GNOME 3.18 Release Party

Last week, exactly on 3^rd October 2015 GNOME Indonesia presented GNOME 3.18 Release Party at Crystal Lotus Hotel, St. Magelang, Yogyakarta. This event was followed about 50 participants.

GNOME 3.18 Release Party was opened by Elvanisa and Fitron as host at 2pm. At the beginning, Estu Fardani as GNOME Foundation Member talked about GNOME Foundation and advantages by joining GNOME Foundation. He told about his journey for joined GUADEC in Gothenburg, Swedia.

 Continued by Pipin Irwandi as the chief of KPLI (Linux User Group Indonesia regional Yogyakarta) introduced GNOME to newcomers. The next agenda was continued by parallel class, first class was consisted by University Student who used Open Source. This class was led by Sendy Aditya Suryana and Aji Kisworo Mukti. Mr. Sendy as the chief of KSL KUSUKA (Linux Study Group - Sunan Kalijaga Islamic State University of Yogyakarta) introduced new features of GNOME 3.18 and Mr. Aji as BlankOn Linux Researcher and Developer talked about KPLI between Contributors and Consumer. The Second class was led by Siska Iskandar as Part of PASTI (Technology Awareness of Women). Ms. Siska took a dip into FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) with motherhood and housewives (Ibu-ibu PKK).

This party was escorted by Tomato Juice Band that sang an acoustic song. GNOME 3.18 Release Party was symbolized with Cutting Tumpeng by Mr. Estu Fardani. The first bribery for Ms. Siska as the Team Event Coordinator. At the last of party, all of the participant took photos together with balloons and party’s stuff.

This event was success because of cooperation from many sides. Big thanks to GNOME Foundation, Crystal Lotus Hotel, Kedaulatan Rakyat, KR Radio, Biznet, Fans Shoes, Merchandase, and TLabs which had supported the party.