Press & Promotional
Promotion material for 2009
Update promotion material (banners, web badges) for FOSDEM 2009 are now available.
If you appreciate the event, you might want to help us spread the word about it by including one of our 2009 badges or banners on your site or blog.
Call for volunteers
During the FOSDEM weekend we'll welcome several thousand visitors, requiring a lot of volunteers to make their visit as nice as we can. Are you interested in helping out?
How to promote FOSDEM
Hereafter you will find some FOSDEM ads and banners - feel free to use them to promote the event.
These are some flyers to print and banners to add to your personal (or FOSS project) website in order to reference FOSDEM.
Feel free to use them to promote the event and send us an e-mail so we can talk about you as well!
Our news page has an 
RSS feed. Feel free to aggregate it!
Press Release
FOSDEM 2009 Tech Press Release - (English) (PDF/OOo/txt)
FOSDEM 2009 Persbericht technologiepers- (Nederlands/Dutch) (PDF/OOo/txt)
FOSDEM 2009 Communiqué de presse - presse spécialisée - (Français/French) (PDF/OOo/txt)
Flyers
Like previous editions there is a flyer you can print and distribute. We usually print 2 flyers per A4-format page.
Some good ideas of places to spam are:
- Computer store
- Geek friends and fellow hackers
- University and school
- At work (yes yes, don't be shy)
- Hang one on your car
- ...
Low resolution - (510x716) 136 KB: http://fosdem.org/2009/promo/flyer/color-lo
High resolution - (2551x3579) 700 KB: http://fosdem.org/2009/promo/flyer/color-hi
PDF/Vector - 460 KB : http://fosdem.org/2009/promo/flyer/pdf
Web Badges
| Image | Link | Description | Code |
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http://fosdem.org/promo/badge/fosdem.png | "fosdem", PNG | <a href="http://www.fosdem.org"><img src="http://www.fosdem.org/promo/badge/fosdem.png" alt="FOSDEM, the Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting" /></a> |
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http://fosdem.org/promo/badge/fosdem.gif | "fosdem", GIF | <a href="http://www.fosdem.org"><img src="http://www.fosdem.org/promo/badge/fosdem.gif" alt="FOSDEM, the Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting" /></a> |
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http://fosdem.org/promo/badge/fosdem09.png | "fosdem09", PNG | <a href="http://www.fosdem.org"><img src="http://www.fosdem.org/promo/badge/fosdem09.png" alt="FOSDEM, the Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting" /></a> |
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http://fosdem.org/promo/badge/fosdem09.gif | "fosdem09", GIF | <a href="http://www.fosdem.org"><img src="http://www.fosdem.org/promo/badge/fosdem09.gif" alt="FOSDEM, the Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting" /></a> |
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http://fosdem.org/promo/badge/fosdem09-blue.png | "fosdem09-blue", PNG | <a href="http://www.fosdem.org"><img src="http://www.fosdem.org/promo/badge/fosdem09-blue.png" alt="FOSDEM, the Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting" /></a> |
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http://fosdem.org/promo/badge/fosdem09-blue.gif | "fosdem09-blue", GIF | <a href="http://www.fosdem.org"><img src="http://www.fosdem.org/promo/badge/fosdem09-blue.gif" alt="FOSDEM, the Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting" /></a> |
Banners
| Image | Code |
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http://fosdem.org/promo/going-to |
<a href="http://www.fosdem.org"><img src="http://www.fosdem.org/promo/going-to" alt="I'm going to FOSDEM, the Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting" /></a> |
http://fosdem.org/promo/fosdem |
<a href="http://www.fosdem.org"><img src="http://www.fosdem.org/promo/fosdem" alt="FOSDEM, the Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting" /></a> |
http://fosdem.org/promo/fosdem/static |
<a href="http://www.fosdem.org"><img src="http://www.fosdem.org/promo/fosdem/static" alt="FOSDEM, the Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting" /></a> |
http://fosdem.org/promo/fosdem/square |
<a href="http://www.fosdem.org"><img src="http://www.fosdem.org/promo/fosdem/square" alt="FOSDEM, the Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting" /></a> |
http://fosdem.org/promo/fosdem/square/static |
<a href="http://www.fosdem.org"><img src="http://www.fosdem.org/promo/fosdem/square/static" alt="FOSDEM, the Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting" /></a> |
FOSDEM in the news
FOSDEM 2009
to be doneFOSDEM 2008
- RTBF evening news
- Indymedia.be - Indymedia.be coverage of FOSDEM 2008
- LXer
- Linux.com
- OSnews.com
- LinuxToday.com
- LinuxFR.org
- TooLinux.com
- LinuxIn.dk
- SUSEItalia.org
- Linux-Magazin.de
- Drupal.be
- Blogs.Sun.com
- Dot.KDE.org
- Linux-Magazin.de
- Mozilla-Europe.org
- Linux-Magazine.com
- Elisa.Fluendo.com
- Blog.Emakina.com
- News.OpenSUSE.org
- Wikinews - Open software developers meet at FOSDEM 2008
- Wikinews - Interview at FOSDEM 2008: Drupal founder Dries Buytaert balances community and company interests
- ZDNet - Mozilla-evangelist praat over Prism
- ZDNet - Openbronbeurs FOSDEM in foto’s
Donate to FOSDEM
FOSDEM is an event organized for the community by the community. As such, we think it is important to keep access to the event free.
The event is organized by volunteers who don't get paid and don't have commercial interests in the event. As one might imagine, however, the organization costs a lot of money and other resources.
The main characteristic of FOSDEM is that it is a non-commercial event. To keep it that way, we think the best way to fund the event is to ask for support from the open source community on a voluntary basis.
Donors Return
We're asking you to support the event by making a voluntary donation.
As a return to donors, various prizes will be given by us and our sponsors.
The draw works dynamically: for every multiplication of € 25, your chance to win one of the prizes below will increase (example: for € 100 you have four (4) times more chance to win than for € 25).
Note that you have to donate at least € 25 to participate in the draw.
Here is a list of prizes we gave away during the previous edition
- 2 high-performance Sun Ultra 24 workstations (sponsored by Sun Microsystems)
- 5 FOSS-powered Nokia N810 devices (sponsored by Nokia)
- 20 international Linux Magazine subscriptions (sponsored by Linux Magazine)
- 10 Linux+ Magazine subscriptions (sponsored by Linux+ Magazine)
Other gifts are given for donations depending on the amount of money, to each donor:
- € 25 or more: a FOSDEM T-shirt! (different sizes available)
- € 50 – € 99: a FOSDEM T-shirt + an O'Reilly pocket guide of your choice (*)
- € 100 – € 149: a FOSDEM T-shirt + an O'Reilly book of your choice (*)
- € 150 or more: a FOSDEM T-shirt + an O'Reilly book of your choice (*) + participation in a draw to get five additional O'Reilly books of your choice (2 winners of 5 books)
FOSDEM ASBL/VZW (the non-profit association) was founded in April 2002.
Donations are not tax deductible.
How?
So, how can I contribute to FOSDEM?
- Donations at the infodesk during the conference
- Donations in advance (read below)
First, you need to create an account on our website. Please fill in all fields.
After that, it's as simple as a bank transfer to the following account number:
| Account | |
|---|---|
| Bank Account Number: | 310-1613048-24 |
| SWIFT Code: | BBRUBEBB |
| IBAN: | BE81 3101 6130 4824 |
| Account Holder | |
| FOSDEM ASBL Rue Saint Roch, 36 B-1360 PERWEZ BELGIUM | |
| Bank Information | |
| ING Belgium Avenue Marnix, 24 B-1000 Brussels BELGIUM | |
Write, as reference (communication), the login of your account on www.fosdem.org
To avoid any problems or misunderstandings in the future, read the following VERY CAREFULLY: you don't buy these items from FOSDEM — we give them to you to thank you for your support. We can't guarantee anything. In case of problems (whatever they may be), we can't give you your money back.
