On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 15:37, Hyrum K Wright <hy...@hyrumwright.org> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Nick Burch <n...@apache.org> wrote: >> Hi All >> >> The Apache Conferences Committee (ConCom) are pleased to announce the 2nd >> Apache Retreat at Knockree in Ireland, from Friday 13th to Monday 16th May. >> As some of you may already known, your project is taking part in the >> retreat, and is hosting a hackathon/planning session there. >> >> For those who haven't been to an Apache Retreat before, they're a weekend >> long event when Apache committers and community members get together to hack >> on code, attend un-conference sessions, put faces to names and generally >> have a fun time. >> >> The project hackathons provide a great chance to plan new releases, solve >> bugs, try out new ideas and designs, as well as meeting people you've >> previously only emailed! The weekend will also feature a BarCamp >> un-conference, so when you're not hacking there's plenty else of interest to >> get up it. >> >> For more information on what the event is like, what the venue's like, >> what's planned and how to sign up, please see: >> https://sites.google.com/site/apacheretreatknockree/ >> >> In addition, the Travel Assistance Committee is supporting the event, and >> can fund travel for those who otherwise couldn't make it. The deadline for >> applications is Saturday 12th March, please see >> http://www.apache.org/travel/ for information on what's covered, the >> criteria and how to apply. >> >> Otherwise, we look forward to seeing your project hacking away in Ireland in >> May! > > I'll add a secondary plug for the Ireland retreat, and note that it > dovetails nicely with the elego-sponsored Berlin hackathon the > following week.
Myself, Hyrum, and Stefan Sperling will be attending both events, by the way. Hope to you see you all at one or both of these!! Cheers, -g
