developers-room-presence/47986 "2005-11-15T19:33:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![riboulet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@riboulet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/riboulet)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fosdem-developers-room-presence/47986/1 "2005-11-15T19:33:49Z")
hi everyone, This mail will mostly interest europeans Rubyists/Railists, but others are welcome to read it, answer and participate too šŸ™‚ In next February the Sixth Fosdem (Free and OpenSource Developersā€™ European Meeting) will be held in Brussels, Belgium. Like each year there is some special rooms for projects/communities (mozilla, drupal, kde, gnome, python, openbsd, perl, linux, ā€¦). A call for presence has been made for next year : [http://www.fosdem.org/index/press/devrooms\_call\_for\_presence\_2006](http://www.fosdem.org/index/press/devrooms_call_for_presence_2006) to allow projects and communities to book a room. Ruby and Rails are becoming more and more popular in Europe so I think it could be great to have a developer room to allow lot of Rubyist to see irl and talk/work/hack/whatever. If nobody is already planning something (I didnā€™t see anything in the archives I can manage the thing receive emails and do the communication with the Fosdemā€™s guys. For a start a wiki with few pages could do the thing and allow everyone to tell when they want to come and if they want to do something. So I got few questions : - is there anyone already planning something for Ruby or/and Rails ? - who could be interested in : doing talks, just coming to hack, etc ā€¦ ? - who plans to go to the fosdem ? As explained in the Fosdem Call for Presence we could book a room to allow us to have a rendez vous point, a place to idle, talk, hack, etc ā€¦ but for that we need to have decided if : - we want a room - we want a room for half a day, a whole day, the two days ? - how many we are going to be So ? What do you think ? Any help, and remarks are welcomed. ā€“ Thom/ange French F/OSS developer/administrator [http://ange.librium.org](http://ange.librium.org) ---
**Author:** ![riboulet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@riboulet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/riboulet)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fosdem-developers-room-presence/47986/2 "2005-12-03T15:59:28Z")
On 15 Nov 2005, at 18:33, Thomas R. wrote: > - who plans to go to the fosdem ? Iā€™m thinking about it. If I still have a job then and have the money (no, really), Iā€™ll almost certainly be going along. > As explained in the Fosdem Call for Presence we could book a room to > allow us to have a rendez vous point, a place to idle, talk, hack, etc > ā€¦ but for that we need to have decided if : > > - we want a room > - we want a room for half a day, a whole day, the two days ? > - how many we are going to be Iā€™ve not been to FOSDEM before, but the idea of having rooms for particular groups feels a little cliquey. Do we get a room across the corridor from the Java guys and next door to the Python guys? Do we have running battles in the corridors? What if I want to hang out with both the Java guys and the Ruby guys, do I get to be an outcast, ousted by both? OK, Iā€™m being facetious, but it just feels a little against the spirit of inclusionā€¦ still, if there is a Ruby/RoR room, Iā€™m sure Iā€™ll drop by and get stuck into whatever is going on in there. šŸ™‚ See you there! (If I still have a jobā€¦) ā€“ Paul R. - [http://iconoplex.com](http://iconoplex.com) ā€œCogito, ergo sum.ā€ ā€“ Descartes ---
**Author:** ![riboulet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@riboulet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/riboulet)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fosdem-developers-room-presence/47986/3 "2005-12-03T15:59:29Z")
On 11/16/05, Paul R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On 15 Nov 2005, at 18:33, Thomas R. wrote: > > > - who plans to go to the fosdem ? > > Iā€™m thinking about it. If I still have a job then and have the money > (no, really), Iā€™ll almost certainly be going along. ok, great. ā€“snipā€“ > Iā€™ve not been to FOSDEM before, but the idea of having rooms for > particular groups feels a little cliquey. Do we get a room across the > corridor from the Java guys and next door to the Python guys? Do we > have running battles in the corridors? What if I want to hang out > with both the Java guys and the Ruby guys, do I get to be an outcast, > ousted by both? OK, Iā€™m being facetious, but it just feels a little > against the spirit of inclusionā€¦ still, if there is a Ruby/RoR > room, Iā€™m sure Iā€™ll drop by and get stuck into whatever is going on > in there. šŸ™‚ you can hang out where ever you want and with who you want. There is lot of place to stay and hang out there. The main idea behind the Developersā€™ Room is simply to give projects and communities a rendez vous point and a ā€˜ā€˜calmā€™ā€™ place to work/hack. Generally there is a black/white board where you can work with others, plenty of tables and power sockets, etc ā€¦ I really like Fosdem because I think itā€™s a nice place to meet irl other people, hang out a bit , work, get things moving, learning about projects, etc ā€¦ > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) ā€“ Thom/ange [http://ange.librium.org](http://ange.librium.org) ---
**Author:** ![riboulet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@riboulet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/riboulet)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fosdem-developers-room-presence/47986/4 "2005-12-03T15:59:29Z")
On 16 Nov 2005, at 11:06, Thomas R. wrote: > you can hang out where ever you want and with who you want. There is > lot of place to stay and hang out there. Yeah, I was looking at hotels - the Novotel is one I think Iā€™ve stayed in before and does an excellent breakfast, IIRCā€¦ šŸ™‚ Generally it sounds like a pretty chilled out event. Sounds fun. Iā€™ll pack a water pistol just in case thoughā€¦ > The main idea behind the Developersā€™ Room is simply to give projects > and communities a rendez vous point and a ā€˜ā€˜calmā€™ā€™ place to work/hack. > Generally there is a black/white board where you can work with others, > plenty of tables and power sockets, etc ā€¦ > > I really like Fosdem because I think itā€™s a nice place to meet irl > other people, hang out a bit , work, get things moving, learning about > projects, etc ā€¦ Yeah, that sounds cool. If others are going, I say we try and get ourselves a working room and we hack around a bit. If itā€™s just ā€˜me and theeā€™, then Iā€™m sure the bar will be able to hold our laptops. I will try and get things booked in a couple of weeks, thereby committing myself to going. šŸ˜‰ ā€“ Paul R. - [http://iconoplex.com](http://iconoplex.com) ā€œCogito, ergo sum.ā€ ā€“ Descartes ---
**Author:** ![riboulet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@riboulet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/riboulet)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fosdem-developers-room-presence/47986/5 "2005-12-03T15:59:30Z")
To make it easier Iā€™ve setted up a wiki : [http://fosdem.librium.org](http://fosdem.librium.org) On 11/16/05, Paul R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > ourselves a working room and we hack around a bit. If itā€™s just 'me > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) ā€“ Thom/ange [http://ange.librium.org](http://ange.librium.org)