Continuing the discussion from Keeping OFFDEM along FOSDEM dates or Moving:
Soooo Great to have you’ll responding about moving OFFDEM to more propitious moment.
This is even more confirmed by the Apparition of an Open Source Village at FOSDEM that is charging 121 euro as an entrance fee, I mean we cannot compete with our unpaid labor while feeding and hosting people decently.
OFFDEM 2026 needs to build up from past years work, while petites singularités can continue support material organisation (Finding the location, bringing people in that can ensure we are fed and share their skills and creative practice) We absolutely need you to prepare and organise the meaningfull part, resume content from a year of work, share resources, propose further commitments …
Decision is taken we will move OFFDEM in the spring, as petites singularités is heavily busy until end of may, and since we still need support in the organisation if it happens in Bruxelles than we propose to organise OFFDEM at the end of June, but we need to confirm your interest and know if you feel like contributing to make it happen.
- Je suis intéressé d’organiser OFFDEM à Bruxelles les 20-21 Juin 2026
- Je suis intéressé d’organiser OFFDEM à Bruxelles les 27-28 Juin 2026
But there is another possibility… Organise OFFDEM elsewhere sometime during the summer. Maybe at a venue near you where you know we would be in good working conditions. Petites singularités would be equally keen to support you in this endeavour there is already a documentation about how to prepare for this purpose here: How to organize an OFFDEM event?
All propositions are welcome, and in that case it would be great to hear from you in response to this post.