[FOSDEM] More FOSDEM feedback

Benjamin Henrion bh at udev.org
Tue Feb 5 18:47:23 CET 2013


On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Jeremy White <jwhite at codeweavers.com> wrote:
> First time FOSDEM attendee, developer room manager.
>
> Two suggestions:  I would encourage a voluntary name tag system.  I saw
> some people doing that, and I really craved broader usage.  It's really
> nice to be able to quickly scan some ones name and project information
> and perhaps make a connection you wouldn't otherwise make.  I think
> trying to centralize registration and hand out name tags like at other
> conferences would be a huge PITA.  But I would have been cheerful to
> hand make a name tag ahead of time.  Perhaps I missed the encouragement
> to do so, but I would suggest encouraging that explicitly under the
> 'registration' section.

I proposed to take care of it at previous FOSDEM editions, but
organisers refused.

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