Promo/Events/Release Parties/4.7

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<Place>

  • Date: DD/MM/YY (preferably within one week of release (27. July))
  • Time: 00:00UTC/00:00LOCAL - 00:00UTC/00:00LOCAL
  • Place: 12 Krazy Ave, Krazytown, Krazyland (link to map)
  • Organizer: Luis (email)
  • Other info:
    • Bring your own beer!
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Brian
    • Melissa
  • What are you doing?
    • Melissa will give a talk about 4.7
    • have a few beer
    • have fun

Europe

Germany

Karlsruhe

  • Date: 29.7.
  • Time: 19:00
  • Place: Vogelbräu Karlsruhe, Kapellenstraße (ask for the table reserved for Pintscher), see here for directions and parking.
  • Organizer: Lydia (lydia at kde org)
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Lydia
    • Andreas (ademmer at opensuse dot org)
    • Martin
    • Volker
    • Sven
    • Thorsten
    • Gregor
    • Michael (plans to be there)
    • Kai Uwe (definitly this time)
    • Manuel (Sput)
    • Dennis
  • What are you doing?
    • have a few beer
    • have fun

Ulm

  • Date: 30.7.
  • Time: 19:00
  • Place: Apartment of Mark and Myriam, Herrenkellergasse 4, Ulm
  • Organizer: Mark (kretschmann at kde org)
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Mark Kretschmann (kretschmann at kde dot org)
    • Myriam Schweingruber (myriam at kde dot org)
    • Christian Muehlhaeuser (muesli at gmail dot com)
    • Sherry Lochhaas (sherry.lochhaas at gmail)
    • Ian Monroe (imonroe at kde)
    • Manuel Nickschas (sputnick at quassel-irc dot org)
    • Michael Groh + Anika (brot at minad dot de)
    • Guenter Schwann
    • Edward Toroshchin + Tanya ([email protected])
  • What are you doing?
    • Have tons of beer, wine, and other stuff (since Mark and Myriam won't be able to provide for everything, you might want to give a hand in buying/cooking/brewing/else)
    • Listen to music
    • Celebrate the release of Amarok 2.4.2 and Mark's birthday at the same time as well :)

Nürnberg

  • Date: 27.7.
  • Time: 19:30
  • Place: All-hands area at SUSE headquarter, Maxfeldstr. 5
  • Organizer: Cornelius, Klaas
  • Who is coming? (Feel free to add yourself here if you want to come, but we have enough space, so spontaneous visitors are welcome as well)
  • What are you doing?
    • Have a few short presentations as a starter:
      • The 88th release - Cornelius Schumacher
      • KDE 4.7 Feature Walkthrough: Sascha Peilicke
      • KDE PIM 2.0: Ismail Dönmesz
      • Marble 4.7: Whats new? : Torsten Rahn
    • Talk about KDE and whatever else is interesting
    • Have some beer
    • Have a lot of fun

Greece

Thessaloniki

  • Who is coming?(Feel free to add yourself!)
    • Theo
    • differentreality
    • diamond_gr (Stathis)
    • Tsiapaliwkas Giorgos (terietor)
    • Tsiapaliokas Antonis (kokeroulis)
    • Anastasios Ksouzafeiris (ankso)
    • gkiagia (most probably)
    • Efstathios Xatzikiriakidis (efxa)
    • Dimitrios Papapoulios (skiarxon)
    • Nikolaos Chatzidakis (nikhatzi)
  • What are you doing?
    • Nerdy chit chat
    • Distribute KDE LiveCDs, stickers, pins
    • Lottery!! (Prizes include T-Shirts and USB sticks)
    • Have fun
    • Have beers
    • Eat the Kake (KDE Cake)
    • NULL, void, None, nill :)

France

Toulouse

  • Time: July the 27th, at about 8pm
  • Place: Le paradis du fruit - 16, bd de Strasbourg - 31000 Toulouse
  • Organizer: Jean-Nicolas (morice-net on irc) (jeannicolasartaud at gmail com)
  • Details: [KDE 4.7 release webpage]
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself [on the form] if you want to come!)
    • Kévin Ottens
    • Jean-Nicolas Artaud
    • Find the list at the bottom of [this page]
  • What are you doing?
    • eat healthy food and drink fruit cocktails
    • have fun and drink beer, for those that don't like cocktails
    • discuss about some future events around KDE

Poland

Warsaw

  • Time: July the 23th, at about 10am
  • Place: Warsaw University of Technology
  • Organizer: Marcin Karpezo (@sirmacik), Paweł Bąk (@kichawa), Karolina Pomarańska and Michał Woźniak (@rysiek) - contact us via kontakt at archcon dot pl
  • Details: [Conference website (so far in Polish)]
  • Who is coming?
  • What are you doing?
    • we'll have fe presentations about FLOSS and its place in business world
    • Paweł'll present new features in KDE 4.7
    • then we'll have nice party

Spain

Barcelona

  • Date: 29/7
  • Time: 22h 00
  • Place: El Disbarat. C/ Montseny, 14 (08012 Barcelona). Al costat de Gran de Gràcia (Metro L3 Fontana)
  • Organizer: Aleix Pol <aleixpol a kde punt org>
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Aleix Pol
    • Josep Ma. Ferrer
    • Víctor Blázquez
    • Pedro López-Cabanillas
    • Miquel Sabaté
    • Albert Vaca
  • What are you doing?
    • Having dinner and discussing about KDE and FreeSoftware awesomeness.

Valencia

  • Date: 02/8
  • Time: 20.45h
  • Place: La Lobera de Xiqui (Av. Blasco Ibáñez, 124)
  • Organizer: Baltasar Ortega <baltolkien a gmail punt com>
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Baltasar Ortega
    • Mª Amparo Edo
    • Cristina Yenyxe González
    • Pau Garcia
    • Iván Vicente Escrivá Aparisi
    • Sergio Izquierdo Martínez
    • Badlop
  • What are you doing?
    • Having dinner and discussing about KDE and FreeSoftware awesomeness.

Asia

India

Bangalore

  • Date and Time: [Doodle poll]
  • Time: tbd
  • Place: tbd in Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  • Organizer: Tushar Mehta (mehtatus at gmail dot com)
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Tushar Mehta
    • Phaneendra Hegde
    • Vamsi Krishna Brahmajosyula
    • Yuvraj Tomar
    • Pritam Ghanghas
  • What are you doing?
    • have fun
    • Would like to meet other KDE people
    • have talk with them
    • have nice food ;)
    • exchange ideas and thoughts

Taiwan

Taipei

  • Date and Time: 2011-08-02 19:00
  • Place: Mix Coffee & Tea (200 Sec. 2 Nanchang Rd., Taipei)
  • Organizer: Franklin Weng (franklin at goodhorse dot idv dot tw), Taiwan Open Source Software User Group (TOSSUG)
  • Who is coming?
    • Franklin Weng
    • Community members of TOSSUG
    • ... and many other KDE users in Taiwan
  • What are you doing?
    • Form a real KDE user community in Taiwan
    • Introduce KDE 4.7
    • Current status of KDE zh_TW localization
    • Talk about Aaron Seigo's visit to Taiwan and his session in COSCUP (8/20)
    • Talk about Birds of a Feature sessions in COSCUP (8/20 evening)

North America

USA

Farmville, Virginia

  • Date and Time: July 27th
  • Time: 6:30pm-10:30pm
  • Place: 1411 High Street
  • Organizer: Robert Marmorstein (rmmarm AT sdf DOT lonestar DOT org)
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Robert and Beth Marmorstein
    • Matthew Jayce Gaines
    • Bryan Roethel
    • Mark Colombo
  • What are you doing?
    • Hanging out and meeting other KDE enthusiasts
    • Eating food (snacks, maybe pizza)
    • Playing board games (or Linux LAN games)
    • Showcasing new features of KDE 4.7
  • Other info:
    • Farmville is about 1 hour west of Richmond, VA, 1 hour east of Lynchburg, VA, and about an hour and a half south of Charlottesville, VA. If you live in the Raleigh-Durham area in NC, we are only about two and a half hours north.
    • My wife and I don't drink, so please no alcohol. If you want to grab a drink afterward, there are several places in town that would be great for an "afterparty".

Portland, Oregon at Frakkin OSCON!

  • Date and Time: Wednesday July 27th
  • Time: 19:00-21:00 (7pm-9pm) (flexible)
  • Place: One or more tables in the Hacker's Area (located outside the Expo Hall) at OSCON Oregon Convention Center. It'll be at the tables with the ethernet switches. I should be wearing a KDE India t-shirt.
  • Organizer: Elcaset (Chad) Quick way to reach me: 206-455-one542 (voice, not SMS). Otherwise, a much slower way to reach me: (elcaseti AT gmail DOT com)
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Elcaset
    • Valorie (woooooo! for the idea)(valorie-zimmerman at kubuntu.org)
  • What are you doing?
    • meeting other KDE enthusiasts
    • I am creating a Qt user group for PDX (Portland)
    • discuss Free Geek Seattle & Free Geek Portland
    • Beer and/or other beverages (BYOB)

South America

Argentina

Rosario

Brazil

Campinas, Sao Paulo

  • Date: August 5th or 6th
  • Time: 19:30pm - 22:00pm (?)
  • Place: tbd
  • Organizer: Tulio Magno (tuliom AT quites DOT com DOT br)
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Tulio Magno
  • What are you doing?
    • Food
    • Beer

Salvador, Bahia

  • Date and Time: July 28th
  • Time: 5:00pm - 22:00pm
  • Place: Largo da Dinha (Rio Vermelho)
  • Organizer: Sandro Andrade (sandroandrade AT kde DOT org)
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Sandro Andrade
    • Luis Paulo
    • Mateus Ataide
    • Heider Sassou
    • William
  • What are you doing?
    • Enjoy the sunset
    • Food (acarajé, abará)
    • Beer
    • Random conversations

Teresina, Piauí

  • Date and Time: July 29th
  • Time: 19:00pm - 22:00pm
  • Place: Praça de alimentação do Teresina Shopping
  • Organizer: Aracele Torres (araceletorres AT gmail DOT com)
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Aracele
    • Francisco Fernandes (aka Xicão)
    • Bianca
    • Ângela
    • Lucas
    • Leo
    • André
  • What are you doing?
    • Food
    • Beer
    • Conversations about KDE, the universe and everything!

São Carlos, São Paulo

  • Date and Time: Around 27 July
  • Time: 19:00pm - 23:00pm
  • Place: Negotiable
  • Organizer: Filipe Saraiva (filip.saraiva AT gmail DOT com)
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Filipe Saraiva
    • Daniel
  • What are you doing?
    • Beer!
    • Pizza!
    • Beer!
    • Conversations about KDE
    • More beer!
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