[Qgis-psc] QGIS hackfest in Hannover 19.-22./23. March 2009

[Otto Dassau]

Hi,
[Cc: Jürgen]

On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:00:11 +0200
Tim Sutton <tim at linfiniti.com> wrote:

> Hi Otto
> 
> On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 21:03 +0100, Otto Dassau wrote:
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > I now have all information we need for the QGIS hackfest in Hannover. We are
> > lucky, the University will provide us a room with internet etc. for free
> > close > > to the FOSSGIS conference. I will announce it tomorrow to the
> > User, Community
> > and Developer list. Please have a look at the wiki page I prepaired, if I
> > missed something important or if there are open questions.
> > 
> > http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/QgisHackfest2009
> 
> I had a read through your wiki page and I think its a great start! I was
> wondering if we should devote the first afternoon for more formal talks.
> I was thinking along the lines that folks could offer proposals and
> 'vision' talks for where we want to get to for 2.0. This could include
> powerpoints, screen mockups etc. I think its a great opportunity for us
> to do some more strategic planning over and above the release to release
> planning that we tend to do...

good idea - here is my proposal for a small program:

For Thursday I will add 'vision' talks where QGIS people can apply for a
~10-15min talk slot with a following discussion? Would Tim and Marco as QGIS
devel and release representative be able to make a start here? Maybe it would
also be interesting to have short talks about community and marketing plans (if
Paolo can be there). I guess Thursday will also be the day where FOSSGIS people
interested but not deeply involved in QGIS would like to attend and a topic
'vision' talks from PSC members (and hopefully others) with an open discussion
can be interesting for anybody. 

Then for Friday and Saturday it would also be nice to have a small framework.
Are there special topics/problems developers are planning to work on during the
meeting? Could you try to think about that and collect ideas? For now I would
suggest I just write "sessions to work on special development issues"?

For Sunday I am not quite sure. I would suggest to meet again at University from
9am to maybe 11.30am for a final discussion and future ideas and then go for a
brunch nearby to close the hackfest.

Does this make sense to you from the developer perspective, because I think this
meeting should and will mainly be about developer / release issues.

regards,
 Otto