Re: [board-discuss] Hackfests, the next generation: A Call To Action

2017-10-25 Thread Bjoern Michaelsen
Hi Regina, first off: Sorry for taking so long to reply. On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 03:16:04PM +0200, Regina Henschel wrote: > I would like to participate in such a Hackfest. I know, I do not belong to > the targeted category of persons, but I want to code, and I could help in > testing, whether a

Re: [board-discuss] Hackfests, the next generation: A Call To Action

2017-10-21 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Bjoern, Bjoern Michaelsen schrieb: Suggested new format But maybe revitalizing Hackfests are an opportunity here. Here is a suggested new format: - TDF selects a small of the tenderable topics (6 man days) - TDF selects a "product owner" for the topic (could be an TDF

Re: [board-discuss] Hackfests, the next generation: A Call To Action

2017-08-30 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi Shinnok, On 30/08/17 09:55, Shinnok wrote: > On this topic, I just probed the idea with Thorsten in my last one on one > with him > about having a BoF talk at the two tech Unis in Iasi, Romania, my hometown: The whole idea sounds like an extraordinarily effective use of time =) I

Re: [board-discuss] Hackfests, the next generation: A Call To Action

2017-08-30 Thread Shinnok
Hi *, On this topic, I just probed the idea with Thorsten in my last one on one with him about having a BoF talk at the two tech Unis in Iasi, Romania, my hometown: * Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering, Iasi * Faculty of Computer Science A. I. Cuza, Iasi (I followed this one)

Re: [board-discuss] Hackfests, the next generation: A Call To Action

2017-08-23 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi Bjoern, TLDR; I think we should try this - not because it is without potential problems (I'll elaborate below), but because encouraging trying new ideas is an important thing that we should be doing =) and quite probably this is another great idea from you. And then of course

Re: [board-discuss] Hackfests, the next generation: A Call To Action

2017-08-22 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Bjoern, Bjoern Michaelsen wrote: > I recently had a look at a variety of challenges the LibreOffice > community is facing wrt Hackfests and especially also tenders: > Love the general direction here - > If you are interested in helping with this, either as: > > - someone on the ground