Hi,
Here are some news about the Perl QA Hackathon 2012.
TEAM
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It seems we are picking up the gauntlet, and it will happen in
Paris. :-)
The current local team is very small: it's just myself and
Laurent Boivin.
Laurent is the treasurer of the French Perl Mongers, and has a lot of
experience in organizing the French Perl Workshop and OSDC.fr conferences
in Paris. He is also very good at reminding me this is all my fault,
and we still have all those things to do.
We will welcome help from perl-qa dwellers, for all things that can be
done remotely, such as finding more sponsors, taking care of the web
site, etc.
VENUE
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We have two possible venues:
** Carrefour Numérique, Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie **
Dates: Friday March 30 - Sunday April 1st, 2012
Price: free
Seats: 30
Rooms: 1
Location:
inside Paris but on the outskirt (19th district)
Opening hours:
09:00 - 18:30
(it's possible to negotiate more time, but we need to decide
before January)
Network:
wired with little restrictions,
or wifi with a dedicated VLAN and no restrictions
Catering:
it's possible to eat snacks, but we can't have lunch (or
anything looking like a real meal) inside there are several
places to eat close to the venue Accomodation: close to
several hotels, we will soon start talking to them
Constraints:
will need the list of attendees 15 days in advance, to allow
entry during "extended hours" and on Sunday
History:
The French Perl Mongers have a long history with la Cité
des Sciences: it has hosted several French Perl Workshops
and OSDC.fr conferences. The security people knows us, and
there never was any issue.
** La Cantine **
Dates: Friday March 30 - Sunday April 1st, 2012
Price: we have a quote for 5700 EUR for the three days
(this includes a 50% discount)
Seats: up to 50
Rooms: 3 to 4 available
Location:
center of Paris (2nd district)
Opening hours:
no limit, we'll have the keys.
Network:
open wifi network
Catering:
possible to eat inside, there's also a lot of choice outside
Accomodation:
there are also many hotels around, but more expensive than
around la Cité des Sciences
Constraints:
we are basically free, given what we will be paying
History:
We have no history with this site. This location is more
"trendy". It would be great if it were in the price range of
the other location. ;-)
SPONSORS
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We haven't started actively looking for sponsors yet.
Currently, we have:
- the surplus from last year's QA Hackathon (about 1000 EUR)
- a 500 EUR donation from Renée Bäcker
Sponsoring doesn't need to be in cash: a company can directly
pay for an employee's (or even a non-employee) travel and
accomodation costs.
BUDGET
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Our goal is to cover the travel, accomodation and catering costs
for as many people as possible. The actual coverage will of course
depend on the amount of sponsoring we can round up.
WEEKLY MEETINGS
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Last year, we had weekly IRC meetings. This was very useful to prevent
things from slipping, and to stay focused on the organization of the
event.
We will have a weekly meeting on #perl-qa (irc.perl.org), every
Thursday at 13:00, for 15 minutes. Everyone interested is invited to
participate. I expect the meetings will last longer as the hackathon
approaches. Minutes will be posted on the perl-qa mailing-list.
Next meeting: Thursday November 10, 2012
--
Philippe Bruhat (BooK)
You never know what love is until you lose it.
(Moral from Groo The Wanderer #38 (Epic))
