Incomplete list of bad things about FOSDEM:
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Incomplete list of bad things about FOSDEM:
• it has long outgrown the venue but is still held there
• it is extremely busy and noisy and bad for neurodivergent people
• devrooms are run by in-group cliques who just give slots to their best pals (from the same projects or teams as them) every year
• probably related to previous: average quality of talks is not very good
• as a participant, you have no protection of your privacy
• as a participant, you have no protection from harassment -
Incomplete list of bad things about FOSDEM:
• it has long outgrown the venue but is still held there
• it is extremely busy and noisy and bad for neurodivergent people
• devrooms are run by in-group cliques who just give slots to their best pals (from the same projects or teams as them) every year
• probably related to previous: average quality of talks is not very good
• as a participant, you have no protection of your privacy
• as a participant, you have no protection from harassmentRequire devroom organizers to do double-blind review of talk proposals, and limit each person to a maximum number of submissions for the whole of FOSDEM, and watch the average quality of talk content increase dramatically
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Require devroom organizers to do double-blind review of talk proposals, and limit each person to a maximum number of submissions for the whole of FOSDEM, and watch the average quality of talk content increase dramatically
Allow speakers to opt out of being streamed and recorded, and for the talks which *are* streamed, and ensure all cameras are carefully angled (with long lenses where needed) so that no audience members can accidentally appear in frame
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Allow speakers to opt out of being streamed and recorded, and for the talks which *are* streamed, and ensure all cameras are carefully angled (with long lenses where needed) so that no audience members can accidentally appear in frame
Appoint a fucking awareness team!!1one
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Appoint a fucking awareness team!!1one
Get some competent fire safety advice which will tell you that it is of no importance whatsoever whether all the people in each classroom fit in the available seats if, on the way out, the escape were blocked by a large (uncontrolled) number of people in the corridor, whose way is in turn blocked by tables belonging to project stands
(the result of this advice will be moving to a venue more appropriate to the number of attendees and the usage pattern of the buildings during the weekend)
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Allow speakers to opt out of being streamed and recorded, and for the talks which *are* streamed, and ensure all cameras are carefully angled (with long lenses where needed) so that no audience members can accidentally appear in frame
@dpk if talks aren't all streamed and recorded then the too-small venue becomes even more of an issue -
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