[Qgis-developer] hackfest

[Otto Dassau]

On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:19:45 +0100
Otto Dassau <otto.dassau at gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:58:28 +0200
> Tim Sutton <tim at linfiniti.com> wrote:
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> > Hi Paolo
> > 
> > Paolo Cavallini wrote:
> > > Hi all.
> > > Thanks for your efforts at the hackfest. I hope you enjoyed it a lot. We
> > > already got some money from our donors programme, and I'm confident
> > > we'll have enough to organize another fest not too far in the future (I
> > > think twice a year would be good, do you agree?). 
> > 
> > Yes we discussed this at the hackfest. We would like to hold our next on
> > in Prague in October 09. To do this we need to raise an average of USD
> > $500 per developer attending. Assuming 10 developers that means we will
> > need to raise $ USD 5000 to make this happen. We would like to also
> > encourage non developers to come because it was extremely useful having
> > them in Hannover and there are many hackfest activities they can
> > contribute with including documentation cleanups, translations, giving
> > inputs to user interface and user interaction ideas. It would also be
> > great to have a dedicated non-dev to do the blogging, media etc next
> > time. Someone with a bit of media skills and a good eye for presentation
> > would be great.
> > 
> > >I think it would be
> > > very good if:
> > > - one of you could write a press report on the successes of the fest: if
> > > it is clear that such things help effectively, people will be happier
> > > donating; I'll translate it in Italian and propagate to the IT community
> > > and magazines
> > 
> > I did quite a lot of work blogging about the event, making interviews
> > with developers etc during the event. I wont have any more time to
> > create press releases etc since I need to work like a dog to catch up
> > the time missed for the hackfest now. :-( There is a whole heap of
> > material on the blog that anyone is welcome to use for the purpose
> > including a nice group shot (sorry Marco wasnt there for the photo :-( )
> 
> The Institute for Environmental Planning in Hannover also asked, if we can
> write
> something they can link to on their webpages. I will write a report from all
> the material and put it on the QGIS website, soon.

I added a website with a hackfest report and updated the news banner on
qgis.org. Feel free to add more information or changes. 

regards,
 Otto