Wiki source code of Proposal
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1 | ==Power, today, comes from sharing information, not withholding it. (Keith Ferrazzi)== | ||
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3 | Inspired by this, the XWiki community along with several other Open Source projects would like to organize a developer room to explore the theme of "Collaboration Software and Collaborative Uses of Open Source Software”, at FOSDEM 2020. | ||
4 | Considering last year's devroom success https://archive.fosdem.org/2019/schedule/track/collaborative_information_and_content_management_applications/, with most talks having the room fully packed and never less than half full, we estimate that the session will be well attended and appreciated. | ||
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6 | ===This room is backed up by the following projects (in alphabetical order):=== | ||
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8 | * Cryptpad - represented by Ludovic Dubost | ||
9 | * Nextcloud - represented by Jos Poortvliet | ||
10 | * Tiki - represented by Jean-Marc Libs | ||
11 | * XWiki - represented by Clément Aubin | ||
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13 | ===Why does it fit FOSDEM?=== | ||
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15 | * Free Software contributors are given an opportunity to understand and participate to collaborative software projects | ||
16 | * The challenges can be explained to a very technical audience able to provide suggestions and ideas | ||
17 | * Projects sharing common goals would get an opportunity to meet and start collaborating | ||
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20 | ==Talks and presentations== | ||
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22 | Talks performed in this room could deal with the specifics of a project in term of ecosystem (plug-ins, extensions, connectors, …), in term of distribution (i.e.: how the application is distributed to be used by most people) or explain how the project responds to use cases related to the theme of the room. Here is a list of potential subjects that could be used: | ||
23 | * New projects presentation | ||
24 | * Self-hosted platforms | ||
25 | * Secure collaboration | ||
26 | * Collaborative applications | ||
27 | * Connectors & Integrations | ||
28 | * Knowledge management techniques | ||
29 | * Protocols for collaboration | ||
30 | * … | ||
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32 | ==CFP process== | ||
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34 | If this developer room proposal gets accepted, we will be using the following process for our call for participation: | ||
35 | * //**Before October 5th**:// A page will be created on www.xwiki.org allowing anyone to register to the developer room; | ||
36 | * //**December 9th, 23.59 UTC**:// End of the call for participation, to leave 5 days to review the calls for participation and prepare the schedule of the room; | ||
37 | * //**December 10th to December 15th**:// Projects backing up the developer room get to agree on a schedule; | ||
38 | * //**December 15th (or before, if time allows)**:// the full schedule of the room is published. | ||
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41 | ==Special requirements:== | ||
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43 | Last year devroom (UD2.119) fitted the crowd quite nicely but we had to refuse people because the room was full on multiple occasions. A bigger room would resolve that problem. Even more, due to a high volume of submissions and limited time, we had to turn down talks & presentations. This could be easily solved with more time reserved. | ||
44 | Our preference is for 6 hours or a full day, on Saturday. | ||
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46 | Please do not hesitate to get back to us if you need more information regarding our application. |