Visiting FOSDEM '24 (February 3/4, Brussels)?

[wbk]

Hi all,

Will you be visiting FOSDEM this year?

I expect to be there Saturday and Sunday, perhaps arriving on Friday. It would be nice to meet somewhere and enjoy some beverage!

[hook]

Perhaps best to just choose a time (and place, if already possible) and open a poll, so people can (anonymously) say if they will go there. Then you can use those numbers for a reservation.

[tommi]

I’ll be there! It would be awesome if we could meet!

[wbk]

@hook

choose a time (and place, if already possible) and open a poll

That’s a good idea!

I’m not familiar enough in Brussels to suggest a location outside of FOSDEM, while the venue itself is crowded enough to make it not reliable to meet in a specific room or restaurant (with especially the restaurants in the F-building spread over multiple floors, bars and rooms adding confusion).

@tommi

It would be awesome if we could meet!

Is it maybe handy to use one of the Yunohost-Matrix rooms? Preferably not a high volume support chat, or else the meeting requests will get drowned. That is, I’d swear I’d joined a support room, but I don’t see it in the ‘Rooms and spaces’ under Yunohost :

Any suggestions?

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@wbk

Is it maybe handy to use one of the Yunohost-Matrix rooms? Preferably not a high volume support chat, or else the meeting requests will get drowned. That is, I’d swear I’d joined a support room, but I don’t see it in the ‘Rooms and spaces’ under Yunohost :

That would be cool, yes.

Perhaps we should create a MUC/room for chit-chat and use that.

That said, I currently see an error saying “Server-to-server connection failed: Connecting failed: closed” for all off MUC on <conference.yunohost.org> XMPP server (works now)

@wbk

I’m not familiar enough in Brussels to suggest a location outside of FOSDEM, while the venue itself is crowded enough to make it not reliable to meet in a specific room or restaurant (with especially the restaurants in the F-building spread over multiple floors, bars and rooms adding confusion).

There’s a (not too well known) brasserie near-by with student-friendly prices. I can look it up on the map, if I can find it again.

[hook]

Found that brasserie, it’s fancied up a bit since my last meal there, it seems (but nothing drastic price-wise):

Menu 2024 - Le Pickwick - La Brasserie in Ixelles | TheFork

There’s also a lot of pubs, bakeries and restaurants around this place:

OpenStreetMap

[wbk]

@hook

Found that brasserie,

Ah, I know that one!

I think they could double their surface just by the flood of FOSDEM visitors coming there each year (it used to be one room, now they use a larger room next-door as well).

You are right, the area is full of small restaurants.

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@wbk

I think they could double their surface just by the flood of FOSDEM visitors coming there each year (it used to be one room, now they use a larger room next-door as well).

I’ve eaten there about a decade ago, so it might not be as unknown as back then

After that I’ve always been dragged into the Le Pain Quotidien for a meeting breakfast with that group of people.

[hook]

@wbk

Is it maybe handy to use one of the Yunohost-Matrix rooms? Preferably not a high volume support chat, or else the meeting requests will get drowned. That is, I’d swear I’d joined a support room, but I don’t see it in the ‘Rooms and spaces’ under Yunohost :

I asked for one to be made. Not sure if that’s the best place for it:

Create a “chit chat” MUC room at conference.yunohost.org and/or on Matrix

It would be cool if there was an official MUC / group chat room for non-support and no-dev discussions – just (semi-)relevant chit chat. Ideally such a room would also be bridged at least between Matrix and XMPP. (I know bridging Matrix to Libera.chat IRC is currently undesired) E.g. a potential use for that was found in this thread when discussing FOSDEM presence and meeting:

[tommi]

Hi! I am so sorry, I lost track of this thread. Feel free to ping me #tommi:fsfe.org on Matrix! From there, we can plan something directly.

I am sorry I probably won’t be able to attend meetings during daytime because I will be working with FSFE… but I don’t know my timetable yet, so let’s see!

[hook]

Perhaps we could catch up here?

my contacts are on my website

Bytenight

[wbk]

Meeting at Bytenight seems a good idea! Enough chances still to miss each other there, or not hear what we are saying, but we’d have some kind of focus

[tommi]

I will be by FSFE booth Saturday and Sunday morning, before the start of the conferences. Come and look for Tommi!

We can decide what to do by chatting together.

Best,
T

[wbk]

I’m travelling to Brussels by car. Throughout Belgium roads are blocked by farmers and their tractors, seemingly from all over Europe.

My intention was to arrive Friday, but as it is I’m deliberating whether to leave Saturday early in the morning or at all. I’m keeping an eye on the news.

I’ll be sure to say hi and ask for Tommi in case I’m there! If not, sure next year or another opportunity