On 1 Feb 2014, at 11:37 pm, Dario Freddi <dario.fre...@ispirata.com> wrote:
> 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. What about contributors that cannot make it there due to being on the other side of the planet? > > -- 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 > GPG Key Signature: 511A9A3B > > Ispirata - Rise to Excellence > >
