Re: Thank you for participating in the Guix Day!

[zimoun]

Hi Arun,

Thank you for your kind words.


On Tue, 24 Nov 2020 at 21:13, Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net> wrote:

> I'm happy it was an online event and I could participate. I live in
> India and travelling to Europe is a bank-breaking endeavour that is
> normally out of the question. I think even future offline Guix Days,
> after the pandemic, should have an online component so that a wide
> audience can participate easily. It's not the same as an actual offline
> presence, but it's better than nothing at all.

For the previous pre-FOSDEM Guix Days 2020 back in Feb., we discussed to
stream part of the event.  On one hand, for the exact same reasons you
explain; on the other hand, streaming could reduce the interactivity or
mitigate the impulse for the attendees to take the floor.  At the end,
technical details spoke by themselves.

I do not know when (or if) physical events such as pre-FOSDEM Guix Days
will happen in the near future.  For sure, the historical place in
Brussels where these pre-FOSDEM Guix Days are organized does not have a
network able to support streaming.

Since this historical place would not change* “soon”, first because we
like it (I speak for myself) and second because it is accommodating,
ideas to deal with poor network are welcome. :-)

Personally, I am lacking imagination for that but I am sure that Guixers
around will find a neat hack to fix it. :-)


All the best,
simon


*change: I have never been part of the organizing team, but that’s my
 feelings.