Next KDevelop Team Meeting in Mykolayiv Proposal

Wed Feb 4 02:32:17 UTC 2009

So... what's up?

On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 11:44 PM, Alexander Dymo <dymo at ukrpost.ua> wrote:

> Hey,
> looks like it's about time to start planning our next team meeting. And as
> I've promised, I'm putting together a proposal to hold it in my home town
> of
> Mykolayiv in Ukraine.
>
>
> == Agenda ==
>
> The best time for the meeting is mid April - mid May. I have time to
> organize
> the meeting only in April, so we have three options:
> 13-19 April
> 20-26 April
> 25 April - 1 May
>
> Later is the better as weather in mid April is not stable (it might be
> raining
> for the whole week). In any case, it should be really warm and nice even
> during rains. Usually the last week of April has an ideal weather, but I
> can't
> guarantee that for the next year :)
>
>
>
> == Venue ==
>
> My university is ok with us sitting there during the week. We'll have the
> room
> in university library (comfortable space is for about 15 people, but 20
> will
> fit if necessary :)). We'll have a projector available for the duration of
> the
> whole event.
>
> There will be restriction on hacking time. We can start as early as 6:00 in
> the morning, but we should be finished by 21:00-22:00. I think I can
> negotiate
> one overnight hacking session (we would just need some vodka for the
> university security guys ;)), but that will work reliably only for one
> night.
> In any case, vodka will definitely solve any problems if we stay too late
> :)
>
> If we have an "official" part on weekdays, my chair would like us to give
> 2-3
> presentations for CS students about Unix programming (with KDevelop or
> not).
> In any case, I wouldn't expect lots of interested people coming to join us.
> So
> unlike in Munich, this is going to be a strictly "internal" event focused
> mostly on discussing/hacking and not on presenting.
>
> Internet connection will be provided by the university. Usually when I work
> from the university I have speed around 1Mbps. In the evening the
> connection
> is much faster. There're no download/upload limits.
> As a backup, we'll have a 3g modem with 2Mbps connection.
> So, it's not like you'll be able to download pr0n from torrents, but the
> connection should be more than enough for regular hacking.
>
>
>
> == Accomodation ==
>
> Hotel prices (as of today) are ranging from 20 to 50 euro per night.
> There're
> plenty of hotels in the city.
> But it is best to rent appartments for everybody coming. For about 330-450
> euro we can rent a flat with 3 rooms for (min) 3 people for the whole week.
> It's also possible to rent an individual flat for everybody for about 30
> euro/day.
> Renting flats is really preferrable in Mykolayiv as you'll get as much
> comfort
> as possible for less money,
>
>
>
> == Food ==
>
> It takes 15-20 mins of nice walk across the river to the city center where
> all
> the food places are located. It's possible to get a decent 3 course dinner
> for
> 7-10 euro (no guarantee prices won't go up next year btw).
> Of course, there're cheaper places (like tons of pizzerias with 2.5-4.0
> euro
> for a large pizza).
> It's possible to have a dinner at more expensive restaurants starting from
> 22
> euro.
> When I go to my favourite restaurant (which happens to be the Ukrainian
> food
> restaurant ;) ), I usually spend about 13-14 euro there for a 3 course
> dinner.
>
>
>
> == Money and Sponsorship ==
>
> Like the last year, we definitely need sponsorhsip. Especially for travel
> and
> accomodation.
>
> I will have the budget as well for the conference (don't know the exact
> number
> yet). In the worst case this will cover daily pizza for us (with delivery
> to
> the university). In the best case I will also be able to cover the
> "social"/"touristic" program.
>
>
>
> == Social Events and Tourism ==
>
> Depending from the amount of funding I can get, we'll have up to two
> options:
> 1) trip to local winery (20km) with wine tasting + visit to ostrich farm +
> restaurant (with ostrich omelet of course)
> 2) trip to the rocket museum (150km) located in the place where real soviet
> rockets were located (you can get some idea about what's there from
> pictures
> in my album:
> http://picasaweb.google.com/alexander.dymo/UkrainianRocketMuseum#)
>
>
>
> == Getting There ==
>
> 1) For people coming from Russia, usually there're direct (and really
> cheap)
> flights to Mykolayiv from Moscow in spring and summer. Please check
> utair.ru
> for the availability of those flights. In any case, there're direct trains
> to
> Mykolayiv from Moscow (~26 hour trip) and Saint-Petersburg.
>
> 2) Flying to nearest airport in Odessa (130km).
> There're direct flights to Odessa from Vienna, Riga, Istambul, Warsaw,
> Prague,
> Budapest and Moscow.
> The discount airline flying to Odessa is Air Baltic (through Riga).
> Another cheap option is usually LOT (through Warsaw).
> Other airlines are: Austrian, Malev, Ukraine International, CSA, Aerosvit.
>
> Odessa is actually a preferred choice. If we will have less than 15 people
> coming, I will be able to organize transportation from the airport to
> Mykolayiv.
>
> 3) Flying to Kiev (lots of direct flights from Europe and US) including
> discounters like Air Baltic and WizzAir, and then taking a train.
> Overnight train trip (sleeper car) to Mykolayiv takes 10 hours and costs
> about
> 16-17 euro one way.
>
> 4) Going from Berlin to Odessa by train (train goes 3 times per week, trip
> time: 1 day and 12 hours). I don't have exact information about the fare,
> but
> it should be about 200 euro two-way.
> Niko might want to take train from Prague to Odessa (there's no train from
> Austrian cities).
>
>
>
> == Some info about Mykolayiv ==
>
> Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mykolayiv
> Wikitravel: http://wikitravel.org/en/Mykolaiv
>
> Other links:
> http://ukrainetrek.com/Nikolaev_city.shtml
> http://www.gotonikolaev.com/index.php?page=about
>
> There're also some pictures of the city in my own album:
> http://picasaweb.google.com/alexander.dymo/MykolayivUkraine#
>
>
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