Hi everyone,
after some talks with David here at FOSDEM, we finally decided to get
the ball rolling and try to organize something we've been talking about
since months: a Mer sprint.
-- What is that?
A sprint is an in-person meeting between the contributors. It's an
intense series of days in which lots of code is made, strategic
decisions are taken, and much more. Not to forget meeting face to face
people you talk with daily on IRC makes remote work way more bearable :)
It's a common practice among main open source projects.
-- Who is that for?
Everyone who is involved as a contributor in Mer.
-- How does it work?
The format we thought about (up for discussion) is a 5-days sprint,
starting Wednesday and ending Sunday, with Saturday as an Open Day. The
open day will be an opportunity to do some outreach to the local
communities for Mer.
-- When?
The dates are up for bidding. I've made a Doodle:
http://www.doodle.com/y7mtvzxpwy5x96k8
In which I put only monday as a date. The format is "this week works
for me".
-- Where?
The venue is up for bidding. Ispirata offers his offices in Venice,
Italy, as a possibility. Quite close to Venice and Treviso airport,
accomodation nearby, good food, good climate :) Other proposals are
welcome.
-- Costs?
The venue must be sponsored by the provider, so that the only costs are
travel and accommodation. In KDE, we have successfully done
indiegogo/kickstarter campaigns to partially or completely finance those
costs. This is something I plan to do once the sprint is confirmed.
-- Ok, I like this. How do we get there?
With some deadlines :) I'd like to open a call for participation and
call for venues today, ending February 17th, which should be enough time
for everyone to settle. The venue will be decided on a "minimal cost
basis", as is: the less people who have to travel long distances, the
better.
We're going to use Doodle for polling participants and dates (link
above).
Given pretty much everything is up for discussion, please reply to this
thread if you want to help making the sprint happen or have other
proposals.
Thanks for reading everything, and hope to see you soon!
--
Dario Freddi
CEO
Email: dario.fre...@ispirata.com
Mobile: +39 329 65 93 570
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