Hi Guilherme, all, > We’re happy to announce the 11th EasyBuild Hackathon that will take > place at CSCS in Lugano, just after the HPC Advisory Council (which > also happens to be in Lugano). > > This Hackathon will be mostly dedicated to hands on activities, > however it will also include a short intro for new users.
Thanks for organizing this! However, I see that CSCS is charging participants 80. CHF per day, and I find this unfair towards Hackathon contributors and institutions that have hosted similar events in the past for free. After all, CSCS is going to profit eventually from work done at the Hackathon in terms of bug fixes and new features for EB; asking participants to pay in order to come to work in Lugano really feels like double-charging to me. Of course, the amount is not a problem (160. CHF is peanuts in an IT group's budget), but I do really feel these charges are undue. Ciao, R -- Riccardo Murri http://www.s3it.uzh.ch/about/team/#Riccardo.Murri S3IT: Services and Support for Science IT University of Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich (Switzerland) Tel: +41 44 635 4297 Fax: +41 44 635 6888
