[Qgis-psc] QGIS hackfest in Hannover 19.-22./23. March 2009

[Otto Dassau]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:02:24 +0200
Tim Sutton <tim at linfiniti.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 17:12 +0100, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
> > Otto Dassau ha scritto:
> > 
> > > thanks Paolo. It would be nice if we can help some people with their
> > > travelling
> > > / accommodation expenses or at the least reduce the costs for Sauerkraut
> > > and
> > > Beer... :)
> > 
> > I think we should also launch a subscription:
> > "It is a great occasion for you to help the development of QGIS. With
> > your contribution you'll make more developers meet in Hannover, leading
> > to more bugs fixed and better planning for the future" or something
> > similar (better :) ).
> > pc
> 
> or:
> 
> "The first annual QGIS hackfest is a great occasion for you to support
> the development of QGIS. With your contribution you'll enable more
> developers to meet in Hannover. The hackfest is an important opportunity
> for the QGIS developers to discuss and collaboratively resolve bugs,
> plan the direction for the project and work on new features. The
> developers and contributors are donating their valuable time, so it
> would be great if in-kind funding can be made available from within the
> community to cover out-of-pocket expenses. All of the work that takes
> place at the hackfest will be directly contributed back into the QGIS
> project to the benifit of everyone who uses it."

yes, better. I added it to the wiki page. If you intend to write a funding mail
to the lists for the meeting, then I would prefer a native english speaker to
write or at least proof-read it - so we find the right words. 
  
regards,
 Otto

> Regards
>