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[Kay Röpke <Kay.Roepke@xxxxxxx>]

Hi folks!

At the Proxy BoF during this year's Users Conference, we floated the  
idea of having a hackathon around Proxy and it seemed well-received.
After returning home and some internal discussions, we've decided that  
yes, we really want to get together and hack and that's were you come  
in: We need you to come, too :)

Given that most of the proxy team is in Europe, there's a Sun office  
here in Hamburg we can use, and Jan lives close to Hamburg, we decided  
it would be best to have it here.
There are plenty of hotels within 15 minutes by subway or even within  
walking distance to the Sun office (you won't necessarily need a car  
during your stay - nor would you want to find parking anyway...).

So, our initial plan looks as follows:
 - meet for 2 days
 - hack on the code (fix bugs, implement features)
 - give code/architecture walkthroughs for those interested
 - explore new projects using proxy (do some prototyping, proof-of- 
concept)
 - hang out and get to know each other
 - share experiences, use-cases and pain points
 - make this unconference-style: apart from the walkthroughs we don't  
have a fixed agenda nor tracks

Jan made a very good point about the timing: "Officially" we would  
pick Thursday/Friday, because
 a) it enables people from farther away to stay over the weekend  
(meaning more time available and cheaper flights)
 b) we can easily extend the meeting if necessary since no one needs  
to rush home

As to the actual date, we obviously have some preferences (everyone  
does :)), but we haven't reached a conclusion yet.
Personally I would like to see something like early August, but that  
might collide with some people's schedules.
Naturally we want as many people attending as possible, but we realize  
that these things need planning from everyone involved, so you can  
book travel early to get good rates, get permission, schedule other  
appointments etc.

What do you say? Who's interested, what date would suit you best and  
how many people would you want to bring?

cheers,
-k

P.S.: We will be there with 3-5 people depending on availability and  
such. Confirmed are Jan, Heidi and myself.
P.P.S.: Who's Heidi? She is our friendly shepherd who makes sure we  
actually release things :)
--
Kay Roepke
Software Engineer, MySQL Enterprise Tools

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