[Development] Qt Contributors Summit: when and where

[alexandra.leisse at nokia.com]

On 5.1.2012 12:23 PM, "ext André Pönitz" <andre.poenitz at nokia.com> wrote:

>On Wednesday 04 January 2012 16:59:40 ext marius.storm-olsen at nokia.com
>wrote:
>> On 04/01/2012 09:54, ext Thiago Macieira wrote:
>> > On Wednesday, 4 de January de 2012 15.26.06, quim.gil at nokia.com wrote:
>> >> [...] June 28th - June 30th are the only dates available during June
>>at the
>> >> (amazing) venue we are looking for in Berlin. Would that work for
>>you?
>> >
>> > Non-starter. Collides with Akademy (Jun 30-July 6) in Tallinn.
>> >
>> > If we're going to do it in late June, I'd suggest moving it to
>>Tallinn.
>
>Am I allowed to call _that_ a "non-starter"? ;-)
>
>A rough inspection of the Qt Creator repo turns up more than a dozen .de
>addresses and not a single .ee one. Making it for (non-[ex-]Nokian)
>contributors as easy as possible to attend should have highest priority.
>
>In Berlin there's also a decent chance that most of the Qt Creator team
>"accidentally" drops in, at least for a day or so. While Tallinn is
>certainly 
>a nice city, I would not expect the same to happen if the Summit is being
>held there.

I agree. That was one of the reasons I chose Berlin last year. In
addition, it's pretty central, and has accommodation options in literally
all budget ranges.

>Btw, to me even June 28-30 + June 30-July 6 do not look completely
>incompatible.
>I am not sure how many people would go to both the Contributor's summit
>_and_ to Akademy _and_ *need* to be on both on the 30th...

IMHO it's too far into summer anyway. A fair amount of people will be
already on holidays or about to leave.

>Anyway, Marius suggested:
>
>> Maybe we could find a different venue in Berlin then, which would fit
>> the original dates, June 14-16?
>
>That would be preferable at least to me personally, too. School holidays
>start on June 20 this year over here so I am not likely to go anywhere
>Qt related anyway on June 30...

See above. :)

Alexandra

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