[emacs-berlin] 40c3 Assembly?

[Sebastian Dümcke]

Dear Emacs list

I will not be able to attend the meetup this week (again), however I 
will take on the responsibility of organising the Emacs assembly at 
40c3. I envision having a sort of programme consisting of "open spaces" 
aligned to a specific topic. These would take around 1.5-2 hours where 
guests interested in that topic are welcome to join the assembly. I 
would aim to have 3 topics per day (they could repeat). I will make this 
programme visible either on fahrplan and/or at the assembly table. It 
would be understood, that outside the programme the assembly might not 
be staffed. I suggest having an assembly with space for 10 persons.

Suggested topics:

+ init.el: includes discussion on starter kits (bedrock, doom, 
spacemacs), emacs bankruptcy, migrating init.el to emacs 31 and any kind 
of configuration

+ all things org-mode: org as markup language (org-export, org-publish, 
authoring document in emacs), org as task and project manager  (GTD, org 
agenda, emacs diary), org as a better jupyter notebook (org-babel, 
litterate programming).

+ emacs for coding: eglot, treesitter, frameworks for agentic coding.

+ & whatever other volunteers suggest

Holding an open-space as a volunteer would mean having some experience 
in the topic and inciting the people at the assembly to discuss around 
this subject, provide code examples and encourage communication between 
participants around the subject. This should not demand much 
preparation, more presence. Ideally we would have 12 volunteers in 
total, 3 per day to each hold 1 such open space (for 1.5-2 hours).

I would like to bring the illuminated Emacs sign from c-base and also 
have a larger screen (similar setup to our meetups) for sharing code.  
@berber: can we get that from c-base and can the c-base team handle the 
logistics of bringing to 40c3 venue?

Once the assembly has been approved (towards end of November) I will 
start communicating in relevant channels (IRC, reddit, matrix, ...) to 
get more volunteers to help run the assembly.

Meanwhile if *you* will be attending and want to help, have a topic you 
want to see addressed, want to hold an open space, or anything else 
related, do not hesitate to reach out to me.

I could also use help to set up an appropriate channel to coordinate 
(IRC or matrix or?). @berber: can you help here? I will take care to 
have the assembly registered by the deadline (23.11).

Hope I correctly understood the purpose of an assembly, am open to any 
further suggestions/input.

Best

Sebastian

  On 10/27/26 12:38 AM, Zeremonienmeister Berber Aab wrote:
> who registered the emacs-assembly?  i would appreciate it if you made 
> me a manager.  all assemblies at our habitat give either cven, cketti, 
> uk, or me (berber) the manager role.  just put in the nick "berber".  
> i am not sure we should play into the "editor or operating system" 
> stereotype, but we can talk about that :)
>
> thank you!
>
> On 10/21/26 18:25, Zeremonienmeister Berber wrote:
>> Hey!
>>
>> Like I don't know, maybe 37c3, or the ones before covid, I forgot, 
>> there were Emacs assemblies, at least sometimes.  Not the last two 
>> times though.
>>
>> I would love to have an Emacs assembly at 40c3.  I have so much stuff 
>> to do though, I wouldn't want to do it alone.  Moreso, I don't even 
>> want to be the "main guy" behind it.
>>
>> Also, we should also somehow reach out to more people outside of 
>> emacs- berlin.
>>
>> It can be as modest as we want it to be.  A table with 4 chairs and a 
>> sign made of paper.  I don't care.  But it would just be nice.
>>
>> Who is up for this?
>>
>> Best
>> Berbo McBerbsen
>>
>
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