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On 11/12/2015 5:15 AM, Rosa, Andrea (HP Cloud Services) wrote:
> Hi
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> I knew that people in China had a 3 days hackathon  few months ago I was thinking to have a similar thing in Europe.
> My original idea was to propose to add an extra day after the mid-cycle but I am not sure if that is a good idea anymore:
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> CONS:
> - the next  mid-cycle is going to be the first one outside USA and as for any new things it has some level of uncertainty, we know that we could have a less participant than the other meetups, so it is a risk to add the hackathon at this time
> - probably it is better to have more than one day for getting the most out of an hackathon event
> - ppl attending the hackathon are not necessarily the same person attending a mid-cycle event, I think at the hackathon as a very good opportunity for new contributors
> - it is already late for this proposal, I know I had to propose it at the last summit, my fault
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> PROS:
> - having the hackathon following the  mid-cycle gives us the opportunity to have more core reviewers available, which is a key point for getting right directions and stuff done
> - cost effective: ppl interested in attending both events can save a travel
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> It'd be good to have a feedback about the Chinese hackathon experience to understand if it's worth to put effort in making a similar event in other part of the world.
> If it's not the mid-cycle I think there are other events where it could be good to have a couple of extra days for the hackathon, I am thinking for example at Fosdem [1]... well not for 2016 as it is on the week-end after the mid-cycle :)
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> Thanks
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> Andrea Rosa
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> [1] https://fosdem.org/
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I wouldn't want to mix this into the meetup. There are already the 
travel restrictions (I'll probably be leaving on Friday if I can go). 
Plus as you say, it's better for new contributors and that's not really 
what we're shooting for with the meetups since those are meant to make 
progress on big issues, not write/review code.

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Thanks,

Matt Riedemann