[TOSprint] Proposed Vienna Code Sprint 2014

[Stephan Meißl]

Hi Daniel,

thanks for the excellent summary. I forgot to ask what do people think
of having the sprint in Europe?

Looking forward to the Philadelphia proposal :)

cu
Stephan


On 04/16/2013 04:47 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> Thank you very much Stephan for putting this together.
> 
> To put things in context for everyone, we do not have a formal process
> in place yet to choose the next C Sprint venue. In past years, we just
> happened to have one person volunteer to do the next one. That person
> would usually express their intention on the last few days of the sprint
> and if the proposal sounded interesting to all participants then that
> was it.
> 
> This year we had a very nice problem with two interested parties, so we
> could not make an easy decision:
> 
> - Stephan Meissl, EOX - Proposing Vienna and taking the sprint to Europe
> for the first time
> 
> - David Zwarg, Azavea - Proposing Philadelphia
> 
> Both are very keen and have been active participants of the sprint for
> multiple years. We were convinced that both could pull out a great
> sprint, so we suggested that they both do a bit of research on their
> side and get back to this list by the end of April with more details on
> what their proposed venue/sprint would be like.
> 
> So here we are, Stephan came up with his proposal. I would expect to see
> David come back with something in the next little while as well... and
> then we'll need to find a way to make this decision.
> 
> Suggestions welcome for the decision process. I do not claim to have
> authority to make or influence this decision myself, this email is just
> to put things in context for everyone on the list who may not be aware
> of the discussions that happened at our corner of the table during the
> Wednesday night group dinner in Boston.
> 
> Well, the habs beat Boston also that night but that is another story. :-)
> 
> Daniel
> 
> On 13-04-16 10:28 AM, Stephan Meißl wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> as promised at the Boston Code Sprint I've investigated the
>> possibilities to host the 2014 Code Sprint in Vienna and I'm happy to
>> make the proposal available at [1].
>>
>> The City of Vienna, MA 14 [2] confirmed to sponsor the venue for up to
>> 30 sprinters in their very new office called STAR 22 [3]. The venue is
>> not far from the center of Vienna (~25min via train and subway) and can
>> be reached easily from the Vienna airport via train.
>>
>> I don't know the processes for selection but I suggest if you like the
>> proposal to add yourself to the list of possible participants indicating
>> your preferred dates to determine the best date and get an estimate of
>> participation. Opinions?
>>
>> Looking forward to welcome you all in Vienna!
>>
>> cu
>> Stephan
>>
>> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Vienna_Code_Sprint_2014
>> [2] http://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/ict/index.html
>> [3]
>> http://www.wien.gv.at/stadtplan/grafik.aspx?lang=de-AT&bookmark=zHClRv95TUbsTHFEFcAeRO5RphlRnHnkur2pH4Oprw-b-b&bmadr=25723751