Hi Immanuel, On Monday, 2013-06-17 15:10:19 -0400, Immanuel Giulea wrote:
I am planning a hackfest/hackathon in Montreal, Canada and I was wondering what resources were available to prepare such an event?
Obviously you need a room capable to hold the expected number of people with tables and proper seating. We were ~20 people on the Hamburg Hackfest last weekend, ~25-30 in Munich last year, but these numbers are probably higher than what can be expected for Montreal because Germany is somewhat the home play for LibreOffice and within good reach for European hackers. Also good if the room or a next one has a recreational area with armchairs or couches. Best if the room isn't bare and sterile ;) an already existing hacker space mostly makes feel comfy. Of course you need Internet connectivity, WiFi if possible so people can carry around their laptops without loosing connection. Have enough plugs for everybody and extension cables / multi sockets. A projector (and white wall) may be good in case someone wants to show something to all or hold a lightning talk. To tune into a friendly atmosphere and get to know each other have a social event the evening before (i.e. Friday if hackfest on weekend), like a dinner or beer event. Best if some sponsor pays for it ;-) Provide enough drinks and food and fruits for all days, all sorts of caffeinated drinks are welcomed, some beer for the evening, bread rolls, cheese, ham, salami, snacks, apples, bananas, strawberries ;-) Order (sponsored) pizza in the evening. Last but not least, have fun and hack :-) Eike -- LibreOffice Calc developer. Number formatter stricken i18n transpositionizer. GPG key ID: 0x65632D3A - 2265 D7F3 A7B0 95CC 3918 630B 6A6C D5B7 6563 2D3A For key transition see http://erack.de/key-transition-2013-01-10.txt.asc Support the FSFE, care about Free Software! https://fsfe.org/support/?erack
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