Hey everyone,

Seems like we already have a lot of interest for organizing a hackathon
in Berlin :)

Do we have time slots already allocated in the schedule or is that still
to be determined?

How far are we with the announcement for the PMCs?

Cheers,
Max

On 03.08.19 10:20, Julian Feinauer wrote:
> Hi Myrle,
> 
> Of course I'm happy to help (and I think we could perhaps organize to provide 
> an small iot lab for everybody that wants to try plc4x...).
> 
> Just to get everything right, the announcement is for all pmcs not just ours 
> as an invitation to the hackathon or to organize something there?
> 
> Julian
> 
> Von meinem Mobiltelefon gesendet
> 
> 
> -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --------
> Betreff: Re: Volunteers wanted: Hackathon organization at ApacheCon Berlin 
> 2019
> Von: Myrle Krantz
> An: dev@community.apache.org
> Cc:
> 
> Hi Julian,
> 
> The most important thing we need now is actually just an announcement to
> the PMC's that we are going to be holding a hackathon in Berlin.  I expect
> the rest to be self-organization of the communities.  I don't think we need
> anything elaborate like what's going on for Vegas.  A hackathon is a
> success if people find some time to work with each other.  And for that
> they need seats, wifi, and power, which we will already be providing.  So
> all that's missing now is awarenes.
> 
> Would you do me a favor and draft an announcement please?  Write it the way
> you would like it to be seen by the PLC4X community, but imagine that it's
> going to all the hacking communities.  If you can do that, I'll make sure
> it gets sent.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Myrle
> 
> (Thank you so much!)
> 
> On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 11:42 AM Julian Feinauer <
> j.feina...@pragmaticminds.de> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just jump onto this track.
>> I think the plc4x community would like to "participate" in the hackathon
>> and do some things there.
>> So If I can help you with something or you have more information come back
>> to me or keep me in the loop : )
>>
>> Julian
>>
>> Am 02.08.19, 10:20 schrieb "marta@" <data-artisans.com
>> ma...@data-artisans.com>:
>>
>>
>>
>>     On 2019/07/09 19:48:18, Myrle Krantz <my...@apache.org> wrote:
>>     > Hey Marta,
>>     >
>>     > Can I put you in charge of the hackathon in general for Berlin?  I
>>     > basically would just like to have you make sure projects know about
>> it
>>     > (especially those who have speakers at the conference), and make
>> sure that
>>     > if projects need anything (within reason of course), that our
>> producer
>>     > knows about it.  If you want to attend sync-ups with ACNA, that's up
>> to you.
>>     >
>>     > We do have a community partnership in place with FlinkForward, so I
>> can
>>     > help put you in touch with them if it helps you in any way.
>>     >
>>     > Best Regards,
>>     > Myrle Krantz
>>     > Conference Chair, ApacheCon Europe 2019
>>     >
>>     > On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 9:30 PM Marta Paes Moreira <
>> ma...@ververica.com>
>>     > wrote:
>>     >
>>     > > Hi, Gris.
>>     > >
>>     > > Thanks for including me in the thread! I am definitely interested
>> in being
>>     > > part of the general organization as an extra pair of Berlin-based
>> hands.
>>     > >
>>     > > About specific initiatives, it would be great to partner up with
>> Aizhamal
>>     > > to do something around documentation! I also took the time to
>> discuss
>>     > > internally the possibility of a Flink Hackathon, but October will
>> be a bit
>>     > > sketchy with Flink Forward in the horizon. We can discuss the
>> feasibility
>>     > > of this if there is agreement that it would be a valuable
>> initiative.
>>     > >
>>     > > Marta
>>     > >
>>     > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 8:13 PM Griselda Cuevas <g...@google.com>
>> wrote:
>>     > >
>>     > > > I'm cc'ing folks who might be able to help prepare some project
>> specific
>>     > > > hackathons. Maybe some of them would even be interested in
>> helping with
>>     > > the
>>     > > > general organization?
>>     > > >
>>     > > > Alex, David, Matthias & Max - would you be interested in driving
>> a Beam
>>     > > > Hackathon?
>>     > > >
>>     > > > Aizhamal & Marta, any interest in hosting a documentation
>> hackathon?
>>     > > >
>>     > > > David, Aizhamal, any interest in an Airflow hackathon?
>>     > > >
>>     > > > On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 07:38, Myrle Krantz <my...@apache.org>
>> wrote:
>>     > > >
>>     > > >> Hey everyone,
>>     > > >>
>>     > > >> Much like for Las Vegas, I'm hoping we can find a volunteer or
>> two who
>>     > > is
>>     > > >> interested in helping to make the hackathon in Berlin awesome.
>>     > > >>
>>     > > >> Is anyone interested in assisting here?
>>     > > >>
>>     > > >> To quote Rich:
>>     > > >>
>>     > > >> "I need 1 to 3 volunteers to own the Hackathon for ACNA.
>>     > > >>
>>     > > >> The Hackathon has long been a central part of ApacheCon.
>> However, the
>>     > > >> success of the hackathon waxes and wanes over the years, due
>> largely to
>>     > > >> whether someone steps up to drive it.
>>     > > >>
>>     > > >> The hackathon has multiple intertwined purposes:
>>     > > >>
>>     > > >> * Attract and mentor new committers
>>     > > >> * Strengthen personal bonds within project community
>>     > > >> * Foster cross-project cooperation
>>     > > >> * Knock out difficult bugs/features/documentation projects
>>     > > >>
>>     > > >> For this to be successful, the following things need to happen
>>     > > >>
>>     > > >> * Projects need to know about it
>>     > > >> * They need to prepare ahead of time. In particular, they need
>> to think
>>     > > >> about what they will be working on
>>     > > >> * The plan (ie, what we'll be working on) must be promoted both
>> within
>>     > > >> the project (so that core project members show up prepared) and
>> outside
>>     > > >> (so that curious people show up and play along)
>>     > > >> * There needs to be great signage on-site, and we need to
>> mention it at
>>     > > >> every plenary
>>     > > >>
>>     > > >> To this end, I need someone(s) to step up to own this. I do not
>> have
>>     > > >> time to be the point person on this.
>>     > > >>
>>     > > >> I need someone who cares about building project communities, is
>>     > > >> enthusiastic about working directly with projects to build their
>>     > > >> hackathon plans, and who plans to attend ACNA to do the on-site
>> stuff
>>     > > >> necessary to support the above. I need someone who is willing
>> to take
>>     > > >> the reins on this and drive it without much direction from me
>> or anyone
>>     > > >> else, and just report back periodically on progress.
>>     > > >>
>>     > > >> Please let me know if you are willing to lead this effort.
>> Thank you."
>>     > > >>
>>     > > >> Thanks,
>>     > > >> Myrle Krantz
>>     > > >> Conference Chair, ApacheCon Berlin 2019
>>     > > >> The Apache Software Foundation
>>     > > >>
>>     > > >
>>     > >
>>     > Hi, Myrle.
>>
>>     Wow, this thread got deeply lost in translation — I really apologize
>> for the huge lag, just became aware of the discussion now.
>>
>>     Not sure I have enough experience to lead the organization of a
>> hackathon, but am more than willing to partner up with Max to gain some
>> traction and make this happen. As he mentioned, we are both based in
>> Berlin, which makes it pretty convenient. @Max, let's sync on the status of
>> this — I see Mathias (Baetens) has also showed interest in jumping on board.
>>
>>     Again, sorry for losing track of this.
>>
>>     Marta
>>
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