On Sep 16, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Chad innocentkiller@gmail.com wrote:
(sending to main tech lists, crossposted to Tech Blog[0], feel free to forward anywhere else you'd like)
Greetings MediaWiki hackers!
I am pleased to announce the upcoming MediaWiki Hack-A-Ton in Washington, DC.
Very awesome that no travel is required! I'm not a hardcore mediawiki contributor but would like to be more involved, can work on mapping and data capabilites, or on aspects of core code (If you want help with something)
As you are all aware, every year in April our good friends at Wikimedia Deutschland host the annual "MediaWiki Developers Meetup" in Berlin. At that event, the program is focused on demonstrations, workshops and small group discussions. To complement this, we're planning the DC meetup to be focused solely on hacking, bugfixing and getting down and dirty with the code.
We're scheduling this for October 22nd-24th in Washington, DC. Some of the details haven't been ironed out yet, but will be announced over the coming days as it is. So clear your calendars, and keep your eyes on MediaWiki.org[1] and the mailing
lists for more information.
What help do you need from local DC wikipedians? Although we are not yet a chapter, we could perhaps help with getting a venue (though danese probably can handle it too) or other ways of helping organize.
Some travel assistance may be available for those coming a long way. I've also been told there will be swag of some sort for attendees :)
Cool :)
@aude
-Chad
[0] http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2010/09/hack-a-ton-dc/ [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hack-A-Ton_DC
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