[gentoo-dev] invitation for the mountain-sprint in austria

[Jodok Batlogg]

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hi,

i'd like to invite you to attend a sprint (explanation below) in 
alberschwende, vorarlberg, austria.
we'd like to bring local developers in contact with you. we plan to 
bring roughly 40 people (devs/users) from 3 different os projects 
(gentoo, zope/plone, openoffice) together.
we can fund expenses for 8 leading people, the other people will get 
cheap accommodation.

that was the short version - if you are interested continue reading :)  
and check http://plone.org/events/sprints/mountain-sprint

my background is zope/plone, i'm plone developer and in the gentoo 
project i try to help out the net-zope herd.
my company focusses on os development, we're also working on quite some 
european projects. one of these projects is OSIV (open source 
initiative vorarlberg, http://www.osiv.at - in german). within this 
eu-founded project we have one activity where we bring developers from 
our country together with international os developers.

from September 16th to September 19th we are organizing a sprint with 
the following topics:

- - zope/plone (elearning, calendaring, groupware, gentoo integration)
- - server-apps for SMEs (groupware, security,...)
- - open office (integration, users)
- - linux (developers and system administrators)

the sprint is co-financed by the european commission - we can pay 
flight and accommodation for up to 8 people. these people should be 
able to lead one or more of the topics above.
"ordinary" participants have to pay roughly EUR 350,- (includes 
everything for the 4 days except travel: accommodation, sprint 
location, beverage/food, entertainment)
the plone conference in vienna starts at the 20th of september in 
vienna. we'll organize a night-train to this event to this event (will 
be included in the price)

if you are interested in this event sign up 
mountain-sprint@×××××××××××××.at (just send a msg "subscribe" to the 
list), write in a few sentences who you are and why you'd like to 
attend :)
please check http://plone.org/events/sprints/mountain-sprint for 
updates too.

cheers - looking forward to meet you

jodok


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SPRINTING EXPLAINED (from zope)
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A sprint is organized with a coach leading the  session. The coach sets 
the agenda, uses the whiteboard to track  activities, and keeps the 
development moving. The developers work in  pairs using XP's pair 
programming approach. One of the pairs needs to be  a veteran sprinter, 
and both need experience. Some  sprints are focused on a specific 
topic, like internationalization or  cataloging.
The sprint approach works best when the first few hours are spent 
getting  oriented. This means e.g. presenting Zope3 and the tutorial, 
getting everyone's computers working with the CVS server, etc. The need 
to have a  veteran in each pair can be a limit on the number of pairs, 
which shouldn't go above four (for a total of eight sprinters). The 
coach can  be a veteran in a pair.
Needless to say, a sprint needs a host to provide the space and  
connectivity. Whiteboards are usually needed. All sprinters should 
bring  their own laptops with ethernet connections.
At the end of the sprint, code is produced and Project moves forward. 
This  by definition means that sprinters need to have cvs access (and 
sign e.g. the corresponding Contributors Agreement)

jodok batlogg

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telesis Entwicklungs- und Management GmbH · Hof 4 · A-6861 Alberschwende
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http://telesis.at/ · jodok.batlogg@×××××××.at

have a nice day
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