On 5/19/15 8:59 AM, O'Driscoll, Tim wrote: > There wasn't any public response to this but we did discuss it with several > people separately who all thought it was a good idea. Therefore, we've > decided to go ahead with it. Siobhan is working on the plan now and should be > in a position to make a formal announcement in a few weeks. > > In the meantime, I wanted to let people know that this is going ahead so that > you can: > a) Save the date. October 8th/9th, immediately after the European LinuxCon, > in Dublin Ireland. > b) Think about topics that you'd like to see covered. We'll solicit for > inputs when the formal announcement is made, but it's good for people to > begin thinking about this now. > Tim, I for one think it is a good idea. +1 from me. > We'd like this to be quite an interactive event with a lot of discussion > rather than just presentations. We plan to have many of our key DPDK > developers there, so it will be a great opportunity to network, discuss the > technical challenges that you're facing and help to build a stronger DPDK > community. >
> > Tim > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Butler, Siobhan A >> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 7:19 PM >> To: dev at dpdk.org >> Subject: [dpdk-dev] dev at DPDK Hackathon Proposal >> >> Hi all, >> >> As a community we have virtually come together from all over the globe, >> developing now our third successful open source DPDK version with DPDK >> r2.0 about to release. >> It is astounding to comprehend the commitment and enthusiasm you have >> all shared to bring DPDK to this point. >> With growing the community of developers in mind, and strengthening the >> networks and virtual collaborations that have come about, >> I propose that we hold the first dev at DPDK Developer Hackathon this year. >> >> Many people will be travelling to Dublin, Ireland for LinuxCon and >> CloudOpen October (5th-7th). >> I propose that we hold a hands on 2 day hackathon Thursday October 8th >> and Friday October 9th to coincide with this offering, in Dublin. >> From a community perspective is a great opportunity to bring together >> the people that make DPDK happen - the developers. >> From a developer perspective it is a great opportunity to be part of the >> first gathering, meet some new people, learn something new >> and have a lot of fun on the way. >> >> At this point the agenda is open - so if you see merit in this proposal >> please share your interest here so that we can gauge attendance >> and gather ideas of what people would like the format to be. >> >> Thanks, >> Siobhan >> <siobhan.a.butler at intel.com> -- Thomas F Herbert Principal Software Engineer Red Hat therbert at redhat.com Office: 919-301-3295 Mobile: 804-741-2695
