On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 1:12 AM, Steffen Möller <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > I was peeking into the one or other scientific collaboration of mine to > invite them to our next Debian Med sprint. But I could not really tell > much about it, yet. Besides deciding where to convene next (which to my > recollection is decided by someone saying loudly that he/she wants to > host us ... hello?) I have offered to host the next Debian Med sprint at TBD Black Sea resort near the city of Constanța, Romania. > we should possibly also lean back a bit and decide > if we want to change the one or other thing. This could start with the > name. In my perception what we are having is not so much a > problem-focused Sprint. It is more like many Sprints held at the same > time, spiked with educational bits and team building. This year had this > twofold. It had it externally to Debian with the ELIXIR folks and it had > it internally to Debian with the promotion of continuous integration > tests. Well done! I also liked this year's clear-cut extra day. > +1 on expanding the event! I think calling it a mini debconf is fair. Remember: If we have backing from a COST action then travel support and accommodations costs would be covered for many people affiliated with European research institutions. > So, what do you all think? Would it help to officially come up with > some extended Sprint format? What would you change? Nothing? More talks? > More time? Should there possibly a second Debian Med meeting on another > continent than Europe? With the same focus? Or more medical? > > Is there something else we could do to ease the waiting time for the > next winter? With EU projects one has (too many) virtual meetings. But > maybe this would not be too bad after all. > > Many greetings > > Steffen > > > -- Michael R. Crusoe Community Engineer & Co-founder Common Workflow Language project https://impactstory.org/u/0000-0002-2961-9670 [email protected] +32 (0) 2 808 25 58 +1 480 627 9108
