Hi all This is just a gentle reminder that the registration is mandatory for the Hackathon and the deadline is March 18th.
Cheers, G. -----Original Message----- From: Peretti-Pezzi Guilherme <pere...@cscs.ch> Date: Friday 19 February 2016 19:05 To: "easybuild@lists.ugent.be" <easybuild@lists.ugent.be> Subject: Re: participation fees at the 11th EB hackathon (WAS: Re: [easybuild] FW: 11th EasyBuild Hackathon hosted at CSCS in Lugano) >Dear all, > >Due to all the requests from the community (and in order to be aligned >with EB’s Code of Conduct :) CSCS won’t be charging any registration fee >for the Hackathon. > >The webpage has been updated accordingly. Please be aware that the >registration is mandatory (deadline is March 18th). > >Cheers, >G. > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: <easybuild-requ...@lists.ugent.be> on behalf of Riccardo Murri ><riccardo.mu...@uzh.ch> >Reply-To: "easybuild@lists.ugent.be" <easybuild@lists.ugent.be> >Date: Thursday 18 February 2016 21:55 >To: "easybuild@lists.ugent.be" <easybuild@lists.ugent.be> >Subject: participation fees at the 11th EB hackathon (WAS: Re: [easybuild] >FW: 11th EasyBuild Hackathon hosted at CSCS in Lugano) > >>Hi Guilherme, all, >> >>> We’re happy to announce the 11th EasyBuild Hackathon that will take >>> place at CSCS in Lugano, just after the HPC Advisory Council (which >>> also happens to be in Lugano). >>> >>> This Hackathon will be mostly dedicated to hands on activities, >>> however it will also include a short intro for new users. >> >>Thanks for organizing this! >> >>However, I see that CSCS is charging participants 80. CHF per day, and I >>find this unfair towards Hackathon contributors and institutions that >>have hosted similar events in the past for free. >> >>After all, CSCS is going to profit eventually from work done at the >>Hackathon in terms of bug fixes and new features for EB; asking >>participants to pay in order to come to work in Lugano really feels like >>double-charging to me. >> >>Of course, the amount is not a problem (160. CHF is peanuts in an IT >>group's budget), but I do really feel these charges are undue. >> >>Ciao, >>R >> >>-- >>Riccardo Murri >>http://www.s3it.uzh.ch/about/team/#Riccardo.Murri >> >>S3IT: Services and Support for Science IT >>University of Zurich >>Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich (Switzerland) >> >>Tel: +41 44 635 4297 >>Fax: +41 44 635 6888 >
