Git Merge 2013 Conference, Berlin

Git Merge 2013 Conference, Berlin

[Scott Chacon]

Hey all,

As you may remember, we did not have a GitTogether last year.  Since I
miss drinking and talking Git nerdiness with all of you, I'm going to
try organizing some face time on a semi-regular basis.  I would like
to try to do a small Git conference in the US and the EU each year.

We're starting off in Berlin, May 9-11th.  GitHub has secured
conference space at the Radisson Blu Berlin for those days.  I have a
smaller room for the first day so we can get 30-40 Git implementors
together to talk about the future of Git and whatnot.  The second day
will be a user day where many more people can come in and talk about
how they use Git, what they would like to do with it, stuff they've
built on JGit or libgit2, issues they have, etc.  The third day will
be a hack day where I can hold some training sessions for newbies and
all you hard core guys can hack on stuff in person.

There will be a dinner for implementors the first night and a drinkup
open to the public the second night.

It's going to be a really fun event, I hope you can make it.  I set up
a website for the event here:

http://git-merge.com/

Scott

Re: Git Merge 2013 Conference, Berlin

[Thomas Rast]

Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> writes:

> We're starting off in Berlin, May 9-11th.  GitHub has secured
> conference space at the Radisson Blu Berlin for those days.  I have a
> smaller room for the first day so we can get 30-40 Git implementors
> together to talk about the future of Git and whatnot.
[...]
> http://git-merge.com/

So this has been fairly quiet -- is anyone else coming? :-)

You should probably talk to Radisson Blu about their cancellation
conditions, so as to avoid some nasty arguments.  Their "Features" say

  Cancellations free of charge can be made until 4 weeks prior to
  arrival date.

while their "Hotel Policy" says

  Cancellation Policy:
  - Cancel by 6:00 PM hotel time on May 09 2013 = no penalty.

which is clearly contradictory.

-- 
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch

Re: Git Merge 2013 Conference, Berlin

[Jeff King]

On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 09:52:34PM +0100, Thomas Rast wrote:

> Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > We're starting off in Berlin, May 9-11th.  GitHub has secured
> > conference space at the Radisson Blu Berlin for those days.  I have a
> > smaller room for the first day so we can get 30-40 Git implementors
> > together to talk about the future of Git and whatnot.
> [...]
> > http://git-merge.com/
> 
> So this has been fairly quiet -- is anyone else coming? :-)

I am. I think Scott may have actual numbers, but my third-hand
impression was that there have been a lot of signups.

-Peff

Re: Git Merge 2013 Conference, Berlin

[Scott Chacon]

Right now we have:

Dev day: 50
User day: 295
Hack day: 200

I'm not sure what the actual turnout will be, but it looks like it's
going to be pretty massive.  I wanted to go through the Dev day
signups and figure out if everyone really belongs there (is an actual
contributor to a core git project) but it's basically on the honor
system now.

If anyone on this list that should be there (Junio, Shawn, etc) wants
to attend and would like sponsorship for the flight/lodging, please
let me know.  We would love to have as many of the core people there
as possible.  I will also try to record everything and summarize as
much as I can after the fact, so if you can't attend it should still
be possible to get the general idea of what occurred and was
discussed.

I'm going to try doing something similar in the SF area in maybe 6-8
months from this, assuming it's a success.

Scott

On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 09:52:34PM +0100, Thomas Rast wrote:
>
>> Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > We're starting off in Berlin, May 9-11th.  GitHub has secured
>> > conference space at the Radisson Blu Berlin for those days.  I have a
>> > smaller room for the first day so we can get 30-40 Git implementors
>> > together to talk about the future of Git and whatnot.
>> [...]
>> > http://git-merge.com/
>>
>> So this has been fairly quiet -- is anyone else coming? :-)
>
> I am. I think Scott may have actual numbers, but my third-hand
> impression was that there have been a lot of signups.
>
> -Peff

Re: Git Merge 2013 Conference, Berlin

[Michael J Gruber]

Scott Chacon venit, vidit, dixit 18.02.2013 22:29:
> Right now we have:
> 
> Dev day: 50
> User day: 295
> Hack day: 200
> 
> I'm not sure what the actual turnout will be, but it looks like it's
> going to be pretty massive.  I wanted to go through the Dev day
> signups and figure out if everyone really belongs there (is an actual
> contributor to a core git project) but it's basically on the honor
> system now.
> 
> If anyone on this list that should be there (Junio, Shawn, etc) wants
> to attend and would like sponsorship for the flight/lodging, please
> let me know.  We would love to have as many of the core people there
> as possible.  I will also try to record everything and summarize as
> much as I can after the fact, so if you can't attend it should still
> be possible to get the general idea of what occurred and was
> discussed.
> 
> I'm going to try doing something similar in the SF area in maybe 6-8
> months from this, assuming it's a success.
> 
> Scott
> 
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 09:52:34PM +0100, Thomas Rast wrote:
>>
>>> Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> We're starting off in Berlin, May 9-11th.  GitHub has secured
>>>> conference space at the Radisson Blu Berlin for those days.  I have a
>>>> smaller room for the first day so we can get 30-40 Git implementors
>>>> together to talk about the future of Git and whatnot.
>>> [...]
>>>> http://git-merge.com/
>>>
>>> So this has been fairly quiet -- is anyone else coming? :-)
>>
>> I am. I think Scott may have actual numbers, but my third-hand
>> impression was that there have been a lot of signups.
>>
>> -Peff

Well, all days are listed as "sold out" on the eventbrite site. Maybe
it's because eventbrite has "trouble connecting to facebook" because I
"don't have facebook"?

I do plan to come (unless I'm out due to lack of an eventbrite ticket)
but will stay with family rather than at the Radisson Blu.

Michael

Re: Git Merge 2013 Conference, Berlin

[Michael J Gruber]

Michael J Gruber venit, vidit, dixit 19.02.2013 16:20:
> Scott Chacon venit, vidit, dixit 18.02.2013 22:29:
>> Right now we have:
>>
>> Dev day: 50
>> User day: 295
>> Hack day: 200
>>
>> I'm not sure what the actual turnout will be, but it looks like it's
>> going to be pretty massive.  I wanted to go through the Dev day
>> signups and figure out if everyone really belongs there (is an actual
>> contributor to a core git project) but it's basically on the honor
>> system now.
>>
>> If anyone on this list that should be there (Junio, Shawn, etc) wants
>> to attend and would like sponsorship for the flight/lodging, please
>> let me know.  We would love to have as many of the core people there
>> as possible.  I will also try to record everything and summarize as
>> much as I can after the fact, so if you can't attend it should still
>> be possible to get the general idea of what occurred and was
>> discussed.
>>
>> I'm going to try doing something similar in the SF area in maybe 6-8
>> months from this, assuming it's a success.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 09:52:34PM +0100, Thomas Rast wrote:
>>>
>>>> Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> We're starting off in Berlin, May 9-11th.  GitHub has secured
>>>>> conference space at the Radisson Blu Berlin for those days.  I have a
>>>>> smaller room for the first day so we can get 30-40 Git implementors
>>>>> together to talk about the future of Git and whatnot.
>>>> [...]
>>>>> http://git-merge.com/
>>>>
>>>> So this has been fairly quiet -- is anyone else coming? :-)
>>>
>>> I am. I think Scott may have actual numbers, but my third-hand
>>> impression was that there have been a lot of signups.
>>>
>>> -Peff
> 
> Well, all days are listed as "sold out" on the eventbrite site. Maybe
> it's because eventbrite has "trouble connecting to facebook" because I
> "don't have facebook"?
> 
> I do plan to come (unless I'm out due to lack of an eventbrite ticket)
> but will stay with family rather than at the Radisson Blu.
> 
> Michael
> 

BTW: Is it OK to add that event as an "event" on our Git community page?
Just wanted to ask Scott and Junio before doing it myself.

Michael

Re: Git Merge 2013 Conference, Berlin

[Scott Chacon]

Hey,

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Michael J Gruber
<git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
> Michael J Gruber venit, vidit, dixit 19.02.2013 16:20:
>> Well, all days are listed as "sold out" on the eventbrite site. Maybe
>> it's because eventbrite has "trouble connecting to facebook" because I
>> "don't have facebook"?

No, it's because 300 people signed up and that's all the venue has
room for.  I'm sure we can fit one more if you come.

>>
>> I do plan to come (unless I'm out due to lack of an eventbrite ticket)
>> but will stay with family rather than at the Radisson Blu.
>>

> BTW: Is it OK to add that event as an "event" on our Git community page?
> Just wanted to ask Scott and Junio before doing it myself.

Yes, this is fine.

Scott

Re: Git Merge 2013 Conference, Berlin

[Junio C Hamano]

Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Michael J Gruber
> <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
>> Michael J Gruber venit, vidit, dixit 19.02.2013 16:20:
>>> Well, all days are listed as "sold out" on the eventbrite site. Maybe
>>> it's because eventbrite has "trouble connecting to facebook" because I
>>> "don't have facebook"?
>
> No, it's because 300 people signed up and that's all the venue has
> room for.  I'm sure we can fit one more if you come.

Hmph.  "git shortlog -s -n --since=18.months master" tells me that
we have 284 contributors to my tree during the said period.

I do not remember if I signed-up for the dev-day or any other days
myself.

Re: Git Merge 2013 Conference, Berlin

[Scott Chacon]

Hey,

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Michael J Gruber
>> <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
>>> Michael J Gruber venit, vidit, dixit 19.02.2013 16:20:
>>>> Well, all days are listed as "sold out" on the eventbrite site. Maybe
>>>> it's because eventbrite has "trouble connecting to facebook" because I
>>>> "don't have facebook"?
>>
>> No, it's because 300 people signed up and that's all the venue has
>> room for.  I'm sure we can fit one more if you come.
>
> Hmph.  "git shortlog -s -n --since=18.months master" tells me that
> we have 284 contributors to my tree during the said period.
>
> I do not remember if I signed-up for the dev-day or any other days
> myself.
>

300 is the number of people signed up for the User Day.  There is a
Dev Day, for contributors, which has 50 signed up.  If anyone on this
list or any other core Git devs want to attend and did not sign up, or
would like financial assistance getting to or staying in Germany,
please let me know.

The second day is a User Day, which is when 300 people will be there.
This is a day for short talks, idea generation and feedback.  The
third day is Hack Day, which will have about 200.  This is a day for
working on stuff.

Scott

Re: Git Merge 2013 Conference, Berlin

[Junio C Hamano]

Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Michael J Gruber
>>> <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
>>>> Michael J Gruber venit, vidit, dixit 19.02.2013 16:20:
>>>>> Well, all days are listed as "sold out" on the eventbrite site. Maybe
>>>>> it's because eventbrite has "trouble connecting to facebook" because I
>>>>> "don't have facebook"?
>>>
>>> No, it's because 300 people signed up and that's all the venue has
>>> room for.  I'm sure we can fit one more if you come.
>> ...
> 300 is the number of people signed up for the User Day.  There is a
> Dev Day, for contributors, which has 50 signed up.

Ah, sorry I misunderstood.  So your 300 above was about the user
day, and Dev day has different capacity but has already sold out at
50 seats.

Re: Git Merge 2013 Conference, Berlin

[Scott Chacon]

Hey,

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>>> Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Michael J Gruber
>>>> <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
>>>>> Michael J Gruber venit, vidit, dixit 19.02.2013 16:20:
>>>>>> Well, all days are listed as "sold out" on the eventbrite site. Maybe
>>>>>> it's because eventbrite has "trouble connecting to facebook" because I
>>>>>> "don't have facebook"?
>>>>
>>>> No, it's because 300 people signed up and that's all the venue has
>>>> room for.  I'm sure we can fit one more if you come.
>>> ...
>> 300 is the number of people signed up for the User Day.  There is a
>> Dev Day, for contributors, which has 50 signed up.
>
> Ah, sorry I misunderstood.  So your 300 above was about the user
> day, and Dev day has different capacity but has already sold out at
> 50 seats.

Yes.  There is only so much room and I didn't want to overload the dev
day.  Those of you who want to come on any of these days are still
welcome, I just don't want more random people signing up.  If you
still wish to attend, simply email me personally and I will add you.

Junio, are you interested in attending?

Scott

Re: Git Merge 2013 Conference, Berlin

[Junio C Hamano]

Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> writes:

> Junio, are you interested in attending?

I am interested in meeting our European contributors, but Berlin is
kind of very far, so give me a few days to think about it.

Thanks.

Re: Git Merge 2013 Conference, Berlin

[Michael J Gruber]

Junio C Hamano venit, vidit, dixit 20.02.2013 00:47:
> Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Junio, are you interested in attending?
> 
> I am interested in meeting our European contributors, but Berlin is
> kind of very far, so give me a few days to think about it.
> 
> Thanks.
>

Maybe, we can - for the next time - try to coordinate the date with the
various international IT conferences which take place here, like
Linux-Tag in Berlin (just a few weeks apart), CEBIT in Hannover or the
smaller Chemnitzer Linux-Tage (or coordinate with events somewhere else
in Europe). That would give contributors not only more incentive to come
to the Git event, but also a better chance for successful negotiations
with their employers. Extending a business trip by a few days is a minor
issue, granting one in the first place not always.

Michael

Re: Git Merge 2013 Conference, Berlin

[Jeff King]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 09:05:46AM +0100, Michael J Gruber wrote:

> Maybe, we can - for the next time - try to coordinate the date with the
> various international IT conferences which take place here, like
> Linux-Tag in Berlin (just a few weeks apart), CEBIT in Hannover or the
> smaller Chemnitzer Linux-Tage (or coordinate with events somewhere else
> in Europe). That would give contributors not only more incentive to come
> to the Git event, but also a better chance for successful negotiations
> with their employers. Extending a business trip by a few days is a minor
> issue, granting one in the first place not always.

I actually have the opposite preference; I hate when conferences are
back-to-back, because by the fourth day I'm pretty tired of conferencing
and ready to sit in my hotel room.

Of course, my employer is rather generous with giving time for Git
conferences, so I do not feel the time crunch the way other people do,
and can optimize for relaxation. But I wonder where other people come
down in that tradeoff.

-Peff

Re: Git Merge 2013 Conference, Berlin

[Sebastian Schuberth]

On 23.01.2013 20:27, Scott Chacon wrote:

> As you may remember, we did not have a GitTogether last year.  Since I
> miss drinking and talking Git nerdiness with all of you, I'm going to
> try organizing some face time on a semi-regular basis.  I would like
> to try to do a small Git conference in the US and the EU each year.
>
> We're starting off in Berlin, May 9-11th.  GitHub has secured
> conference space at the Radisson Blu Berlin for those days.  I have a

It's a pity that you did not announce the event on the msysgit mailing 
list, too, which is why I totally missed it until today, the event being 
almost over. This is especially sad for me as I'm living in Berlin, so 
it would have been easy for me to attend, and as I had offered to help 
you organizing the event when you were still looking for a location last 
year.

-- 
Sebastian Schuberth

Re: Git Merge 2013 Conference, Berlin

[Scott Chacon]

Hey,

On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 9:10 PM, Sebastian Schuberth
<sschuberth@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 23.01.2013 20:27, Scott Chacon wrote:
>
>> As you may remember, we did not have a GitTogether last year.  Since I
>> miss drinking and talking Git nerdiness with all of you, I'm going to
>> try organizing some face time on a semi-regular basis.  I would like
>> to try to do a small Git conference in the US and the EU each year.
>>
>> We're starting off in Berlin, May 9-11th.  GitHub has secured
>> conference space at the Radisson Blu Berlin for those days.  I have a
>
>
> It's a pity that you did not announce the event on the msysgit mailing list,
> too, which is why I totally missed it until today, the event being almost
> over. This is especially sad for me as I'm living in Berlin, so it would
> have been easy for me to attend, and as I had offered to help you organizing
> the event when you were still looking for a location last year.

I apologize, I will try to put events on that list as well in the future.

Scott

Re: Git Merge 2013 Conference, Berlin

[Enrico Weigelt]

Scott Chacon wrote:
> >> We're starting off in Berlin, May 9-11th.  GitHub has secured
> >> conference space at the Radisson Blu Berlin for those days.  I have a
> >
> > It's a pity that you did not announce the event on the msysgit mailing
> > list,
> > too, which is why I totally missed it until today, the event being almost
> > over. This is especially sad for me as I'm living in Berlin, so it would
> > have been easy for me to attend, and as I had offered to help you
> > organizing
> > the event when you were still looking for a location last year.
> 
> I apologize, I will try to put events on that list as well in the future.

Unfortunately, read this mail too late. 

If you're going to organize something more regularily (w/ up to 25 people),
we perhaps could to it in office-2.0. Just let me know if you're interested.

cu