[Qgis-developer] HackFest in Lyon

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Yves Jacolin (free) <yjacolin at free.fr> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The doodle [1] showed that most people would prefer 13-15 april, even if it is
> not so clear. But in fact we find a location for this period.
>
> Could we go ahead and formalized the location? Do we need a PSC/dev vote?
>

>From past experience I would say you should just go ahead and declare
the date - you will never get agreement if you put it out to vote. If
the date is really a show stopper for everyone I guess there will be
some outcry, otherwise I think it will just be accepted.

+1 from me for those dates anyway.

Regards

Tim

> Thanks,
>
> Y.
> [1] http://www.doodle.com/cw5ggzfv645fbept
> Le samedi 28 janvier 2012 14:55:44, Vincent Picavet a écrit :
>> Hi Tim,
>>
>> > From my experiences at QGIS hackfests here are some important things
>> > to think of when selecting your venue:
>> >
>> > - can we arrange the tables so we can 'huddle' into groups when needed?
>>
>> It's a classroom, so we should be able to arrange tables just as we want.
>> The classroom has got 60 seats, so it should be easy if we are 40 to
>> create workgroups inside the room.
>>
>> > - is there a data projector available for ad hoc presentations?
>>
>> There should be one, and we'll provide a backup one.
>>
>> > - can we stay late in the venue
>>
>> We can stay up to 22h in the venue, maybe 23h, except on monday (18h).
>>
>> > - is it (very) close to cheap accommodation
>>
>> It's not in Lyon downtown, but a few bus/metro stops away. I did not check
>> accomodation yet, but we should find cheap accomodation less than 30mins
>> away (max).
>>
>> > - does it have plenty of power outlets
>>
>> We'll try to provide that.
>>
>> > - is there good wireless network access available
>>
>> It's a university (of medicine), so the network should be good. We'll
>> provide at least another wifi access point as backup, and check that we
>> can connect with cables too.
>>
>> > - can we snack and drink coffee in the venue
>>
>> We can't normally drink or eat inside the classroom, but we'll have a hall
>> available for pauses, dedicated to that.
>>
>> > If you can meet all these criteria, geek happiness goes up, commits
>> > sky rocket and peace shrouds the world for 3 days :-)
>>
>> Even for 5 days then :)
>> This place seems to be satisfying all criterias. I've got one other lead I
>> want to have news about, and if the latter does not work, we'll go for
>> Rockfeller street ( that's the street where the medecine university is :)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Vincent
>>
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > Tim
>> >
>> > > Vincent, for OSGeo-fr
>> > >
>> > > Le vendredi 20 janvier 2012 18:24:10, MORREALE Jean Roc a écrit :
>> > >> Hi everyone,
>> > >>
>> > >> We are (osgeo-fr) working on getting a place for a maximum of fifty
>> > >> persons.
>> > >>
>> > >> What we know so far ->
>> > >>
>> > >> Month : April
>> > >> Days : 3 to 5, will include Friday, Saturday and Sunday
>> > >>
>> > >> Poll : http://www.doodle.com/cw5ggzfv645fbept
>> > >>
>> > >> Regards,
>> > >> Jean-Roc
>> > >>
>> > >> Le 20/01/2012 14:49, Werner Macho a écrit :
>> > >> > Hi!
>> > >> >
>> > >> > About 30min ago I asked Horst the same on IRC ...
>> > >> > +1 to start early to have enough time to catch cheap flights ..
>> > >> >
>> > >> > regards
>> > >> > Werner
>> > >> >
>> > >> > On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 14:21 +0100, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
>> > >> >> Hi all.
>> > >> >> Should we start planning for the next HF? Any blocker? What are the
>> > >> >> preferred dates? And, any news from our local organizers?
>> > >> >> All the best.
>> > >>
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> --
> Yves Jacolin



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