Hi,
wonderfull! +1
Nicola
Il giorno 01/feb/2014, alle ore 14:37, Dario Freddi <[email protected]>
ha scritto:
> 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
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>
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