Dear fellow Osmocom developers,

as you all know, we've sadly had to postpone OsmoDevCon 2020 back in April this year. At the time, we discussed to re-visit the situation in October 2020.

While legally it is no problem at all to host an event with ~ 20 participants in Berlin/Germany (specific regulations really only start from 50+ participants) - I'm not entirely convinced it would be the smartest move.

Legality and public health regulations are only one part of the equation - common sense and profound care for the key members of our community for sure are more relevant considerations to me.

I'm not 100% in favour and not 100% against. Hence, I would like to get your input. Should we

a) try to get an event organized on-site in Berlin? We'd have to move to a larger venue than IN-Berlin with proper ventilation and sufficient space so we can keep physical distance, but I think that's manageable for sysmocom as organizer.

b) simply postpone to 2021? I'm convinced the situation will not change significantly (in a positive way) until late April 2021, so it's not really a "solution" as it will likely mean we have to think of late 2021 or 2022.

c) plan some kind of online conference? To be honest, I think this model works fine for events where a single speaker wants to give lectures to hundreds or thousands of participants. But OsmoDevCon is much more interactive. We could record or live-stream some talks or screencasts from home, sure. But that only captures one part of the event. We could also try to set a date for a collaborative mumble, or the like - for the "hallway track".

What are your thoughts? Let's avoid cross-posting the discussion to all of the mailing lists and simply have it on openbsc@lists.osmocom.org.

Regards, Harald