goatchurchprime
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2 years ago We can make up the timetable on the day depending on who is there, and have a show of hands if there is a clash or too many.
I'll do:
- Problems and solutions with the internal NC code format when making easy post-processors (10 minutes)
@trilbytim can do:
- Losing the inheritance tree and making multiple areas from one sketch drawing (like OnShape), with reference to real examples of a kitchen rudder and a hang-glider airframe. (30 minutes)
chennes
yorikvanhavre
ickby
timmwille
papamat
KeithSloan
Purpose: Organise a FreeCAD event day, as a side event to FOSDEM 2023
FOSDEM is a well-known FOSS developers meeting, held once a year in Brussels, Belgium. It attracts developers from the whole world for a week-end in Brussels. The even is packed with talks, workshops, and is a great place to meet other developers. Many projects use FOSDEM as an opportunity for their developers to meet physically.
The whole FOSDEM is also free to attend and open to anybody, no booking required. It usually brings a lot of people from around Brussels.
FreeCAD develpers Yorik, Sliptonic, KKremitzki, vejmarie already met at FOSDEM 2019, it was a great experience and led to many new ideas. We would like to do it again and interest more FreeCAD developers and community members to join.
FOSDEM itself happens on 4th and 5th february 2023. We propose to make the FreeCAD event on friday february 3rd, 2023, so folks can participate to the FreeCAD day and still enjoy the rest of FOSDEM.
Before the FreeCAD day
For who has already arrived in Brussels, we could meet on thursday night in a cool place with food and drink to meet up, share some stories. It could be just a food bar or a fuller belgian experience such as a typical restaurant. It will be at t'Kelderke from 19h
FreeCAD day
We will look for suitable locations, one good location would be the Brussels hackerspace, but I (Yorik) am not sure it will be available as it uses to host a Debian event during FOSDEM. Otherwise FOSDEM itself might help us to find a space.
The event could be formatted as an unconference and what happens in it be decided by the participants on the day of the event. However, since not everybody will be able to attend, it might be useful to prepare time slots that can be filled in advance too.
Anybody is free to propose an activity to fill the time slots:
Thursday February 2nd, 2023
Friday February 3rd, 2023
Saturday and Sunday February 4th and 5th, 2023
FOSDEM, no specific FreeCAD activities scheduled, but FreeCAD community members are welcome to meet/gather around
Recording Should there be talks recorded for others to see? How?
FOSDEM talks
FOSDEM itself will feature an open CAD/CAM/hardware devroom, where FreeCAD-related talks can be proposed (the proposal period is between november 5th and december 15th). We also encourage FreeCAD community members to propose FreeCAD-related talks there.
FOSDEM booth
Finally, FOSDEM offers to have a boot/stand in the main lobby. If there is enough interest and volunteers to maintain it. We could also print some t-shirts and stickers to sell and give there.
Tasks to be done (add yours and add your name if you wish to help with any)
Print pencils?cancelled3D-print key hangers?cancelled