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I can only support Christian - get it off. The downside is that "Seaside during Winter" is a Debian Med theme already :)
Could we possibly have "Mountains and Spring", instead? Andreas? Ole may know such venues with a large telescope that possibly even have Internet.
 
Best,
 
Steffen
 
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 10. September 2015 um 16:46 Uhr
Von: "Anton Gladky" <gladky.anton@gmail.com>
An: "Debian Science List" <debian-science@lists.debian.org>
Betreff: Re: debian-science sprint?
Hi all,
 
I could probably also come, but just for 2 days.
 
Best regards

Anton
 
2015-09-08 16:41 GMT+02:00 Christian T. Steigies <cts@debian.org>:
Hi,
a few of us met in Heidelberg where Andreas kindly organized a BoF for us
scientists:

https://summit.debconf.org/debconf15/meeting/214/debian-science-bof/

I think this was the first time that I met some Debian scientists (that I
did not already know before from other topics).  We briefly discussed a
debian-science sprint, we could have our own, participate in a (highly
recommended!) debian-med sprint, or have monthly virtual sprints as somebody
suggested.  I think in-person meetings are much more effective, at least to
form a "group" of debian scientists, later virtual sprints may also work
well.  I remember at least two suggestions for sprints, but there was not a
lot of feedback, so I repeat my offer to host a sprint in Kiel here.  It is
fairly easy for me to get rooms (with good internet connection and a decent
coffee maker nearby) during the weekends (debian-med typically runs from
friday afternoon to sunday afternoon) or during the spring break.  There is
a hostel nearby where we can get single rooms for about 100EUR per week
(30min walking or 10-20min by bus), there are hotels further away but with
direct bus connection to the University.  For some detailed information I
have put the localinfo website that we had for a summerschool a few years
back online again (prices may have changed):

http://www.ieap.uni-kiel.de/et/people/steigies/summerschool/localinfo.html

If people are interested, I would prefer a date next year in the spring
break (late February or March) or Pfingsten (Pentecost?  16-22.  May) if we
want to meet during (for the whole) the week.  Other weekends should be
possible also for a shorter meeting (in February it may still be dark, cold
and wet, ask Andreas or Michael, but starting in May the weather starts to
become nice, not as warm as HD, though).  But before we talk about dates, I
would like to know if there is some interest at all in a debian-science
sprint.  As Andreas mentioned, there may be some support by Debian, so
perhaps we could even support Dirk to fly in to discuss issues with
maintainership of R packages face to face.

So what do you think?
Christian
 

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