[Qgis-developer] Hackfest in Americas? was Re: HF: final remarks

[Alex Mandel]

Apologies, if I left anyone out - please add yourself to the list if
QGIS HF sounds good to you (we should probably start a wiki page).

Thanks,
Alex

On 10/12/2012 11:03 AM, Alex Mandel wrote:
> Gary and I have chatted about this. The west coast is somewhat ideal and
> the further north the better (in terms of shorter/cheaper flights,
> especially for the Alaska crew).
> 
> The main characters that I know of to involve would be:
> Larry - Dakotas
> Aaron Racicot - Oregon
> Gary Sherman - Alaska (+ a couple of people Gary works with)
> Alex Mandel (me) - Davis, CA
> Bob M.(cgsbob) - Sacramento, CA
> Jctull - Reno, Nv
> 
> Seattle or Portland seem like good candidates with CUGOS and PDX-OSGeo
> chapters. OSGeo Sprint was outside Seattle last year. Also there is the
> OSGeo North America in Minnesota this April.
> 
> Of course I'm willing to host at UC Davis if it helps, since I can get
> rooms relatively easily but we need help organizing donations to keep us
> fed.
> 
> Thanks,
> Alex
> 
> On 10/12/2012 10:55 AM, Larry Shaffer wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:
>>> Hi all.
>>> This HF is over - only three Italians stranded in Essen, waiting for
>>> their flights back.
>>> I personally want to deeply thank Horst, Otto, and all those who helped
>>> organize this very successful event. The location is simply ideal, no
>>> waste of time, maximum concentration on coding and discussing (OK, apart
>>> from the bad influence of IT Crowd, damned), a beautiful and quiet
>>> place, a friendly atmosphere, and efficient infrastructure.
>>> In my personal opinion, Villa Vogelsang is the best place we've ever
>>> had, and I would suggest coming back here more or less regularly (e.g.
>>> we could have one itinerant HF per year, and another one here).
>>> Another thing I'd like is to make it easier for people from other
>>> continents to participate (we are too Eurocentric at the moment),
>>> without incurring in too high flight costs. Perhaps we could have
>>> simultaneous HFs in each continent, and be constantly connected in audio
>>> and video?
>>
>> Thanks for bringing this up Paolo.
>>
>> I would like to go to a QGIS hackfest, but the European venues are not
>> financially feasible for me (and probably not for others as well). The
>> hackfests seem to generate very positive momentum for the project, as
>> well as code.
>>
>> I am definitely in favor of attending one here (in the US). If it
>> could coincide with another going on in another part of the world,
>> that would be very cool.
>>
>> If one were to be in the US, obviously having it in a locale with an
>> international airport seems logical. How were accommodations for
>> FOSS4G in Denver (2011)?
>>
>> How many are interested in a sister hackfest in the US, ideally one
>> video- or audio-linked to another in Europe (or elsewhere)?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Larry
>>
>>
>>> Thanks again to all for contributing to this success, that marks another
>>> step in the history of QGIS.
>>>
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