I have been thinking long about this and only found the courage to take my decision recently.

I have been involved with FOSDEM since the very first edition, back in 2000 when it was still named OSDEM.

I still remember when Raph gave me a phone call to ask me if I would agree to help him organizing a new Open Source event, but developers oriented.

It was a big challenge, but I accepted. The first edition was already a big success with more than 400 participants.

I have been involved in many areas of FOSDEM :

• on site organisation
• the main tracks programs
• contacts with the magazines and websites - for sponsorship and advertising -
• donation returns
• the folder
• …

However, I do not have enough time and enough passion anymore to devote to FOSDEM, but I am proud to have been part of the adventure since the beginning.

7 years to bring FOSDEM to what it is now : probably the best Open Source developers meeting in Europe.

However, it is now time to say goodbye…

Goodbye FOSDEM, it was great !