[GeoNetwork-devel] Last chance before cancelling: OSGeo Hacking event in a monastry near Bolsena (Italy)!?

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Dear all,
Unfortunately only 6 people have signed up for the hacking event until now. This means that I'll cancel the event by Thursday, unless suddenly at least 12 others confirm their participation :frowning: Too bad, but that's life.
Cheers,
Jeroen

Dear all,
Further to my earlier email (below), I have now created a WIKI page and filled out the possible weeks that an event could be held.

To make a final booking, I want to be sure to have at least 15 people that confirm their participation and an indication of at least another 20 people that the have an interest to join. Otherwise it may end up being an expensive experiment from my side :wink:

You can sign up here:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/OSGeo_Hacking_event

Please sign up before 8 February, after which a decision will be made.

Greetings,
Jeroen

Dear all,
I've been thinking of getting an OSGeo "hacking" or code sprint event setup in an Italian monastry. Friends of mine take care of the place which is overlooking Lago Bolsena and offers space to 25 people in small bedrooms :slight_smile: . Its probably one of the coolest places for such an event. Quiet, isolated and serene. There's a good wireless and wired internet connection, although I wouldn't bet my hand on it if we all start to download satellite images. It should be perfect for SVN, IRC and mail.

The cost would be about 200 Euro per person for the week (food not included, we can organize that separately). There's a large kitchen and large dining space. Obviously since the weather most likely permits, we would eat outside overlooking the lake.

Have a look yourself, including looking at the photo gallery:

http://www.conventobolsena.org/

Where: Google Maps

Are people interested in such a thing? Looking at availability of the place, best would be June or possibly in May (not always available!).

If there's enough interest, I can start getting people to sign up and get a booking done. There would be 7 days time, so it can also be divided into smaller time chunks that are occupied by different projects.

Let me know, greetings from Rome,
Jeroen

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Jeroen Ticheler ha scritto:

Unfortunately only 6 people have signed up for the hacking event until
now. This means that I'll cancel the event by Thursday, unless
suddenly at least 12 others confirm their participation :frowning: Too bad,
but that's life.

One more confirmation that develpers are *the* limiting resource in FOSS
ecosystems.
pc
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Could you please explain what you mean to a "poor" OS developer?

Simone.

On Feb 12, 2008 4:44 PM, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini@anonymised.com> wrote:

Jeroen Ticheler ha scritto:

> Unfortunately only 6 people have signed up for the hacking event until
> now. This means that I'll cancel the event by Thursday, unless
> suddenly at least 12 others confirm their participation :frowning: Too bad,
> but that's life.

One more confirmation that develpers are *the* limiting resource in FOSS
ecosystems.
pc
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Oh shoot. We were discussing this internally for awhile (maybe too long...). I think TOPP can commit to funding at least 6 of our people to come. And potentially another 4-5 if things work out well and there's some other OpenLayers critical mass. And we're hoping to encourage some other GeoServer devs to come.

Any chance there's another 6 people that could confirm participation? Or a chance that we could rent just half of the place?

Chris

Jeroen Ticheler wrote:

Dear all,
Unfortunately only 6 people have signed up for the hacking event until now. This means that I'll cancel the event by Thursday, unless suddenly at least 12 others confirm their participation :frowning: Too bad, but that's life.
Cheers,
Jeroen

Dear all,
Further to my earlier email (below), I have now created a WIKI page and filled out the possible weeks that an event could be held.

To make a final booking, I want to be sure to have at least 15 people that confirm their participation and an indication of at least another 20 people that the have an interest to join. Otherwise it may end up being an expensive experiment from my side :wink:

You can sign up here:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/OSGeo_Hacking_event

Please sign up before 8 February, after which a decision will be made.

Greetings,
Jeroen

Dear all,
I've been thinking of getting an OSGeo "hacking" or code sprint event setup in an Italian monastry. Friends of mine take care of the place which is overlooking Lago Bolsena and offers space to 25 people in small bedrooms :slight_smile: . Its probably one of the coolest places for such an event. Quiet, isolated and serene. There's a good wireless and wired internet connection, although I wouldn't bet my hand on it if we all start to download satellite images. It should be perfect for SVN, IRC and mail.

The cost would be about 200 Euro per person for the week (food not included, we can organize that separately). There's a large kitchen and large dining space. Obviously since the weather most likely permits, we would eat outside overlooking the lake.

Have a look yourself, including looking at the photo gallery:

http://www.conventobolsena.org/

Where: http://tinyurl.com/2t6zby

Are people interested in such a thing? Looking at availability of the place, best would be June or possibly in May (not always available!).

If there's enough interest, I can start getting people to sign up and get a booking done. There would be 7 days time, so it can also be divided into smaller time chunks that are occupied by different projects.

Let me know, greetings from Rome,
Jeroen

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Ciao Chris,
I heard from aaime about this plan, I actually think it would be
pretty nice to spend a few days all together, even though a whole week
is probably a bit too much for me.

Jeroen, are you sure you cannot hold a bit more? It is not that easy
to spare a whole week but it might be nice!

Btw, since now developers seem to have become a limitating factor,
probably some "supporting" company could donate some funding to this
event. The ROI should be good since in a monastry there would not be
much to do besides working :-)!

Simone.

On Feb 12, 2008 5:50 PM, Chris Holmes <cholmes@anonymised.com> wrote:

Oh shoot. We were discussing this internally for awhile (maybe too
long...). I think TOPP can commit to funding at least 6 of our people
to come. And potentially another 4-5 if things work out well and
there's some other OpenLayers critical mass. And we're hoping to
encourage some other GeoServer devs to come.

Any chance there's another 6 people that could confirm participation?
Or a chance that we could rent just half of the place?

Chris

Jeroen Ticheler wrote:
> Dear all,
> Unfortunately only 6 people have signed up for the hacking event until
> now. This means that I'll cancel the event by Thursday, unless suddenly
> at least 12 others confirm their participation :frowning: Too bad, but that's
> life.
> Cheers,
> Jeroen
>
>
> Dear all,
> Further to my earlier email (below), I have now created a WIKI page and
> filled out the possible weeks that an event could be held.
>
> To make a final booking, I want to be sure to have at least 15 people
> that confirm their participation and an indication of at least another
> 20 people that the have an interest to join. Otherwise it may end up
> being an expensive experiment from my side :wink:
>
> You can sign up here:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/OSGeo_Hacking_event
>
> Please sign up before 8 February, after which a decision will be made.
>
> Greetings,
> Jeroen
>
>>
>> Dear all,
>> I've been thinking of getting an OSGeo "hacking" or code sprint event
>> setup in an Italian monastry. Friends of mine take care of the place
>> which is overlooking Lago Bolsena and offers space to 25 people in
>> small bedrooms :slight_smile: . Its probably one of the coolest places for such
>> an event. Quiet, isolated and serene. There's a good wireless and
>> wired internet connection, although I wouldn't bet my hand on it if we
>> all start to download satellite images. It should be perfect for SVN,
>> IRC and mail.
>>
>> The cost would be about 200 Euro per person for the week (food not
>> included, we can organize that separately). There's a large kitchen
>> and large dining space. Obviously since the weather most likely
>> permits, we would eat outside overlooking the lake.
>>
>> Have a look yourself, including looking at the photo gallery:
>>
>> http://www.conventobolsena.org/
>>
>> Where: http://tinyurl.com/2t6zby
>>
>> Are people interested in such a thing? Looking at availability of the
>> place, best would be June or possibly in May (not always available!).
>>
>> If there's enough interest, I can start getting people to sign up and
>> get a booking done. There would be 7 days time, so it can also be
>> divided into smaller time chunks that are occupied by different projects.
>>
>> Let me know, greetings from Rome,
>> Jeroen
>>
>
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mob: +39 333 8128928

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Hi Chris,
With another six from your side and hopefully others to join up we are getting pretty close to a minimum required number! We might go for it with another four that will confirm this week. In that case it will have to be in the week three (second option in June) since that has most people already confirmed.
Let me know soonest!
Ciao,
Jeroen

On Feb 12, 2008, at 5:50 PM, Chris Holmes wrote:

Oh shoot. We were discussing this internally for awhile (maybe too long...). I think TOPP can commit to funding at least 6 of our people to come. And potentially another 4-5 if things work out well and there's some other OpenLayers critical mass. And we're hoping to encourage some other GeoServer devs to come.

Any chance there's another 6 people that could confirm participation? Or a chance that we could rent just half of the place?

Chris