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Re: Proxy hackathon: Hamburg, Germany

 

October would be too late for me.
I guess I'll pass this one.

Diego


On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Heidi
Bergh-Hoff<Heidi.Bergh-Hoff@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> What do people think of October 15 and 16 as Hackathon dates?
>
> Regards, Heidi
>
> On Jun 19, 2009, at 2:52 PM, Heidi Bergh-Hoff wrote:
>
>> We are having trouble with the August date due to a collision with our
>> internal release schedule.  We are checking alternatives and will be getting
>> back with a proposal soon.
>>
>> Heidi
>>
>> P.S.  Kay: Thanks very much for your efforts so far to set this up!!!!
>>
>> On Jun 4, 2009, at 9:27 PM, Kay Röpke wrote:
>>
>>> 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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Diego Medina
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