Let's sprint

[Tomek Paczkowski]

Hello. Django sprint. Let's do it.

I'd like to have a look at conversation you had with Honza, so if someone has it, please forward it to tomek at hauru dot eu

[Sebastian Pawlus]

done :)

[Tomek Paczkowski]

I've just sent message to DSF. The message was as follows:

Hello!

I'm writing on behalf of Kraków Python User Group -- PyKonik

(http://blog.pykonik.org/). On recent meet-up we have decided to

organize Django sprint in our city.

Dates are not yet known, but we're aiming for the sprint to happen in

February 2012. Some local companies promised to help with organizing

spacious room with decent Internet connection and some food.

We have contacted Honza Kral with positive response: he's willing to

come and help.

Our community is small (around two dozens) and only two people were ever

participants in open source sprint. We're seeking help in form of

guidance on the best form of the event and also in contacting other core

developers. Also official blessing would be nice, too.

Best regards

Tomek Paczkowski

[Tomek Paczkowski]

Hello. We've got a response from Russel Keith-Magee. He says:

 * there's some funding for sprints in DSF

 * when we work out dates and venue he will post it to django blog

 * we should ask around at django-dev mailing list for people wanting to sprint

 * we've got official DSF blessing

 * gives some event advice:

As for the event itself -- because of the timing, the best thing to

work on will be fixing bugs to help the release get out the door [1].

This list is fairly short at the moment, but I'm sure it will get

longer as we get closer to cutting a release. Get someone at the

sprint to allocate those bugs out to people/teams in the room, and

keep going until there are no bugs left!

We've got some more general advice for sprint participants on our Wiki

[2]. Reading Django's contribution guides are also a possible source

of inspiration [3] [4]. If you can set a goal like "Everyone who

attends gets a ticket to Ready For Checkin", it gives you something to

work towards, and if everyone pairs up, it's a completely achievable

goal.

 

[1] Release blockers

[2] https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/SprintIdeas

[3] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/howto/contribute/

[4] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/internals/contributing/

If someone wants unabridged mail, please ping me.

[Tomek Paczkowski]

And for something completely different: 

First news about 1.4 release -- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-developers/LhbC-Psjar0/D6ybgKdGQuoJ

[Tomek Paczkowski]

Two most important step right now is to fix the dates.

4-5 Feb or 11-12 Feb are the best.

I've done quick research on http://lanyrd.com/2012/feb/ checking for 

any major conferences, but nothing got my attention. 

If someone could take a look at it it would be great.

I'm still waiting for Jannis Leidel to respond to my email. 

Maybe he'll have some preferences.

[Tomek Paczkowski]

Jannis did not respond. I probably got bad email or something.

We should decide on dates ourselves and confirm venue.

I suppose 4-5th February is OK. What do you think?

[Grzegorz Nosek]

W dniu 14.12.2011 11:28, Tomek Paczkowski pisze:

> Jannis did not respond. I probably got bad email or something.
> We should decide on dates ourselves and confirm venue.
>
> I suppose 4-5th February is OK. What do you think?

Any reason we should prefer this date over the other (or vice versa)?

Either one is fine with me.

G.

[Kuba]

For me it's ok.

[Leszek Piątek jr]

+1 for OK

Pozdrawiam
Leszek Piątek jr

2011/12/14 Kuba <kuba.j...@gmail.com>:

[Sebastian Pawlus]

Tomek, first of all thanks for handling this situation. I really would
like to see Django sprint in Kraków.

I my opinion you should handle this situation like a boss :) Just set
up a date. There is not much space to be democratic in this case. If
nothing really big will come up (and probability is low) we will stick
to your proposition.

[Wiktor Kołodziej]

2011/12/14 Sebastian Pawlus <sebastia...@gmail.com>

For me both dates are fine, but we should check our place of sprint (probably KPT) availability. Michal (Chomik), maybe you can do that?

Wiktor

[Konrad Delong]

On 14 December 2011 11:28, Tomek Paczkowski <to...@hauru.eu> wrote:

Jannis is using his lei...@gmail.com address fro posting to django groups.

cheers,
Konrad

[Tomek Paczkowski]

Yup, venue is important. Who's got contacts to KPT? We need to confirm availability, but also how many people can maximally fit in, if food is permitted inside, what is the Internet like.

[michal chalupczak]

I may ask KPT those questions. But if you wold like to speak to them personally I may pass contacts I have.

From what I have seen food is allowed. There should be enough place for 30 to 40 people. Do we need more place?

michał

[Tomek Paczkowski]

If they know you, then you should handle it. Go ahead. We're aiming 4-5th February or the following weekend.

One more question to ask: is it possible to keep the place open whole night? If not what are the opening hours?

[michal chalupczak]

I'm waiting for KPT to respond.

michał

[Tomek Paczkowski]

Hidden Data offered their office for sprint. It's just by the main square, so localization could hardly be better. They have 25 work places, and could probably organize more.

The localization is reeeeealy good, close to many hostels, many restaurants, easy to find. Sounds very tempting.

[michal chalupczak]

That's great news (especially KTP has just officially answered that they will make official statement in January). Unofficially, I spoke with them on the phone, they want us.

I personally think that Hidden Data invitation will be hard to beat ;-)

michał

[Tomek Paczkowski]

Some news:

 - Hidden Data confirmed 4-5 Feb, we have venue! Huge thanks to this guys!

 - Jannis Leidel confirmed 4-5 Feb, we have another core dev!

[Tomek Paczkowski]

So the X-mas slowed organization a bit, but:

1. I've put together a simple website for the sprint: http://django-sprint-krk.ep.io/

Please, go there, read it and tell me what can be improved. 

2. I've seen Hidden Data office and it looks spacious. 

If you know a place that would lend us some additional chairs/desks that would help a lot.

Things to think about:

a) Food. The way I see it, we'll organize some light snacks (sandwiches and some sweets) and beverages (coffee, tea and energy drinks).

Lunching inside would be troublesome, so instead we'll do an organized lunch in place nearby.

b) Internet. Does any of you have experience with setting up robust WiFi network for 40+ devices?

I'm afraid simple router won't do.

c) We will need some more power strips. 

[Brian Curtin]

On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 16:36, Tomek Paczkowski <to...@hauru.eu> wrote:
> So the X-mas slowed organization a bit, but:
>
> 1. I've put together a simple website for the
> sprint: http://django-sprint-krk.ep.io/
> Please, go there, read it and tell me what can be improved.
>
> 2. I've seen Hidden Data office and it looks spacious.
> If you know a place that would lend us some additional chairs/desks that
> would help a lot.
>
> Things to think about:
> a) Food. The way I see it, we'll organize some light snacks (sandwiches and
> some sweets) and beverages (coffee, tea and energy drinks).
> Lunching inside would be troublesome, so instead we'll do an organized lunch
> in place nearby.

You should submit a request to spr...@python.org to receive
sponsorship for your sprints from the Python Software Foundation! In
2011 we funded 11 sprints, all of which requested funding for their
group's meals.

I'm the leader of the PSF Sprints committee so I can say for sure that
we'd love to help out a sprint by your group. We operate based on
sponsorship, though, so we have you buy the actual stuff then we send
you money after the fact.

http://pythonsprints.com/

[Tomek Paczkowski]

Hi Brian! I've already contacted PSF about this and I'm keeping in touch with Russel.

[Grzegorz Nosek]

W dniu 01.01.2012 23:36, Tomek Paczkowski pisze:

> So the X-mas slowed organization a bit, but:
>
> 1. I've put together a simple website for the sprint:
> http://django-sprint-krk.ep.io/
> Please, go there, read it and tell me what can be improved.

The domain? :D we can sponsor a more pronounceable domain and some
hosting, if needed.

> 2. I've seen Hidden Data office and it looks spacious.
> If you know a place that would lend us some additional chairs/desks that
> would help a lot.

Nokando, sorry :/ At least, not for 40+ people.

> Things to think about:
> a) Food. The way I see it, we'll organize some light snacks (sandwiches
> and some sweets) and beverages (coffee, tea and energy drinks).
> Lunching inside would be troublesome, so instead we'll do an organized
> lunch in place nearby.

Need some corporate support? Or brownies? ;)

> b) Internet. Does any of you have experience with setting up robust WiFi
> network for 40+ devices?
> I'm afraid simple router won't do.

Yeah, the first thing to die is always wifi. Used to play with it years
ago but in a different scenario (town-wide wireless backbone). I might
be able to help a bit but probably not much.

> c) We will need some more power strips.

How many outlets?

Best regards,
Grzegorz Nosek

[Mateusz Biliński]

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:42, Grzegorz Nosek <grzegor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> W dniu 01.01.2012 23:36, Tomek Paczkowski pisze:
>
>> So the X-mas slowed organization a bit, but:
>>
>> 1. I've put together a simple website for the sprint:
>> http://django-sprint-krk.ep.io/
>> Please, go there, read it and tell me what can be improved.
>
>
> The domain? :D we can sponsor a more pronounceable domain and some hosting,
> if needed.

We can create any pykonik.org subdomain and redirect it wherever you want.

--
Mateusz Biliński

[Grzegorz Nosek]

W dniu 04.01.2012 12:57, Mateusz Bili�ski pisze:

> We can create any pykonik.org subdomain and redirect it wherever you want.

I was thinking of e.g. djangosprint.krakow.pl

G.

[Tomek Paczkowski]

If we're changing domain, than better quickly. I'd like to get it out to the public ASAP. 

I'm leaning towards sprint.pykonik.org.

Can someone CNAME this domain to django-sprint-krk.ep.io ?

[Tomek Paczkowski]

Hello.

On Wednesday, January 4, 2012 12:42:28 PM UTC+1, Grzegorz Nosek wrote:

W dniu 01.01.2012 23:36, Tomek Paczkowski pisze:

> 2. I've seen Hidden Data office and it looks spacious.

> If you know a place that would lend us some additional chairs/desks that
> would help a lot.

Nokando, sorry :/ At least, not for 40+ people.

How many could you lend? 

[Wiktor Kołodziej]

2012/1/4 Tomek Paczkowski <to...@hauru.eu>

If we're changing domain, than better quickly. I'd like to get it out to the public ASAP. 

I'm leaning towards sprint.pykonik.org.

Can someone CNAME this domain to django-sprint-krk.ep.io ?

Done.

W.

[Tomek Paczkowski]

On Wednesday, January 4, 2012 12:42:28 PM UTC+1, Grzegorz Nosek wrote:

Need some corporate support? Or brownies? ;)

Brownies would be perfect. Also place recommendations. 

[Tomek Paczkowski]

That was quick :-)

http://sprint.pykonik.org/

[Tomek Paczkowski]

Big thanks.

[Grzegorz Nosek]

W dniu 04.01.2012 13:45, Tomek Paczkowski pisze:

> How many could you lend?

Only a few really, 3 desks+chairs would be doable easily.

G.

[Grzegorz Nosek]

W dniu 04.01.2012 13:46, Tomek Paczkowski pisze:

> Brownies would be perfect. Also place recommendations.

How big is the "+" in 40+? ;)

G.

[Tomek Paczkowski]

Grzegorz, 

About 40+... I's my wishful thinking. It'll be probably less, more like 20-30. I will know more once people register. 

There is registration counter on http://sprint.pykonik.org/registration/ 

As for chairs and desks. I think we need ~10. Your 3 take it down to 7 more.

[Sebastian Pawlus]

I think that it will be good idea to inform django-dev (Google groups) that such event will take place in Kraków. Maybe others Django Core devs could be interested in taking part in this Sprint. Normally this is the first place to read about new sprint events. 

Updating this page https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/Sprints, could be good idea as well. 

[Tomek Paczkowski]

Done and done:

https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/Sprint2012Krakow

https://groups.google.com/d/topic/django-developers/Izja_i-E-ME/discussion

[Kuba]

:) I guess you mean February not January

https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/Sprint2012Krakow

Already fixed.