FOSDEM 2013 - workshops

Hello.

I just noticed the "call for papers" for FOSDEM 2013, and wondered whether
it was possible to propose "workshops". By workshop, I'm thinking about
gathering a few people (< 20, most likely ~10) to explore a topic hands on,
for an hour or two.

I'm willing to host a small workshop about foreign data wrappers. The goal
would be to build a small in-db application (collection of foreign tables and
function) to give a glimpse of what is possible with this feature.

Do you think anyone would be interested in attending such a workshop ? Or in
hosting one ?

Regards,

--
Ronan Dunklau

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Ronan Dunklau <rdunklau(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
>
>
>
> I just noticed the "call for papers" for FOSDEM 2013, and wondered whether
>
> it was possible to propose "workshops". By workshop, I'm thinking about
>
> gathering a few people (< 20, most likely ~10) to explore a topic hands on,
> for an hour or two.
>
> I'm willing to host a small workshop about foreign data wrappers. The goal
> would be to build a small in-db application (collection of foreign tables
> and function) to give a glimpse of what is possible with this feature.

You can definitely propose it. However, there is one problem - we only
have access to one room, so we can't set aside too much time. And
there is nowhere to expand to. Setting off 2 hours amounts to more
than 25% of the total availability we have in the devroom... And it
would be limiting this time to 10-20 people, instead of the usual >100
we have during these sessions...

> Do you think anyone would be interested in attending such a workshop ? Or in
> hosting one ?

Probably, but the question is how many :)

--
Magnus Hagander
Me: http://www.hagander.net/
Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/

Thank you for you response.
2012/11/18 Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>

> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Ronan Dunklau <rdunklau(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > Hello.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I just noticed the "call for papers" for FOSDEM 2013, and wondered
> whether
> >
> > it was possible to propose "workshops". By workshop, I'm thinking about
> >
> > gathering a few people (< 20, most likely ~10) to explore a topic hands
> on,
> > for an hour or two.
> >
> > I'm willing to host a small workshop about foreign data wrappers. The
> goal
> > would be to build a small in-db application (collection of foreign tables
> > and function) to give a glimpse of what is possible with this feature.
>
> You can definitely propose it. However, there is one problem - we only
> have access to one room, so we can't set aside too much time. And
> there is nowhere to expand to. Setting off 2 hours amounts to more
> than 25% of the total availability we have in the devroom... And it
> would be limiting this time to 10-20 people, instead of the usual >100
> we have during these sessions...
>

I'm sorry if it sounded like I wanted to "hijack" the devroom, since it is
definitely not the case.
I was hoping for the possibility to get another room, given the size of the
ULB. Maybe this can be considered for next year ?

--
Ronan Dunklau

> Do you think anyone would be interested in attending such a workshop ? Or
in
> hosting one ?

Probably, but the question is how many :)
>

>
>
> --
> Magnus Hagander
> Me: http://www.hagander.net/
> Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/
>

On Tuesday, November 20, 2012, Ronan Dunklau wrote:

> Thank you for you response.
> 2012/11/18 Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net <javascript:_e({},
> 'cvml', 'magnus(at)hagander(dot)net');>>
>
>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Ronan Dunklau <rdunklau(at)gmail(dot)com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'rdunklau(at)gmail(dot)com');>>
>> wrote:
>> > Hello.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I just noticed the "call for papers" for FOSDEM 2013, and wondered
>> whether
>> >
>> > it was possible to propose "workshops". By workshop, I'm thinking about
>> >
>> > gathering a few people (< 20, most likely ~10) to explore a topic hands
>> on,
>> > for an hour or two.
>> >
>> > I'm willing to host a small workshop about foreign data wrappers. The
>> goal
>> > would be to build a small in-db application (collection of foreign
>> tables
>> > and function) to give a glimpse of what is possible with this feature.
>>
>> You can definitely propose it. However, there is one problem - we only
>> have access to one room, so we can't set aside too much time. And
>> there is nowhere to expand to. Setting off 2 hours amounts to more
>> than 25% of the total availability we have in the devroom... And it
>> would be limiting this time to 10-20 people, instead of the usual >100
>> we have during these sessions...
>>
>
> I'm sorry if it sounded like I wanted to "hijack" the devroom, since it is
> definitely not the case.
>

Not at all. I think it's a good idea. The problem is just that we don't
really have the resources.

> I was hoping for the possibility to get another room, given the size of
> the ULB. Maybe this can be considered for next year ?
>

I'm pretty sure the FOSDEM people have already got all the rooms that ULB
will let them have. There are a lot of other projects who would be
interested in more space as well, and it hasn't happened... We should
probably just be happy for what we can get.

//Magnus

--
Magnus Hagander
Me: http://www.hagander.net/
Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/