Dear Jeremiah et al.,
First, thank you for your festive wishes. :)
And yes, FOSDEM! I'm going to be there for about a week. I plan on attending the MiniDebCamp: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/be/2020/MiniDebCamp
It would be great if all got a chance to meet up in Brussels, I would really appreciate it. Just having the opportunity to speak face to face would benefit me tremendously and having a chance to outline all of our goals and plans for 2020 will be an added bonus.
Completely agree here — IRL meetups are great for aligning on vision and plans, particularly around getting agreement on our quality assurance moving forward, the PureOS store and perhaps increasing our release cadence, etc.
I currently intend to attend FOSDEM, SustainOSS and CopyleftConf and thus my availability is already becoming tight, but I would make a Purism/PureOS meeting the highest priority.
Indeed, Jeremiah, in my experience it is always best to get a date & time for FOSDEM-related meetups long in advance as there are so many distractions and so little time combined with sub-par physical logistics. Speaking directly to that, are you free the mornings of either 31 Jan, 1 Feb or 2 Feb in the Brussels centre, perchance? From past years, the evenings and the venue itself tend to get lost/ confused/conflated with huge social things.
Best wishes,