On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 17:44 +0100, Julius Baxter wrote: > Hi all > > I'd like to propose an event for OpenRISC developers to meet up for > discussion and presentation of recent and future work.
Hi Julius, Good idea. > There's been an increase in the amount of work being done for on the > project so it'd be great to get people along to give presentations on > what they've been up to. I'd also like to have discussions on the > future of the project, so things like implementation and architectural > road maps. > > I'd plan it as a structured day of presentations (probably up to 1 or > 2 hours each, including discussion) followed by something involving > dinner and beer in the evening. I'd allow some space for shorter talks. What about some hands-on as well? > Stockholm seems to be the best venue for such a meet up as there > appears to be the largest number of active developers there. It's also > a relatively cheap and easy place to get to on the low cost airlines. As a counter offer, have you considered running it as a joint event with OSHUG in London? London University's Center for Creative Collaboration would be a good free venue. > Date: A Saturday sometime in September or October would be good. It's > going to be hard to pick a date to allow everyone who wants to come to > do so. I've created a poll for people to register the dates when > they're potentially free to come: > http://www.doodle.com/6fhk2bi9yw9arsrf I've put in my availability. You might like also to consider running noon-to-noon Saturday to Sunday, so people only need to stay one night. > Venue: I guess somewhere with a projector and big enough to fit > everyone. If anyone has some suggestions of where to ask, please post > them to this list. I'll also contact some places that we could > possibly use, but the more options the better. Ideally we'll arrange > free, or practically free, venue hire. Hopefully the event will be > entirely free to attend. Hopefully companies actively involved with OpenRISC would provide some sponsorship. > Once we have date and time arranged, we'll organise the presentations > - I expect a page on the wiki with those details will materialise. > > I'm happy to organise the event - it shouldn't require much really - > just agreeing on the time, date, running order and which pub to go to > afterwards! Well done that volunteer! Best wishes, Jeremy -- Tel: +44 (1590) 610184 Cell: +44 (7970) 676050 SkypeID: jeremybennett Email: [email protected] Web: www.embecosm.com _______________________________________________ OpenRISC mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openrisc.net/listinfo/openrisc
