On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Jeremy Bennett
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jeremy....@embecosm.com> wrote:
> On 19/02/14 18:38, Andrew Back wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Firstly, many apologies for the lack of communication over the last few
>> (!) months.
>>
>> So, there have been a number of discussions in the background with
>> regards planning the next ChipHack, and I think we are now in a good
>> position to start thinking about dates and fixing a venue.
>>
>> Potential dates: one weekend in late May, else a weekend in June.
>> Location: Cambridge.
>> Venue: possibly Makespace, the Centre for Computing History has also
>> been suggested, and the University Computer Lab may be a possibility too.
>
> Sounds good. What about half term week, either 24/25 May (26 being the
> bank holiday) or 31 May/1 June? I like the idea of the Makespace,
> because anyone local who gets hooked would presumably like to go there.
>
24/25 May gets my vote. I'm not here the 31 May/1 June weekend.
I think the Makespace would be a better idea, too. It's more in tune
with the ethos of the event.
>> Any later and we're getting into the holiday period, plus also a number
>> of us will be attending the GCC Cauldron one weekend in July. Earlier
>> probably wouldn't give us sufficient time for planning and publicising etc.
>
> Agreed?
Sure.
>
>> When we discussed a follow-up event last year there seemed to be a
>> general consensus that Cambridge would be a good location and, of
>> course, we were hoping that Julius and Saar will be up for helping out
>> (read: being the resident HDL wizards) once again :o)
>
> I think Cambridge is a good idea.
I'm up for it. Work is ridiculous at the moment (not even enough spare
cycles to poll #openrisc :-/), but I've got to draw the line
somewhere, and I really enjoy contributing to these events and getting
others interested in this sort of stuff.
>
>> Thoughts? Perhaps if people could say which dates might/won't work for
>> them. Comments on the aforementioned venues and further suggestions are
>> also welcome.
>
> Both the aforementioned work for me.
>
>> Finally, if possible I'd like us to try and fix a date before the end of
>> February, so that I can confirm a venue as soon after as possible, and
>> then we can start to publicise the event.
>
> Sounds good
I agree, the sooner we can get this advertised the better. Also, the
sooner we can figure out what we're planning to do.
Thanks for your efforts on this Andrew.
Cheers
Julius