Twelve days ago, we emailed you about a particular event...
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The 5th Haskell Hackathon
April 17 - 19, 2009
Utrecht, The Netherlands
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We have some updated information for you. If you don't want to read the
details, then the important points are:
* Hotel or hostel accommodation may be hard to come by, so book your room
now!
* Check out the website for lots of useful information.
As I mentioned before, you can find out more about the Hackathon here:
http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac5
The site is a wealth of useful information gratefully provided by the
Utrecht organizing team. If you haven't seen it recently, check again.
In particular, however, we'd like to inform you of some newly obtained
information. We unknowingly scheduled the Hackathon on the same weekend as a
popular record and CD fair.
http://www.recordplanet.nl/
So, not only do you get the chance to hack on projects involving your
favorite purely functional programming language, you also have the
opportunity to visit "the most impressive record fair of the world."
However, this does have some drawbacks...
Rooms in hotels and hostels in Utrecht are often notoriously difficult to
come by. It's already a crowded city sometimes with too few places to stay
(esp. if you want cheap). Therefore, if you've decided to join us or have
already registered, we highly recommend booking a room at your earliest
convenience. (If you haven't decided to visit Utrecht, then you should hurry
up and agree to it already!)
For this purpose, we have updated the main Hac5 page with information about
accommodations.
http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac5#Accommodation
We also have a Google map with information about places to stay and
transportation.
http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac5#Map
And finally, don't forget that you can use either the Attendees page, the
Hackathon mailing list, or the IRC channel to communicate with other
(potential) attendees or the organizers about sharing rooms, finding a
place, or anything else.
http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac5/Attendeeshttp://haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/hackathon
#haskell-hac5 (on freenode)
Good luck and happy hacking!
== Organizers ==
Andres Löh, Utrecht University (UU)
José Pedro Magalhães, UU
Sean Leather, UU
Eelco Lempsink, UU + Tupil
Chris Eidhof, UU + Tupil
... and more ...
[ Note: This has been sent to the other Haskell lists, but apparently I
wasn't fully subscribed to the Hackathon list when I tried to send it here.
So, for posterity's sake and in case somebody isn't subscribed to the other
lists.... ]
Call for participation:
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The 5th Haskell Hackathon
April 17 - 19, 2009
Utrecht, The Netherlands
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The Haskell Hackathon is a collaborative coding festival with a simple
focus: build and improve Haskell libraries, tools, and infrastructure.
Of course, we have fun doing it, too!
All hackers are welcome to visit and work on various Haskell-related
projects. You decide what you want to work on! Lists of projects and
concerted efforts are collected on the Hac5 website.
== General Information ==
Information about the projects as well as practicalities such as
traveling, accommodation, etc. is available from the Hac5 website:
http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac5
== Registration ==
Please register by following the instructions on the registration
page:
http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac5/Register
Once you've registered, please add your info to the attendees
self-organizing page:
http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac5/Attendees
If you are looking to share costs or want to meet up prior to the
Hackathon with other attendees, feel free to organize via the
Attendees wiki page or join the Hackathon IRC channel on freenode:
#haskell-hac5
== Organizers ==
Andres Löh, Utrecht University (UU)
José Pedro Magalhães, UU
Sean Leather, UU
Eelco Lempsink, UU + Tupil
Chris Eidhof, UU + Tupil
... and more ...
Hi there,
status update: we've solved most of the room problems we've had
and have basically narrowed the choices down to two possible dates:
April 17-19 (the weekend after easter)
May 15-17
We ourselves slightly prefer the April weekend, so we're trying to get
everything settled for that.
Now is the last time to voice objections :)
Cheers,
Andres
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Andres Loeh, Universiteit Utrecht
mailto:andres@cs.uu.nl mailto:mail@andres-loeh.de
http://www.andres-loeh.de
