freenode #live conference in Bristol: speakers, booth?

[Christian Loosli]

Hi Adriaan, 

thank you very much for the offer,

> Have we got people on the ground nearby? That's always easier than shuffling
> people around the continent.
> 
> [ade] (who hasn't got anything scheduled in November, yet :) )

we have got David Edmundson, he was there last year, not sure if he would like 
to come again, even if there is another round of decent dinner, funny guests 
and juggling possibilities ;)

But yes, d_ed is close-ish, I think. 

Kind regards, 

Christian

Am Donnerstag, 30. August 2018, 15:16:36 CEST schrieb Adriaan de Groot:
> On Monday, 27 August 2018 13:10:52 CEST Christian Loosli wrote:
> > this year the second freenode #live conference will take place in Bristol
> > 3rd and 4rd of November, 2018. For details: https://freenode.live/
> 
> Huh, if I catch the train right now I could be in Bristol before midnight
> (my measure of "not *that* far away").
> 
> > We (freenode) are still looking for speakers and we also have room for
> > exhibitors. Knowing that KDE in the past did exhibit at other conferences
> > like FOSDEM and also last year at #live: would it make sense to again have
> > a KDE stand there, with some promo  / stuff to show?
> 
> I think so -- we were at EduCode this week, also an end-users-meet-upstream
> kind of event, which was useful in its own way.
> 
> > I think this is not only a great opportunity to present KDE software end
> > projects, but also to maintain the very good relationship between KDE and
> > freenode, as we (KDE) not only use freenode infrastructure, but also got a
> > sponsor and recent donations from the surroundings of freenodians. As I
> > will be busy wearing my freenode hat at #live, I'm afraid I can't do the
> > KDE part.
>