Yall, it was such a good proposal 💔☹️
I'll see if we can share it here tomorrow.
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Also, considering some of our more corporate organizers, I quote from our proposal:
✨️ [This track] is not an advertising podium for large organisations or businesses. Talks should come from lived experience in real communities. ✨️
We had an inclusive coalition of organisations willing to sponsor speakers, we were designing cool "not a techbro" stickers, and just lots of cool ideas to platform #FOSS people we generally don't see at #FOSDEM.
At a time where female representation in #opensource is at 9.8% (let alone any other intersectionalities), tech bro culture is infiltrating open source projects, and marginalized communities increasingly rely on these FOSS alternatives, we thought this track would be a no brainer.
I'm actually a bit upset about this. 🙁
@RosannaSibora , @_elena and I, and a whole coalition of open source orgs were hoping to organize a track at #FOSDEM27 about Diversity, Equality, Inclusivity and Belonging (DEIB) in #FOSS.
It got rejected.
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As I reflected on what I experienced at #FOSDEM, the idea of organizing a devroom dedicated to #diversity was born.
Together with @Gina @[email protected] we submitted the proposal to organise a #DEI devroom at #FOSDEM27. It got rejected. 😢💔
Every year we leave #FOSDEM inspired by the people we meet & the passion for #opensource. And every year we also find ourselves thi
If anyone is at the @Nextcloud Enterprise Day in Copenhagen today, come say hi! 👋
#nextcloud #nextcloudconf2026 #opensource #openproject #conference
Something is brewing in Europe... 🇪🇺
There are protests in France against the state of education, in Spain against the housing crisis, in Italy against the cost of living, in Albania against corruption and in Belgium because Belgium.
https://www.ft.com/content/d8df36c2-7e8c-4cfb-ad9e-e6e954fea4b9?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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