Re: [Monotone-devel] Monotone Summit 2008
Hi, please everybody: fill in dates you can attend a monotone summit in 2008 here: http://www.venge.net/mtn-wiki/MtnSummit2008 -- it helps a lot getting a date fixed soon and having a rough idea of how many people might want to come. I wrote: I've mailed Leslie and asked if Google would be interested in sponsoring again. According to Leslie, Google may very well be interested in supporting us again. However, I'm unclear if it's possible to hold the summit at Google/Zurich or if Leslie wants us to come to Mountain View ;-) I can certainly do most of the organizational stuff involved if we can get this summit set up in Zurich. It would obviously get more difficult for me, if we'd go with Google/MtnView. I could help organizing anyway. As Leslie and Nathaniel were talking about April 2008 - and because that would give us more time for organizing, I favor that now. It seems like a more realistic date. I'm still open for other possibilities and locations. FOSDEM seems attracting, too. Maybe we should now try to get a DevRoom anyway? Who is planning to attend FOSDEM? If we get at least three developers together, we could organize a user focused event. Anybody up for it? Regards Markus ___ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
Re: [Monotone-devel] Monotone Summit 2008
Hi, Nathaniel Smith wrote: If anything, it's probably on the late side to be organizing for January/February, so people probably would want to get on it quick... Yeah, better late than never ;-) Besides, are there any good reasons that it must be Jan/Feb? We could still do in in March or even April, no? I would not be surprised if Google were willing to offer space again, or there are other options like above. I don't know that Google's non-Mountain View campuses are set up for anything like this, but I don't know that they aren't, either (though there'd be no Leslie there, obviously :-)). Whoever decides to make things actually happen would of course get to make final decision on all these things, Europe vs. other continents etc. :-) Looks like somebody just needs to step forward... I've mailed Leslie and asked if Google would be interested in sponsoring again. I'm very enthusiastic about Google's biggest European office in Zurich, sort of my home town. Take a look at [1]! But maybe that's just me being overly excited about Zurich... Anybody else interested in helping to organize? Regards Markus [1]: Working at Google Zurich, a YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPz1Mou-Xxk ___ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
Re: [Monotone-devel] Monotone Summit 2008
Markus Schiltknecht writes: Hi, Nathaniel Smith wrote: If anything, it's probably on the late side to be organizing for January/February, so people probably would want to get on it quick... Yeah, better late than never ;-) Besides, are there any good reasons that it must be Jan/Feb? We could still do in in March or even April, no? It is not too late to ask for a developers' room at FOSDEM in Brussels (23-24 Feb 2008). See http://fosdem.org. Since I live in Brussels, I will definitely attend and can accommodate one person at no charge. I'm also trying to set up an Ada developers' room with several interesting speeches. -- Ludovic Brenta. ___ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
Re: [Monotone-devel] Monotone Summit 2008
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Markus Schiltknecht wrote: Hello Siegfried, Siegfried Herbold wrote: Maybe there is a location of the same size like Google with: - - - free (firewall/charge) internet - - - two projection surfaces, but only one mounted beamer (one unmounted beamer to organize) - - - one flip chart - - - open for us 24/7 - - - free of charge Can you be a little more specific, i.e. where is that room? Close to an airport? At least somewhat attractive for visitors? TechnoloieCenter Wuppertal, Germany (www.w-tec.de), 0.5h by car / 1.1h by train from international Airport Duesseldorf (DUS) There is no problem with public transport (200 meters from location) In most cities in Europe, that's not much of a problem, I guess. Regards Markus -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHD24papNh/bw3S9oRAqHYAKCrolYiCOFTTIgog7hpO1smRyHf3gCfUqI6 1RoK3uRv/dtnEZcHsiHXik4= =Onsn -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
Re: [Monotone-devel] Monotone Summit 2008
Markus Schiltknecht writes: Hi, Ludovic Brenta wrote: It is not too late to ask for a developers' room at FOSDEM in Brussels (23-24 Feb 2008). See http://fosdem.org. Since I live in Brussels, I will definitely attend and can accommodate one person at no charge. I'm also trying to set up an Ada developers' room with several interesting speeches. That's also a good idea! Do you know the deadline for reserving such a DevRoom? Their website isn't too informative to me today (i.e. DevRooms is an empty page from here). From past experience, the deadline is mid-October. However, this is not set in stone and this year they're having serious problems with the organisation. From yesterday's update on the web site, it seems (some of) the problems have been solved. I would suggest asking for a dev room very soon if enough people are interested. -- Ludovic Brenta. ___ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
Re: [Monotone-devel] Monotone Summit 2008
Hello Siegfried, Siegfried Herbold wrote: Maybe there is a location of the same size like Google with: - - - free (firewall/charge) internet - - - two projection surfaces, but only one mounted beamer (one unmounted beamer to organize) - - - one flip chart - - - open for us 24/7 - - - free of charge Can you be a little more specific, i.e. where is that room? Close to an airport? At least somewhat attractive for visitors? There is no problem with public transport (200 meters from location) In most cities in Europe, that's not much of a problem, I guess. Regards Markus ___ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
Re: [Monotone-devel] Monotone Summit 2008
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nathaniel Smith wrote: My problem is that I'm probably not up to helping much with the organization this time -- I'll certainly be interested in coming, though! Sponsorship was very helpful, but it's not a necessary thing. The hard and urgent part is finding space and picking dates -- last year, of course, Google gave us space and some money towards lodging, so that determined the space part of things. (The other options I thought about were either borrowing space from a friendly company that is less massive than Google, which companies are much easier to find but it's much harder to get space during weekdays; or else lodging in a hotel that had free wifi and at getting one suite that could serve as a work area during the day.) (You also want to think about transportation issues -- in Europe I guess there is generally public transportation? Basically just making sure that there is some sensible way for people to eat during days without requiring elaborate load-everyone-in-a-car stuff. Google, of course, made this super-easy.) I would not be surprised if Google were willing to offer space again, or there are other options like above. I don't know that Google's non-Mountain View campuses are set up for anything like this, but I don't know that they aren't, either (though there'd be no Leslie there, obviously :-)). Whoever decides to make things actually happen would of course get to make final decision on all these things, Europe vs. other continents etc. :-) -- Nathaniel Maybe there is a location of the same size like Google with: - - - free (firewall/charge) internet - - - two projection surfaces, but only one mounted beamer (one unmounted beamer to organize) - - - one flip chart - - - open for us 24/7 - - - free of charge There are two possibilities of full service catering in the room and in a neighbour building is a canteen (breakfast and lunch only) There is no problem with public transport (200 meters from location) Regards Siggi -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHD1raapNh/bw3S9oRAnvcAJ9nPJXnGrfH6cbadfIkS7v7TCD14gCgqprY vt+08cbKO4fpt/Q9BrXt4es= =DpRq -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
Re: [Monotone-devel] Monotone Summit 2008
Hi, Ludovic Brenta wrote: It is not too late to ask for a developers' room at FOSDEM in Brussels (23-24 Feb 2008). See http://fosdem.org. Since I live in Brussels, I will definitely attend and can accommodate one person at no charge. I'm also trying to set up an Ada developers' room with several interesting speeches. That's also a good idea! Do you know the deadline for reserving such a DevRoom? Their website isn't too informative to me today (i.e. DevRooms is an empty page from here). Regards Markus ___ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
Re: [Monotone-devel] Monotone Summit 2008
On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 11:12:15AM +0200, Markus Schiltknecht wrote: Nathaniel Smith wrote: If anything, it's probably on the late side to be organizing for January/February, so people probably would want to get on it quick... Yeah, better late than never ;-) Besides, are there any good reasons that it must be Jan/Feb? We could still do in in March or even April, no? No, no particular reason -- I think last year it just happened then because by the time we started planning it was too late to do it before Jan/Feb, and there was no reason to hold it off until after that. On further thought, a time after March 22 would be much better for me personally, because I'm a teaching assistant for the winter quarter this year, so that makes it quite tricky for me to get away between January 4 and March 22 (would need to find someone else to take my class, couldn't do it at all during test times, etc.). -- Nathaniel -- Electrons find their paths in subtle ways. ___ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
Re: [Monotone-devel] Monotone Summit 2008
Hey Thomas, Thomas Keller wrote: Is there a general interest of doing another summit next year - maybe again in January/February? LOL, I was just thinking about it and that we should start organizing such a thing if we are heading for the same time of the year... We should have more than enough topics for it, a lot of things still nag my personal feeling about monotone (automate interface, selectors, policy *cough* branches, partial pull, ...) and I think it would be a great opportunity for us all to bring monotone just another big step foward. Full ACK. You know I couldn't attend to the last / first one this year, but I'd really like to make it this time. But since I'm even more broken than last year all I could afford is something in Europe. Opinions? To be able to meet everybody in person, I'd favor a single event, as opposed to multiple local ones. OTOH that's certainly more expensive. Any chance of getting some sponsorship again? Maybe for an event in Europe? Asking Google Switzerland? ... If we can't get funds for a worldwide event, we should better try to organize local gatherings. But let's check for funds, first. I'm certainly willing to help organizing. Regards Markus ___ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
Re: [Monotone-devel] Monotone Summit 2008
On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 11:25:34AM +0200, Markus Schiltknecht wrote: Thomas Keller wrote: Is there a general interest of doing another summit next year - maybe again in January/February? LOL, I was just thinking about it and that we should start organizing such a thing if we are heading for the same time of the year... If anything, it's probably on the late side to be organizing for January/February, so people probably would want to get on it quick... You know I couldn't attend to the last / first one this year, but I'd really like to make it this time. But since I'm even more broken than last year all I could afford is something in Europe. Opinions? To be able to meet everybody in person, I'd favor a single event, as opposed to multiple local ones. OTOH that's certainly more expensive. Any chance of getting some sponsorship again? Maybe for an event in Europe? Asking Google Switzerland? ... If we can't get funds for a worldwide event, we should better try to organize local gatherings. But let's check for funds, first. I'm certainly willing to help organizing. My problem is that I'm probably not up to helping much with the organization this time -- I'll certainly be interested in coming, though! Sponsorship was very helpful, but it's not a necessary thing. The hard and urgent part is finding space and picking dates -- last year, of course, Google gave us space and some money towards lodging, so that determined the space part of things. (The other options I thought about were either borrowing space from a friendly company that is less massive than Google, which companies are much easier to find but it's much harder to get space during weekdays; or else lodging in a hotel that had free wifi and at getting one suite that could serve as a work area during the day.) (You also want to think about transportation issues -- in Europe I guess there is generally public transportation? Basically just making sure that there is some sensible way for people to eat during days without requiring elaborate load-everyone-in-a-car stuff. Google, of course, made this super-easy.) I would not be surprised if Google were willing to offer space again, or there are other options like above. I don't know that Google's non-Mountain View campuses are set up for anything like this, but I don't know that they aren't, either (though there'd be no Leslie there, obviously :-)). Whoever decides to make things actually happen would of course get to make final decision on all these things, Europe vs. other continents etc. :-) -- Nathaniel -- Details are all that matters; God dwells there, and you never get to see Him if you don't struggle to get them right. -- Stephen Jay Gould ___ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
[Monotone-devel] Monotone Summit 2008
Hi folks! Is there a general interest of doing another summit next year - maybe again in January/February? We should have more than enough topics for it, a lot of things still nag my personal feeling about monotone (automate interface, selectors, policy *cough* branches, partial pull, ...) and I think it would be a great opportunity for us all to bring monotone just another big step foward. You know I couldn't attend to the last / first one this year, but I'd really like to make it this time. But since I'm even more broken than last year all I could afford is something in Europe. Opinions? Thomas. -- only dead fish swim with the stream: http://thomaskeller.biz/blog Am Anfang war das Wort: http://www.schäuble-muss-weg.de signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
