[TOSprint] Proposed Vienna Code Sprint 2014

[Michael P. Gerlek]

[ disclaimer: I wasn't at Boston this year, so I may not have the full
story - forgive me if this ground was already covered... ]

While I fully support the idea of a Vienna sprint, I'm not sure that it
would draw many from North America. There are more than enough potential
sprinters on both continents that I'd like to a see *both* a Euro Sprint
and a NorthAmer Sprint.

If David wants to run an event in Philadelphia, then great. If that
doesn't come through, though, I'd be up to hosting an event at IslandWood
again.

-mpg





On 4/16/13 7:47 AM, "Daniel Morissette" <dmorissette at mapgears.com> 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=zHClRv95T
>>UbsTHFEFcAeRO5RphlRnHnkur2pH4Oprw-b-b&bmadr=25723751
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