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Accommodation problem?
by Roman Cheplyaka 12 Apr '09

12 Apr '09

Does anyone have problems finding place to stay? I've booked a room at Strowis hostel but probably will cancel the reservation because I plan to stay at guy's appartment ("couch surfing"). So instead I can give my reservation to somebody if you need. -- Roman I. Cheplyaka :: http://ro-che.info/ "Don't let school get in the way of your education." - Mark Twain

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Hac5 is almost upon us!
by Sean Leather 11 Apr '09

11 Apr '09

In six days, tens of crazy/obsessed, type-safe, functional programmers will be converging on Utrecht to commence execution of... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 5th Haskell Hackathon April 17 - 19, 2009 Utrecht, The Netherlands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The local organizing team welcomes you all and looks forward to all of the new developments that come out of everyone's undying quest to write more and better code. As always, you can find lots of useful information on the wiki: http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac5 == Sponsors == We have sponsors! The following companies were very gracious to provide us with support during these tough economic times. * Galois - http://galois.com/ * Microsoft Research - http://research.microsoft.com/ * Tupil - http://tupil.com/ The organizers are incredibly grateful to Galois, MSR, and Tupil for helping to encourage and promote more Haskell hacking. == More To Come == Hopefully, you have already registered, booked your room, and bought your ticket. If not, don't forget that you can keep in touch with the attendees via IRC on Freenode: #haskell-hac5 All registered attendees will soon be receiving an email with more details. Let us know if you have any questions. 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 ...

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Hac5: April 17-19, Utrecht -- Book Now!
by Sean Leather 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

Twelve days ago, we emailed you about a particular event... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 5th Haskell Hackathon April 17 - 19, 2009 Utrecht, The Netherlands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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/Attendees http://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 ...

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CFP: 5th Haskell Hackathon, April 17-19, Utrecht
by Sean Leather 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

[ 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: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 5th Haskell Hackathon April 17 - 19, 2009 Utrecht, The Netherlands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ...

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Status: Hac5 in Utrecht
by Andres Loeh 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

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 -- Andres Loeh, Universiteit Utrecht mailto:andres@cs.uu.nl mailto:mail@andres-loeh.de http://www.andres-loeh.de

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Re: [Hackathon] Hac5 in Utrecht
by Eric Kow 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

Hi Andres, On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 17:25:55 +0100, Andres Loeh wrote: > During the next few days, I'll try again whether I can get some clear > statements as to which dates are the least likely to be affected by network > maintenance, server moves, closed buildings etc. May I ping you on this? (sorry to resend, had used the wrong address) Thanks! -- Eric Kow <http://www.nltg.brighton.ac.uk/home/Eric.Kow> PGP Key ID: 08AC04F9

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Hac5 in Utrecht
by Andres Loeh 24 Jan '09

24 Jan '09

Hi everyone. The rumours may have been around for quite some time -- it is true: the next Hackathon is planned to be in Utrecht, sometime between March and May 2009. The planning on the Utrecht side has been slowed down somewhat because the Computer Science department is going to move between buildings on campus in March (at least that's what is currently planned). This leads to quite some uncertainty about the availability of rooms and services. Like at least last time, I'd plan for the Hackathon to take place from Friday to Sunday. Depending on the number of participants registered and their travel plans, it might be nice to organize a series of talks and/or an excursion on the adjacent days (Thursday and/or Monday). The earliest possible weekend is March 6--8, which by now is probably already to soon. It would fit nicely with the ICFP deadline (March 2), and would be clearly before the Haskell Symposium deadline, thereby offering the possibility of having Hackathon results inspire a paper. Also, from February to March, I'm teaching Advanced Functional Programming here in Utrecht, and it would be nice for the students to get exposed to Haskell hackers during the course. March 13--15 clashes with the TFP submission deadline (March 15), but seems possible. March 20--22 as well. I will be travelling from March 30--April 3, so that time is bad. The next weekend (April 10--12) is Easter, which I suspect will be difficult for others (and also for me to get anything organized). April 17--19 and April 24--26 seem like possible weekends to me. Haskell Symposium deadline isn't published yet, afaik, but I expect it to be in the beginning of May. During the next few days, I'll try again whether I can get some clear statements as to which dates are the least likely to be affected by network maintenance, server moves, closed buildings etc. Still, I'd also like to get input on other constraints I may have been missing, or preferences. Cheers, Andres -- Andres Loeh, Universiteit Utrecht mailto:andres@cs.uu.nl mailto:mail@andres-loeh.de http://www.andres-loeh.de

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When is Hac5 going to be held?
by Eric Kow 24 Jan '09

24 Jan '09

Dear Haskell Hackathon folks, Does anybody know yet when exactly the fifth Hackathon (in Utrecht?) will be held? I would like for the upcoming darcs hacking sprint to part of this if possible :-) and would like to be able to give darcs hackers advance notice so that they can plan travel. Many thanks! -- Eric Kow <http://www.nltg.brighton.ac.uk/home/Eric.Kow> PGP Key ID: 08AC04F9

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Preliminary Program
by Thomas Schilling 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Hello fellow Hackers, the Wiki page now shows our preliminary program: http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac4/Program We will start hacking at on Friday, 10:00 at Café Linsen in the Computer Science and Engineering building. For those not from Chalmers, Café Linsen is in the center of the computer science and electronic engineering building. The main entrance is marked on this map: http://tinyurl.com/3nsgvr There's another entrance through the courtyard, also on the east side of the building and another one in the north of the building. If you ask for "Café Linsen", "EDIT building", or "Computer Science building", people will probably be able to show you the way. Outside of the Chalmers campus, just ask for Chalmers. In the unlikely case that you get lost anyways, you can always call us. (Our phone numbers are on the wiki.) On saturday, only students and employees can enter the building and only employees can access the Computer Science and Engineering lunch room. Therefore, if you are arriving on Friday, make sure you get in touch with someone who attended on Friday, to find out how to get in. So far. We are looking forward to a fun weekend! / Your Hac4 Team

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REMINDER: Next Hackathon (Hac4) starts in 4 days
by Thomas Schilling 06 Apr '08

06 Apr '08

Hi Haskell Hackers! There are only 4 days left until the fourth Hackathon (http:// www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac4) at Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden. If you haven't registered, yet, please do so now! Registration deadline: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 To register, go to http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac4/Register and follow the steps. For all those already registered, here's a short (not nearly complete) checklist: * Make sure you have an account on code.haskell.org. (See http:// www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac4/Projects for how to do that.) * Decide what to work on if you haven't yet. (See http:// www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac4/Projects for ideas.) * Make sure your laptop is working and that you take all required extra equipment. (If your wireless driver sucks, we can probably find some cables and a switch here.) * It would be good to have all the code you want to work on already on your computer. Also make sure it builds with your compiler version. If your distro doesn't have binaries, maybe install some software in advance, like Gobby or profiled versions of GHC, newest version of gtk2hs or whatever seems appropriate. It would just be a shame to waste hours of precious hacking time. * Make a backup. Just in case. ;) * Many hostels want a confirmation a few days before arrival, don't forget. * If you need some phone numbers of locals, check the wiki site, if you need some more help from us locals, you can ask us at our IRC channel #haskell-hac4. We're looking forward to a fun weekend! / The Hac4 Team

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