Joyent has just announced additional details of their sponsorship, including prizes:
http://www.joyent.com/blog/getting-ready-for-mesoscon-hackathon • Joyent is offering every participant a $10,000 credit for Triton Elastic Container services • Each member of the winning teams in the community need and people’s choice categories will receive an Apple Watch Sport • Winners of Joyent's container-native bonus awards will receive an additional $10,000 credit1 for Triton Elastic Container services. Again, this award goes to each team member Fine print: • Credits may only be used for Triton services in the Joyent public cloud. Credits are non-transferable and expire October 31, 2016. Maximum monthly usage limited to $1,000. Recipient must accept Joyent's standard terms of service and register their user information with Joyent staff during the event. • Up to four participants per team, per hackathon rules. Requests to the community: • Please be sure to register for MesosCon Europe and tick the box saying you want to join the hackathon • If you're an experienced Mesos hacker, please consider offering to mentor a project. Announce your availability via the mail list or on Twitter. • Use the hashtag #mesohack in tweets and on Instagram and elsewhere Finally, we can't wait to see your hacks, and will be toasting the winners at an After-Hack party Friday evening at the Habourmaster Pub. See you in Dublin! > On Oct 5, 2015, at 2:15 PM, Casey Bisson <casey.bis...@joyent.com> wrote: > > The MesosCon EU hackathon is this Friday! > > Hopefully we all get a chance to build something silly, or fantastic, or just > work through a really frustrating bug, but this is a hackathon, so the goal > is to meet people, have fun, and learn from each other. > > Joyent is sponsoring the event and offering some awards in categories > outlined in https://www.joyent.com/blog/mesos-we-heart-hack-you: > <https://www.joyent.com/blog/mesos-we-heart-hack-you:> > >> Community need: These are issues logged in the Mesos issue tracker that have >> received a large amount of activity (comments, votes, etc), and address some >> of the larger problems or pain points for the community. Suggested projects >> include new features, bugs, or documentation. >> >> People’s choice: These contributions will be voted on by your peers, and our >> guidance is intentionally open-ended so teams will run wild with their >> ideas. We’re excited to see what you come up with. > > I wanted to start conversation about that first category, the community > needs. Is there a good reference for suggestions about those needs? Are there > any teams forming around them? > > Additionally, I’m wondering who will be on site for the hackathon. Are their > people who are willing to be mentors? Are there others who are looking for > mentors? > > I’m looking forward to a fantastic event and meeting many people in the > community. Thank you, > > —Casey* > > * Oh, hai. This is my first post to these lists. I work for Joyent on Triton, > the container-native data center automation solution for public and private > clouds. Learn more at https://www.joyent.com/triton > <https://www.joyent.com/triton>.
