Summary of KDE 4.2 Release Party in Zurich

[Leo Franchi]

On 29 Jan 2009, at 17:35, Mark Kretschmann wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> so Myriam and I just returned from the KDE 4.2 Release Party in
> Zurich, and I would like to fill you in on the latest news from there.
> Here goes:
>
>
> *
> Event started with Aaron giving a great talk about KDE 4.2 in the
> Auditorium Maximum of the renowned ETH Zurich. The talk was very well
> received and successful.
>
> *
> Afterward we had beers and conversations in the university hall. I did
> meet several Amarok fans who congratulated us on our project. Some of
> them were very enthusiastic. I think all of you can be proud of your
> work; it is being appreciated by people all around the world!

It's always good to hear we have people who like our software :)

>
>
> *
> At this event I had the pleasure to meet Shane Coughlan from the FSFE
> (official title "Freedom Task Force Coordinator" [1]). Shane is
> involved in the Software Conservancy and expressed his great interest
> in helping us with getting things done with the organization. Shane
> was extremely friendly and appeared to really want to help us in any
> possible ways to "get things going". In particular he explained that
> there are ways to solve the issues with getting financial advances for
> planned travels that had been a concern for us.
>
> Shane offered solutions to get around this and other problems. He
> explained that he is "very well connected" with lawyers around the
> world, which could be an important asset to us. As I am not an expert
> in financial and business matters, I did invite him to subscribe to
> this mailing list and participate directly in the discussions around
> the Conservancy. I hope this is in your interest too.

I would ask that once the board is created, Shane get in touch  
directly with them. It would be great to get a dialogue going with  
Shane from the FSFE and the SFC lawyers as well. A pro-active approach  
i think will work quite well :)

>
> * Further on we went to a dinner with Aaron Seigo, Alexandra Leisse
> from Nokia, the president of the FSFE, and others. We did have food
> and good conversations about social and technical issues surrounding
> KDE, Amarok, and Free Software in general. I'm asking the treasurer of
> Amarok for reimbursement of the costs of this dinner, as I consider it
> a business dinner and important for the project (this cost is
> moderate).

Can i ask if you're asking for reimbursement for yourself or for the  
whole dinner? just curious.

> * Last not least we went clubbing with Aaron, Alexandra, and the gang.
> Well I guess you can imagine that we had a lot of fun with dancing and
> the usual amaRoking ;)


was their karaoke involved? i hope so, for aaron's sake :)

leo
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Leo Franchi				(650) 704 3680
Tufts University 2010

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leonardo.franchi at tufts.edu

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