[Hackathons] Who's putting on a hackathon?

[Jonathan Worthington]

Hi,

Ann Barcomb wrote:
> If this process goes well, and I am able to find a venue, I will commit to arranging it.  I'm hoping to have this settled by
> mid-January.
>   
Awesome! How close do you plan to have it to the DPW?

> * Would you prefer to pay more costs yourself if this enabled some
>    key people to attend, or would you rather have as little cost as
>    possible?
>   
For me, kinda depends on the magnitude of the extra costs. If it's ~ 50 
euros more cost to me, it's not a big deal. If it's 100 euros more, 
that's going to be a little more noticeable. I do think it's important 
to have key people from a couple of projects there, though.

> * Would you prefer cheaper accomodation if it meant sharing a room
>    with 1-2 other people, or do you need to be alone?
>   
I room-shared at the Chicago one and that combined with a nice exchange 
rate between the pound and the dollar made the accommodation really 
cheap for me. I think I stayed up doing stuff a bit later than my 
roommate (which was odd because I was supposed to be jetlagged), but 
since the hacking room was available until late for people who want to 
hack into the early hours, that was no problem. I think that's something 
to ensure is the case at the venues you're looking at as it makes room 
sharing a lot smoother, I expect.

> * What projects would you like to work on, and what people would you
>    like to see (sponsored to attend)?
>   
I'll almost certainly be wanting to hack on Parrot. Some other Parrot 
people being there would be cool, but I'd very much like to see folks 
from other projects there too.

> * Would you prefer to have a better internet connection but a hard limit of attendees, or a poorer internet connection and a more flexible limit?
>   
Poorer in what way? I don't think a high-bandwidth connection is needed, 
just a reliable one. A hard limit on attendees would kinda suck if a 
load of locals we didn't expect turned up and wanted to hack.

Hope this helps,

Jonathan