[Qgis-user] AW: [Qgis-developer] Venue for next hackfest...Vienna?

[Tim Sutton]

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Hi


Barry Rowlingson wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net> wrote:
>> yes - +1 for me ;-)
>>
>> It is a good idea to expose more universities to QGIS. After all it is the
>> students that somehow can infiltrate government orgs/companies with
>> open-source software.
>>
>> Maybe we could also invite the geographers or other university
>> institutions (which I still know from my university time in Vienna) to
>> join a QGIS presentation as well.
> 
>  Perhaps you could run a workshop on open-source geospatial as well? I
> know a good set of source materials :)
> 
>  I'd like to suggest Lancaster University as a location for a hackfest
> in the future. Cheap accommodation in the student halls, cheap flights
> from the US to Manchester Airport, cheap trains for the Europeans
> maybe. Cheap beer.
> 
>  I have been wondering if 'Hackfest' is the right name. Clearly 'code
> sprint' is wrong since there's other things to do apart from coding,
> but I'm not sure if the 'hack' in 'Hackfest' is quite right. How does
> "QGis Development Days", or 'Dev Days" sound? Not as catchy... Other
> ideas?

I have no problem with hackfest...its short & snappy and keeps (some of)
the people happy. That said I have this kinda daft and crazy idea to
make a yearly conference with a not-only-hacking focus. The idea would
be to host a kinda mini academic conference where for the first day we
have poster sessions, talks and paper presentations. After that we
commence with hacking proper. I know it will probably be humble
beginnings, but I would like to see QGIS establish itself as a research
platform both for the idea in and of itself, and because of the
inevitable trickle down effect that will happen with new features and
improvements making their way into QGIS.

Regards

Tim


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