PIKtipi Sprint 2007
Sprint in tents in Potsdam's beautiful science park "Albert Einstein". The first summer camping sprint at PIK Potsdam will take place alongside the 8. DZUG-Tagung, the official annual meeting of the german zope user group. It will be held outdoors in the science park PIK is located in amongst several other institutes. The sprint's topics are mainly still open, but its focus will be multimedia, grok and buildout.
- When:
- Saturday June 2 - Wednesday June 6 2007
- What:
Sprint topics depend on the interests of its participants, that is we are open to suggestions. Current ideas include...
- continued german translation of plone 3.0
- grok / megrok.five
- buildbot infrastructure for zope & plone
- multimedia components: plone4artists suite, media database
- calendaring
See the topics page for more details.
- Where:
The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) is located in the "Albert Einstein Science Park" on Telegrafenberg, a hill near the center of Potsdam. You can reach Potsdam by train in about 30 minutes from Berlin's main train station.
The sprint will take place in and even more so outside one of the main buildings of the PIK, depending on weather conditions. The event is planned as a camping sprint, so ideally we will code, eat, drink and sleep outside. Some pictures of the sprint site will hopefully give you an impression of what to expect.
- Who:
There is room for up to 30 participants. Signing up is on a first come, first serve basis. If you're interested in participating, please leave a comment on the participants page.
- How much:
The attendance fee will be 220€. This includes full board and lodging, the sunday night barbecue, the attendance fee for the DZUG meeting and its party, high speed internet access and last, but not least, drinks including beer! :)
- More:
Please refer to the information for sprinters page for more info on how to get to PIK, accomodation, potential activities besides sprinting, what to bring, how to sign up, contacting us and so on...
- Hosted by:
The sprint will be hosted and organized by the PIK Potsdam.
- Sponsoring:
Attending the sprint is usually paid for by the participants, who also work for free and pay their own flights. Contributing financially really helps. For helping sponsor the sprint, please contact us (see above). Read more about sponsoring at the excellent sponsorship description document over in the snowsprint 3 area.
