[Conference-europe] Code sprint for the Friday?

Tue May 13 01:32:18 PDT 2014

we do have space on campus, that is no problem. Finding some other place is 
exceeding our capacities, unfortunately. But again, the closing plenary Fri 
afternoon should not suffer from distraction IMHO. (Fri morning seems fine, though)

cheers,
Peter

On 05/12/2014 05:40 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> A lot of code sprints are off-site (not necessarily at the same
> conference venue); so that may solve your Friday issue.  But that often
> involves a local private company offering their site.  It is getting
> tight in time to find something like that though.
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
> On 2014-05-12, 4:22 AM, Peter Baumann wrote:
>> Hi Jachym,
>>
>> thanks for clarifying!
>>
>> On 05/12/2014 09:17 AM, Jachym Cepicky wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> the sprint usually takes at least "whole day".
>>>
>>> It should be usually off the regular program, so "after plenary" is
>>> probably the
>>> best choice. Same applies for "before confernce start".
>> ok, then we have 2 options:
>> - before: clashes with German-speaking forum. Shouldn't be a problem
>> since the forum visitors typically will be high-level users, not coders.
>> - after: if we run our summer school (which currently is not entirely
>> clear) then this would mean presentations on Fri and coding on Sat, so a
>> direct clash.
>>
>> Hence, if in doubt I suggest Monday.
>>
>>> About the parallesiation: usually, workshops are off main program too,
>>> but if
>>> there is no other chance, it sometimes happen, they are part of the
>>> program as
>>> well.
>> hm, same problem as above, and I'm not sure how to solve this. What
>> would you suggest in view of the above planning facets?
>>
>> -Peter
>>
>>
>>
>>> Jachym
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 04:57:05PM +0200, Peter Baumann wrote:
>>>> Jachym-
>>>>
>>>> just for the planning:
>>>> - how many hours should the sprint go?
>>>> - we should make sure that at the closing plenary all are
>>>> participating, so can we put it Fri morning? (I'm tempted to suggest
>>>> Sat, but people already start booking cheap trains etc, so if that's
>>>> what we want then we'd need to announce that really fast)
>>>>
>>>> The last is also a question to the program committee - we have 2
>>>> parallel sessions + a workshop track; this might distract people too
>>>> much. Any solution in sight?
>>>>
>>>> thanks for putting our brains together,
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 05/06/2014 10:48 PM, Jachym Cepicky wrote:
>>>>> I wanted to share details as soon as I get the dates confirmed
>>>>>
>>>>> Jachym
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 10:27:01AM -0300, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Jachym,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ok great to hear that it has already been discussed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> By the way, I would hope that some of your discussions could happen on
>>>>>> this [conference-europe] mailing list, as there are over one hundred
>>>>>> existing members and many wondering why there is no visible activity.
>>>>>> So I took it upon myself to wake up everyone here! :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -jeff
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2014-05-06, 10:15 AM, Jachym Cepicky wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Jeff,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> yes, we already talked about it and the feedback is positive.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But maybe some on the spot can give you more details. WIFI and
>>>>>>> rooms are there.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would like to ask some sponsors of the sprint directly, so we
>>>>>>> can get some
>>>>>>> refreshment
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jachym
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 10:08:58AM -0300, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm wondering if there are people interested in having a code
>>>>>>>> sprint on
>>>>>>>> the Friday of the event (18th).  We'd need a venue with solid
>>>>>>>> internet/wifi.  Other than that, the usual requirements
>>>>>>>> (coffee/snacks
>>>>>>>> in morning and afternoon, sandwiches at lunch, enough tables and
>>>>>>>> power
>>>>>>>> outlets).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Looking forward to seeing everyone soon.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -jeff
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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