[Conference-europe] Code sprint for the Friday?

[Jeff McKenna]

I wasn't aware that the closing plenary was set for Friday the 18th (as
foss4g-e.org states "July 15 - 17, 2014").

-jeff



On 2014-05-13, 5:32 AM, Peter Baumann wrote:
> 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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