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[Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Folks-

This January 31, 8-10 intrepid coders will join us in Brussels for the 
inaugural Learn to Code KiCad day.  It looks to be an excellent 
gathering.

But Europe is a long flight for some, so I'm going to run the workshop 
at FOSSASIA as well.  FOSSASIA happens March 19-21 in Singapore with the 
following day (Sunday, March 22) devoted to DevSprints.  I'll be 
presenting on KiCad at FOSSASIA and would love to meet up with any KiCad 
folks who will be attending.

At this DevSprint, I’ll help you understand how the various KiCad 
components fit together and work with you to get your favorite feature 
from idea to committed code.

What you need:

1) An identified bug report (or multiple) that you’d like to address. 
This can be either a legitimate bug or a wishlist feature that is 
triaged in our system.
2) A laptop with your development environment
3) A GitLab account
4) A compiling version of KiCad
5) A working knowledge of C++ coding

The FOSSASIA DevSprints provide space, power and wifi for this event.  
I'll work alongside you to get your idea or bug fix into commit shape.  
At the end of the day, you should be able to get at least 1 and possibly 
multiple bug report fixes under your belt and into the code base!  The 
DevSprint request for this has been submitted.  In the event that we 
don't make their cut, we will hold this event off-site similar to the 
FOSDEM coding day.

If you’re coming to FOSSASIA 2020 and would like to participate, please 
e-mail me directly (off-list to preserve people’s inboxes). Send me your 
name/contact info and the list of 1 or more GitLab bugs you’d like to 
work on during the day. I’ll add you to our shared sheet (to deconflict 
bugs people are addressing) and get you all of the relevant information 
for the meeting

Best-
Seth

Seth Hillbrand
KiCad Services Corporation
https://www.kipro-pcb.com
+1 530 302 5483 | +1 212 603 9372