Hi all!
Thanks again for everyone attending OsmoDevCon, particularly to everyone
who contributed to the event by a presentation or discussion.
It is always a huge pleasure to meet all of you once per year at
OsmoDevCon, and I hope we can continue that tradition for a long time to
come.
In terms of improvements for the next event:
1) "Framework Schedule"
I think we should move towards a more defined "framework schedule".
What was a bit sad this time was for example that we had quite a number
of topics (like the talks on the Globalstar signal decode including the
details on its PHY, or the OsmocomBB SDR PHY, which would have been
great to have Tom Tsou's feedback on - but where he didn't attend.
This is of course not particularly about Tom, but the fundamental
"problem" is that we are covering a wide range of topics from
electronics to SDR to physical layers all the way up to the core
network, and that not even limited to one particular system/technology.
And even while everyone might be interested in all of that (I am!), not
everyone is able to follow the discussions in depth, or simply have the
time to attend all of that.
So in the future, I think we should all make a better effort to submit
talks/topics in advance, and schedule them either completely (like a
regular conference with a pre-defined schedule), or at least schedule
them on days. So that we will have e.g. a "SDR + PHY + Satellite day"
or something like that, where then all related topics are, and people
with specific focus area can attend that. Equally, a "GSM/UMTS RAN+CN
day" and a "Miscellaneous day" or the like.
What do you think of the above proposal?
2) "Make use of multiple rooms"
Right now we're not really using the second "front room" for anything
but storing luggage. The idea would be to leave the large table in
there and have it as a "hackcenter" where people can simply work on
their projects (and talk about it) even while talks are going on next
door. This way we can also fit some more chairs into the main room (due
to less table space.
We could of course also search for another venue, which is larger and
has more rooms which allows for some growth, but then as indicated we
don't really have that many more applications of people to attend
OsmoDevCon so far.
What are your thoughts on this?
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- Harald Welte <laforge(a)gnumonks.org> http://laforge.gnumonks.org/
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Dear OsmoDevCon attendees,
it is urgent that you inform Heike (hsiedler(a)sysmocom.de) whether or not
you will be attending OsmoCon on April 21st in addition to OsmoDevCon
from 22nd through 24th.
We need to know the exact head-count on Monday April 10th in order to
give definitive confirmation to the catering for the event venue as well
as for the social event.
So if you have *not* bought a ticket for OsmoCon at the webshop, but
still will be attending OsmoCon on the 21st, please ASAP send an e-mail
to hsiedler(a)sysmocom.de so we can account for you accordingly.
Thanks for your support in resolving this!
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Hi!
As you may have noted, we have received a travel grant from an
anonymous donor. The amount is actaully quite sizeable, and it may only
be used for travel expenses related to Osmo{Dev}Con. Any money we don't
use from the travel grant cannot be used for other purposes, and
currently we're only at 50% of the funds used.
So I would like to encourage those of you who do not have an employer
paying the travel expenses (and who would have to pay out of their own
personal pocket, most likely from a job unrelated to Osmocom) to apply
for having your travel costs refunded within the grant. This includes
flight tickets, train tickets, bus tickets, hotel invoices, etc.
The procedure on how to apply for it is described at
http://osmocom.org/projects/osmo-dev-con/wiki/OsmoCon2017_TravelGrants
Regards,
Harald
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Dear all,
I created this list for the attendees of our invitation-only OsmoDevCon
2017. Looking forward to seeing you at OsmoDev soon.
1) T-Shirt size required
As we will be making t-shirts this year (thanks to Kevin for the
design!), please send your preferred t-shirt size ASAP to
Heike Siedler <hsiedler(a)sysmocom.de>
2) OsmoCon
As you know, we have spun off the Osmocom (User) conference OsmoCon on
April 21st. Registration/Attendance of the two events is separate, as
not every developer wants to be bored with entry-level user talks :P
All of our community participants at OsmoDevCon are invited to OsmoCon free of
charge, but as the event costs quite some money (mostly food + rent), we of
course appreciate if anyone decided to buy a ticket (like Sylvain and Kevin).
So those of you who want to attend OsmoCon on the 21st but who *did not* buy a
ticket in the sysmocom webshop, please let Heike know as soon as possible so we
can plan accordingly.
Thanks!
Regards,
Harald
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