[Kde-finance-apps] Spring meeting

[Thomas Baumgart]

Hi,

on Wednesday 27 January 2010 Klaas Freitag wrote:


> 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

May 13th is "Father's day" and a lot of people take Friday off. But that 
shouldn't matter.  May 1st there is an annual large bike race around 
Frankfurt. This might have some impact on accommodation, as they start not too 
far from the meeting location. (http://www.eschborn-frankfurt.de/)

> 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.

Yep.

> > 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 ;-)

Good to know.

> > 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.

From Brussels it is a four hour car ride to Frankfurt. From France, it depends 
where you live: from Paris one might be better off to take the fast train via 
Cologne or a plain than a car ride.

Both dates are fine with me - and I have confirmation from my company that we 
can use the facilities.

> > 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!

For KMyMoney that would be (planned)
- Thomas Baumgart (Frankfurt, Germany)
- Alvaro (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Fernando Vilas (Texas, USA)

> > 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.

Agreed.

> > 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?

I am pretty flexible with the dates. And the facilities shouldn't be a 
problem: I have access to a meeting room at the local sports club also, if 
needed.

BTW, we usually do much better than this guy if we speak English 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXPPu418C78

It is sooo embarrassing.

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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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