Latest revision as of 07:27, 21 May 2010

General Organisation

Identi.ca group: mmsprint2010

Dates

The Sprint will be held from May 20th to May 25th 2010, with the following basic schedule:

20.5. arrival, starting from 16:00 local time (Thursday)
21.5. sprint (Friday)
22.5. sprint (Saturday)
23.5. sprint (Sunday)
24.5. sprint (Monday)
25.5. departure, before 11:00 local time (Tuesday)

Location

The village of Randa, Switzerland

How to get there

Randa and Switzerland is in the middle of Europe and as this reachable from several directions. There are three possible airports:

Zurich, Switzerland
- By train via Zurich and Visp (change the train there). Duration: slightly more than 3 hours
Geneva, Switzerland
- By train via Visp (change the train there). Duration: 3 and a half hours.
Milano Malpensa, Italy
- By train via Visp (change the train there). Duration: atm unknown. Still investigating.

The track from Visp to Randa is frequented by a very famous train: the Glacier Express which is known as slowest fast train of the world ;-).

From these airports you'll take the trains to reach Randa (which takes approx. 3 hours). Information about the train schedules can be found on the webpage of the Swiss federal railways SFR.

Once you get to Randa, the House is easy to find. From North to South, arriving at the Randa Train Station you will go up the street then turn right then go 500m straight ahead and the House is there.

Please see the OpenStreetMap and this satellite picture of Randa.

The house itself is pictured here.

Important Notice

If you take the train from either the Swiss border or one of the Airports to Randa, you can get a reduced price ticket, called the "Swiss Transfer Ticket 2nd Class". The validity is one month. It has to be ordered on this website: http://www.swisstravelsystem.com/produkttexte.php?passid=3 . You might also be able to purchase at a local partner (see below).

The return ticket fare is Fr. 127.- for both ways (a normal price return ticket 2nd class form Geneva Airport would be Fr. 170.-, one form ZH Airport Fr. 218.-).

CAREFUL: if you order the ticket online it will cost you an additional fee to get it delivered, depending on the country you live in. Please double check that this is not higher than a regular ticket price before ordering.

HINT: If you haven't bought your "Swiss Transfer Ticket" yet, you can still do so at your home destination via the reselling partners:

Partners: http://www.swisstravelsystem.ch/en/content/offer/ticket-shop/verkaufsstellen/
In Germany: http://www.bahn.de/p/view/angebot/paesse/schweiz.shtml

Accomodation

The floorplan indicates that we can use:

Basement:
- 1 large dining room (14 x 5 m)
- 1 meeting room (6 x 5 m)
Parterre:
- 1 large dining room (14 x 5 m)
1st floor:
- 1 meeting room (3 x 4 m)
- 6 single rooms
- 1 triple room
- 1 dormitory for 8 (bunk beds)
- 1 dormitory for 14 (bunk beds)
2nd floor:
- 1 meeting room (5 x 6 m)
- 5 single rooms
- 2 family rooms (2 beds + 2 bunk beds)
- 1 dormitory for 8 (bunk beds)
- 1 dormitory for 14 (bunk beds)
3rd floor:
- 1 meeting room (5 x 6 m)
- 4 single rooms
- 1 double room
- 2 family rooms (2 beds + 2 bunk beds)
- 1 dormitory for 8 (bunk beds)
- 1 dormitory for 14 (bunk beds)
4th floor (Attic) :
- 1 meeting room (13 x 12 m)
- 1 meeting room (5 x 5 m)

There is no elevator!

The pricing is as follows (all prices -20% since it is in the low season):

Prices are always /bed/night	children aged 2 - 6 in parents room	aged 2-20	over 20
Dormitory / Bunk Beds	Fr. 6.50	Fr. 13.00	Fr. 15.10
Rooms	Fr. 6.50	Fr. 21.50	Fr. 21.50

Additional mandatory costs per person/night (local tax):

age 2 - 16 -> Fr. 0.55
over 16 -> Fr. 1.10

Additional one time costs per person (doesn't apply if you come with a sleeping bag):

Bed linen -> Fr. 30.00

Additional cost flat rates (for the whole group, of course):

Heating per day -> Fr. 75.00
Kitchen use per week -> Fr. 200.00

Please do not add those prices to your travel cost estimation in the list below.

Hiking

Don't forget your walking shoes!

Meals

- Meals hours

Breakfast: 9.00 - 11.00h

Lunch: 13.00 - 14.00h

Dinner: 19.00 - 20.00h

- Meals Plan

Thursday, 20th of May 2010

Buffet & warm soup for the arrivers

Friday, 21st of May 2010

Lunch: Lasagne (meat and vegetables) (Buffet), Gluten: rice, vegetables & meat, Vegans: rice & vegetables

Dinner: Rests, Soup and Spiis, Birchermüesli

Saturday, 22th of May 2010

Lunch: Quiche (meat, cheese & vegetables) (Buffet)

Dinner: Raclette, Salad buffet for vegans

Sunday, 23th of May 2010

Lunch: BBQ (salads, meet, mushrooms, corn)

Dinner: Rests, Soup and Spiiss, Birchermüesli

Monday, 24th of May 2010

Lunch: Spaghetti (Pesto, Carbonara, Napoli) (Buffet)

Dinner: Rests, Turta & Spiiss (cafe complet), Birchermüesl

Tuesday, 25th of May 2010

Buffet & warm soup for the leavers

Technical Details

Money

Local is Swiss Francs (CHF). You will need to hand over 90 CHF for food for the 5 days. A trip to Zermatt, the village at the foot of the Matterhorn mountain is planned which will cost 15 CHF.

If you need bed linen instead of your own sleeping bag it will be 30 CHF at arrival for the stay.

Prefered is that you get CHFs prior your arrival as exchange rates are worse locally.

Electrical sockets

If you're not a Swiss, you'll need an electrical adaptor as Swiss sockets are Type J. Euro plugs will fit in.

Network

It would be nice if everyone brings its own short ethernet cable.

Clothes

Randa is at 1440 meter above sea level and while it is known for its superb climate it might be cold as well. Pack a warm sweater in case!

Indoor Shoes

As we are the ones in charge of the cleaning, we ask you to bring a pair of indoor shoes so we don't put mud everywhere. Either indoor shoes (slippers, sandals, whatever you are used to) or a spare clean pair of shoes. There is a room at the entrance to change shoes.

Global Agenda

Thursday 20th

Arrival

Saturday

afternoon: group photo (be there with your smile!)
evening (party)

Trip to Zermatt.

Open Monday

Monday the 24th May we will be happy to welcome any people wanting to visit us, chat with us, giving us feedback! Please let this be known!

Tuesday Afternoon

Mountain Trip if some people feel like it!

Attendees List

The column "Sponsoring needed?" is to know if you need sponsoring or if you pay the travel/stay by yourself.

Please keep in mind that food and drinks are not sponsored. Switzerland is rather expensive in that regard but we have already found a way to lower the costs. A cooking plan will follow, so please be precise on your food habits (especially important for vegans/vegetarians or people with food allergies).

Name	email	Project	Arrival	Departure	Airport	Flight	Food preferences	Room preferences	Estimated travel costs	Sponsoring needed?	Work	Special
Myriam Schweingruber	myriam AT kde DOT org	Amarok	20.5.	25.5.	none	by car	no Brazil nuts or Kiwi	room 12 (I need my sleep)	20 €	yes	Organization, bug triaging for Amarok and Phonon	will use my car for transportation (food shopping, etc.)
Mark Kretschmann	kretschmann AT kde DOT org	Amarok	20.5.	25.5.	none	by car	eats everything	room 14 (I snore)	20 €	yes	Organization, Amarok developer	none
Mario Fux	mario AT unormal DOT org	KDE	20.5.	25.5.	none	by train	eats everything at least once	Chalet		yes	Organization
Martin Sandsmark	sandsmark at samfundet dot no	Phonon	20.5. (tentatively)	25.5 (tentatively)	Zurich	TBA	No mushrooms	no	330 €	yes	maintainer, code monkey	yes
Percy Camilo Triveño Aucahuasi	percy.camilo.ta AT gmail DOT com	KDE Edu	20.5.	25.5.	Zurich	American Airlines	eats everything	any	$ 900	yes	KColorEdit maintainer, developer	100% sure and I will take the Swiss Transfer Ticket 2nd Class
Fathi Boudra	fabo at kde dot org	Phonon VLC	20.5	25.5			no pork	no	?	yes	Phonon VLC backend maintainer, developer
Téo Mrnjavac +1	teo ( a t ) getamarok ( d o t ) com	Amarok	20/5	25/5	none	by car	2 vegans	33	190€	yes	Amarok developer
jb		VLC
Beat Wolf
Franklin Zura
Dan Leinir	admin AD leinir DOT dk	Amarok, Gluon	20.5	25.5	Zurich	SAS/train	Just about anything	None	EUR 260 (flights) + train from Zurich (help?)	Yes	Usability guy on Amarok, part of Gluon (game engine) development team
Christian Esken	esken aT kde dot org	KMix	20.5	25.5	Zurich	LH 3766		Room 17		no	Main developer of KMix
Nikolaj Hald Nielsen	nhn AT kde DOT org	Amarok	20.5	25.5	Zurich			Preferably a single room	~ 190 Eur + train from/to zurich	Yes	Amarok developer
Harald Sitter	apachelogger AT ubuntu DOT com	Kubuntu	20.5 (in zurich early that day, could a company anyone travelling through there ;))	25.5	none	by train	none	room 25	~190 EUR	yes	Downstream (implementation), Amarok/Digikam release script maintenance
Sabine Emmy Eller	s.eller at voxhumanitatis dot org	Vox Humanitatis, KDE Edu	20.05 arrival by train at 21:58	25.05 latest departure by train 12:33	Milano Malpensa, then train	Easyjet	-	36	approx. 250 EUR (exact train prices are missing - estimated)	yes
Bèrto 'd Sèra	berto.d.sera at gmail dot com	Vox Humanitatis, KDE Edu	20.05 arrival by train at 21:58	25.05 latest departure by train 12:33	Treviso, then train	Wizz Air	-	37	approx. 440 EUR (some exact prices are missing - estimated)
Casey Link	unnamedrambler a-t gmail dot(.) com	Amarok	20.5	25.5	GVA	TBA	Gluten allergy - meat preferred	cheapest	1050 EUR = 800 flight, 170 other transport, 80 accomodation	Yes! Please!	Amarok Developer	Student, can only come if funded
Kevin Funk	krf at gmx dot de	Amarok	20.5	25.5	none	by car	eats everything (at least twice)	room 22	100€	yes	Amarok development	Journey goes from Saarbrücken (DE) to Randa (so if someone needs a pickup, just ask)
Anne-Marie Mahfouf	annma AT kde DOT org	KDE Edu	20.05 (10:25 am)	26.05 (6:30 pm)	Geneva Cointrin	Baboo (AF)	eats everything	11	€150	yes	KDE-Edu overall, GHNS, organization, work with Vox Humanitatis people
apol	[email protected]	KDE Edu	20.5, 19h-ish	25.5, 10h-ish	Genève	by train	eats anything	any	150-200€	yes	KAlgebra, Kamoso
Jeremy Whiting	jpwhiting AT kde DOT org	KDE Edu	20.05 08:05 (Flight UA 936)	25.05 11:55 (Flight UA 937)	Zurich	United	eats anything	any	none	yes, for lodging	GHNS, Edu
Daniel Laidig	laidig AT kde DOT org	Parley	20.5.	25.5.	?	car, with fregl and Nightrose	none	16	~ 250 €	Yes	Parley developer
Alessandro Diaferia	[email protected]	Media Center Components for Plasma	20.5 (still not 100% sure)	25.5 (still not 100% sure)					~ 250 €	Yes
Vladimir Kuznetsov
Christoph Pfister	christophpfister gmail com	Kaffeine	21.05.	25.05.	none	by train	none	don't care	Fr. 66.-	no	maintainer
Michał Małek	michalm AT jabster DOT pl	K3b	20.05	25.05	Zurich	Lufthansa	none	none	~330€	yes	K3b developer
Torsten Rahn	[email protected]	Marble	22.05. most likely at 12:58.	25.05.	none	by train	none	none	105€	yes	Marble Developer
Helio Castro	[email protected]	kmix	5/20	5/24	-	-	*	room 14 (I snore)	none	no	Phonon, kmix
Ian Monroe + 1 (Sherry Lochhaas)	imonroe@kde	Amarok	5/21	5/25	Zurich	AA64, Fri 07:35	*	a single room	none	yes, for lodging	Phonon, Amarok, git
Alex Fiestas		Kamoso
Glen Kaukola
Sebastian Trüg	trueg A@T kde.org	Nepomuk	21.05	23.05	none	by train	none	single room	-	No	-	-
Andrew Lake
Lydia Pintscher	lydia kde org	Amarok/KDE edu/...	?	?	?	?	none	room 27	~ 250 Euro	yes	?	?
Frederik Gladhorn	gladhorn kde org	edu, friends of Amarok, Nepomuk interested	20.5.	25.5.			eats everything	room 26	200 Euros	yes	KDE, Edu, GHNS, stuff
Alexandre Freitas	admin AT alexandref DOT com	Amarok / KDE EDU	19.05?	25.05?	?	?	No preferences		around US$ 1200	yes	Graphic Designer / KDE Promo Team Brazil
Tomaz Canabrava	[email protected]	KDE EDU	19.05?	25.05?	?	?	No preferences		around US$ 1200	yes	Developer / KDE Promo Team Brazil
Martin Aumüller	aumuell AT reserv DOT at	Amarok	21.05 / 14:58	25.05	none	by train		room 10 (with Mxcl and Muesli)	yes: accomodation		Amarok developer
Jean-Baptiste Mardelle	jb AT kdenlive DOT org	Kdenlive	22.05	23.05	none	by train	vergetarian				Kdenlive developer
Simon Eugster	simon DOT eu AT gmail DOT com	kdenlive	21. or 22.2010	23. or 24.2010	—	—	Kind of vegetarian		0	no	uh … kdenlive? cooking? ;)	Will perhaps bring my camera gear
Daniel Dewald + 1	Daniel.Dewald at time-shift dot de	Amarok	20.5 (very early if possible)	25.5 (about 12 o'clock?)		by car	No Fish	21 (for both of us)	100 EUR	yes (if possible)	Amarok developer
George Kiagiadakis	kiagiadakis.george AT gmail.com	KCall	20.5 / 16:25 in Geneva	25.5 / 12:55 from Geneva	Geneva	arr.: Lufthansa LH3688 dep.: Brussels Air. SN 2716	Eats everything	No preferences	Around 600 €	yes, if possible	KCall / QtGstreamer developer
Colin Guthrie	cguthrie AT mandriva.org	Phonon/KMix	20.5	25.5	Geneva	TBA	Vegetarian	No preferences	Flight €60-€170 (depends on times) + Train €110/162CHF (I think)	Yes	PulseAudio integration
Arjen Hiemstra	aw DOT hiemstra AT gmail DOT com	Gluon	20/05, Arrival in Geneva 09:40	25/05, Departure from Geneva 19:00	Geneva	Easyjet Flight 1354	Vegetarian	No preferences	Flight 90 Euro + Train 90 Euro	Yes	Gluon Integration, Phonon integration in Gluon, various bugfixing
Manuel Nickschas	sputnick AT quassel-irc org	Quassel IRC	20.05. (17:17 in Randa)	25.05. (10:56)	none	by train	Carnivore :)	Room 32 (Heavy snorer)	CHF ~150 (Train)	Yes (if possible)	Quassel IRC main developer
Bastian Holst	bastianholst AT gmx.de	Marble	20.05. 17:00-19:00	25.05. 10:00-11:00	none	by train	no poultry	cheapest	320 EUR	yes
Etienne Rebetez	etienneDOTrebetez oberwallis ch	KDE-Edu overall	21.05 21:00	23.05	none	by train	none	what's left	none	no

Topics

Multimedia

Agenda

Amarok roadmap for the 2.3 series
Amarok on Windows planning
PhononVLC backend
QtMultimedia
GSoC (Phonon and Amarok)
QtMultimedia (integration, Phonon backend using QtMultimedia, QtMultimedia "backend" using Phonon?)
Phonon roadmap (new features, focus areas, etc.)
Improving the multimedia experience on Maemo/Meego
Publicity, recruitment, community interaction

Workshops

Title	Description	Who

Edu

The Edu team will plan and manage this page: KDEEdu/Sprint2010.

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