[Biojava-dev] Hackathon update

[Richard Holland]

Several have said the same. I'll try to get both organised. Watch this  
space.

cheers,
Richard

On 7 Aug 2009, at 18:23, Michael Heuer wrote:

> Richard Holland wrote:
>
>> 10 people responded (including me). 5 of those are in Cambridge,  
>> UK, 3
>> are in the US, 1 in Spain, and 1 in Singapore. 2 wanted to combine  
>> the
>> hackathon with a holiday, and 3 suggested linking the hackathon  
>> with a
>> conference, which would almost certainly increase chances of getting
>> funding for travel/accommodation from employers.
>>
>> So, I have two options. Venues in both cases to be worked out later:
>>
>>   1. Cambridge, UK, January 18th-22nd 2010. I know this is the middle
>> of the winter in the UK, but on the bright side, the Cambridge Winter
>> Beer Festival runs from the 22nd-24th, so that's something to cheer
>> you up at the end of the hackathon.
>>
>>   2. Boston, USA, July 5th-8th 2010 (immediately before BOSC which is
>> 9th-10th (TBC), then ISMB which is 11th-14th).
>
>
> I would suggest trying for both.  Winter in the UK means that a lot of
> work would get done.  Attendance would probably be better for Boston.
>
> I would caution that accomodations in Boston are quite expensive, and
> that the 4th of July week is the busiest week of the year with  
> tourists.
> Perhaps the hackathon in Boston might be arranged flexibly around the
> actual days of the conference, evenings and late nights and so on.
>
>   michael
>

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