[Kde-finance-apps] Spring meeting

[Klaas Freitag]

Am Sonntag 24 Januar 2010 02:49:10 schrieb Alvaro Soliverez:

Hi all,

thanks Alvaro for summarizing this.
> 
> Participants:
> It would be great if we could have the main people from every involved
> application. Those people who help the most, and of course, who can
> see things through. After all, we all are probably going to come out
> of this meeting with a ton of work to do.
Agreed.
> We should also attract folks from the non-technical area (e.g.
> promo/marketing, maybe usability).
I think for the first meeting these are not soo important, because we
have plenty to do with the tech stuff first.

> Someone with lots of experience working under the KDE umbrella would
> be great too (I think that would be Klaas, right?)
> Most of us are new to working within KDE and having someone in the
> know really helps.
Yes, I plan to be there :-)

> Date:
> Spring this year.
What about these concrete date proposals:
friday, april 30th -> sunday, may 2nd
or
friday, may 14th -> sunday, mayy 16th

I'd suggest to meet on friday until lunch so that we can start work 
right after lunch. Since people really have to travel a long way, we
should  use the time.
 
> Sponsorship:
> We can probably get good support from the KDE e.V. for that, finance
> and location wise if we ask. Usually the KDE e.V. reimburses 80% of
> travel- and accomodation costs, if we follow some simple rules like
> for example that we inform the community of what happened.
I checked with Cornelius (he is the president of the KDE e.V.) and he
said that the e.V. board is expecting our sprint and they have the money
planned for that.

> Can the e.V. issue 'Spendenquittungen' (don't know if donation receipt
> is the right translation)? That might bring in some sponsors.
Sure, since it is a 'real' eV ;-)

> Location:
> If over a weekend, Thomas can offer his office space here near Frankfurt
> (coffee included :) ) There are hotels around in walking distance and their
> weekend rates should be reasonable - he can check on that if needed.  All
>  we have to make sure is, that there's no large trade show in Frankfurt.
I would suggest to go to Frankfurt if Thomas is ok with that. Especially 
for people flying in from far Frankfurt is perfect, and its also ok for 
France and Belgium I think. Thomas, if ok with you, please check dates 
or suggest others.
>
> Now, we should collect who is coming. Every application team will know 
> who is the best people to come.
For Kraft it would be
- Klaas Freitag (Nuremberg, Germany)
- Thomas Richard (Belgium) (@Thomas: i assume ;-)

Please add names here for the other teams!


> We also have to invite designers, translators, etc. outside of this list.
As said, I would not do that for the first time. Lets keep it rather small
to make it effective.

> In my case, going all the way up there for only 3 days means spending
> as much time on the plane as on the meeting, 
Yes, and I guess we have to be flexible with the date in order to get an
ok flight fare for you. Can you check the costs soon and let me know?

regards,

Klaas