Excited to once again be running the 'Supporting User Groups' track at #FOSSY in Portland, OR! The CFP is open and I look forward to seeing what proposals you put in for this track. #FOSSY25 #opensource https://2025.fossy.us/call-for-proposals/
Are there any folks out there who want to help organize a Mobile track with me at #FOSSY this year? 
Submitted for a track at #FOSSY2025 'Supporting user groups in the community'. Hoping we get approved to run this - it's so fantastic to have an #opensource event here in Portland. #fossy
After much hesitation, I decided to go to #FOSSY2024 and was pleasantly surprised by the amount of voluntary compliance... though I suspect that is unfortunately quite rare. The leadership at #FOSSY also committed to masking up, which I think was significant.
It was also a local conference for me, so a bike commute; I would be a bit more nervous spending long hours on planes or trains or busses.
Good luck and hope you manage to stay safe!
Some time between now and when I last checked, several months ago, #fossy2025 dates have been set!
FOSSY will be held in Portland, Oregon, at Portland State University, on 2025-07-31--08-03!
#fossy #FreeSoftware #conference
/by @conservancy
I gave a little bit of money to the #SoftwareFreedom Conservancy since the match ends in ~20 hrs.
You should too give a bit if you can. They do a lot with modest budget.
(And #FOSSY is one of my favourite conferences)
sfconservancy.org/sustainer/
I found out today that there is a U.S. conference that is inspired by FOSDEM.
FOSSY
https://fossy.us/
At #FOSSY this summer, Darious Kazemi gave a talk on fediverse governance. His conclusions point at needed moderation tools, so he's a decent source of ideas regarding what may exist.
https://mastodon.social/deck/@darius@friend.camp/112995134229351666
For those who can't wait for my #EuroBSDCon talk, the version I gave at #Fossy got posted.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lG27BfTuqys
EDIT: anyone that excited probably watched the #BSDCan version already.
FreeBSD on ARM64 talk by @dexter at FOSSY 24
#fossy24 hashtag had some info, the event was https://2024.fossy.us
Focus is on "free and open source software", I organized a BOF session on "open source software for radio" and had a good mix of existing hams, new hams, and people who were interested to learn more.
The #FOSSY event is organized into rooms (consciously modeled on FOSDEM) and the room organizer(s) help recruit the talks on that theme and track.
Just wanted to express how grateful that #FOSSY is here in PDX. I would not have gotten my FOSS fix given how limited travel is. As a community manager, it hurts not being able to be exposed to new ideas.
I didn't go much to any tracks - I attended my own talk and a keynote panel that I was invited on and I spent the rest of the 3 days continuously talking! Best hallway track EVAH!!
At this weekend's FOSSY conference, hosted by Software Freedom Conservancy, Sugar Labs executive director Devin Ulibarri presented on the importance of mentoring youth in free/libre/open-source projects, and how Sugar Labs is structured to support such mentorship at multiple levels. Devin highlighted four youth who have come to Sugar Labs through various entry points, how they contributed, and how both youth and mentors have benefited through working together on meaningful work. #FOSSY #FOSSY24
Neurodivergent #fossy people, here's a slack channel you're invited to
https://join.slack.com/t/nd-in-tech/shared_invite/zt-2o182ujnn-DQZa5JNK8TEL4wGCTaov5A
#fossy may be over, but the party's just begun! 
Listening to KPSU, "Portland's College Radio", outside the Smith Memorial Student Union on the Portland State University Campus. "Montgomery Plaza" is one block of street that forms a piece of a good-sized pedestrian way.
Yesterday there was a farmers market a block from here, and the FOSSY conference has been here since Thursday.
I'll be following the "FOSS Funding and Economics" track today
How much is #OpenSource worth? Sophia Vargas is letting us know at #fossy #portland
