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= City =<br />
* [http://www.bilbao.net/cs/Satellite?language=en&pagename=Bilbaonet/Page/BIO_home Bilbao]. About the weather in these days, take a look [http://www.euskalmet.euskadi.net/s07-5853x/es/meteorologia/home.apl?e=5 here]<br />
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= Dates =<br />
* 5 days, from Thursday Apr 7 to Monday Apr 11<br />
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= Organizers and Sponsors =<br />
Thanks to these organizations for making possible this event:<br />
*Local organising team: [http://itsas.ehu.es itsas]<br />
*Financial sponsor: [http://ev.kde.org/ KDE e.V.]<br />
*Main coding and Open session venue:<br />
**[http://www.ingeniaritza-bilbao.ehu.es ETSI (Higher Technical School of Engineering) of Bilbao]<br />
**IT infrastructure: [http://www.tic.ehu.es/ ICT Department] of the [http://www.ehu.es/ University of the Basque Country]<br />
*Weekend coding venue: [http://www.reciclanet.org/ Reciclanet]<br />
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= Agenda =<br />
=== Thu 7 (KETS: 10 h)===<br />
*9:00 ETSI P1G5S classroom - KETS<br />
*13:00 Restaurant of ETSI - lunch<br />
*14:00 ETSI P1G5S classroom - KETS<br />
*20:00 Back to the hotel<br />
*21:00 [http://goo.gl/oWjjg Txomin Barullo restaurant] - Dinner<br />
*22:00 (Social program) KDE Edu Group photo enjoying the night of Casco Viejo<br />
(KETS: KDE Edu Technical Session)<br />
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=== Fri 8 (KETS: 5 h)===<br />
*9:00 ETSI P1G5S classroom - KETS<br />
*14:00 Restaurant of ETSI - lunch<br />
*15:30 ETSI Conferences room - [http://community.kde.org/KDEEdu/Sprint2011#Open_Session Open session]<br />
*20:00 Back to the hotel<br />
*21:00 (Social program) [http://osm.org/go/b@PosEIIO-- Hika Ateneo] - Basque Folk music concert: [http://www.myspace.com/leiresaitua Leire Saitua]<br />
*Free time for dinner<br />
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=== Sat 9 (KETS: 9 h)===<br />
*9:00 ETSI P1G5S classroom - KETS<br />
*13:00 Lunch<br />
*15:00 Reciclanet - KETS<br />
*20:00 (Social program)<br />
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=== Sun 10 (KETS: 8 h)===<br />
*10:00 Reciclanet - KETS<br />
*14:00 [http://osm.org/go/b@PosEIIO-- Hika Ateneo] - lunch<br />
*15:00 Reciclanet - KETS<br />
*19:00 (Social program) Short trip to the coast, by cars.<br />
*22:00 [http://goo.gl/oWjjg Txomin Barullo restaurant] - Dinner<br />
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=== Mon 11 (KETS: 10 h)===<br />
*9:00 ETSI P1G5S classroom - KETS<br />
*13:00 Restaurant of ETSI - lunch<br />
*14:00 ETSI P1G5S classroom - KETS<br />
*20:00 Back to the hotel<br />
*21:00 [http://goo.gl/oWjjg Txomin Barullo restaurant] - Dinner<br />
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= Practical Details =<br />
==Sprint==<br />
===Main place===<br />
It will be in the [http://www.ingeniaritza-bilbao.ehu.es/p224-home/es/ ETSI (Higher Technical School of Engineering) of Bilbao]. It's 2 minutes walking from Termibus, and 1 min to the tram and metro. See [http://www.ingeniaritza-bilbao.ehu.es/p224-content/es/contenidos/centro/cesi_ubicacion/es_ubicacio/ubicacion.html map].<br />
*Coding venue: P1G5S (actually - P1G5) classroom, in the 1st floor of G building (see [http://www.ingeniaritza-bilbao.ehu.es/p224-content/es/contenidos/centro/cesi_ubicacion/es_ubicacio/images/escuela.jpg map])<br />
*Open session venue: Conferences room, in the 0 floor of E building (see [http://www.ingeniaritza-bilbao.ehu.es/p224-content/es/contenidos/centro/cesi_ubicacion/es_ubicacio/images/escuela.jpg map])<br />
===Weekend place===<br />
As on Saturday afternoon and Sunday the ETSI is closed, we'll go to the office of [http://www.reciclanet.org/ Reciclanet], a local Free Software group. We'll give instructions about how to reach its headquarters, but it's about 25 min by train from the hotel, or 15 min from ETSI.<br />
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==Hotel==<br />
[http://www.hotelsirimiri.com/ Hotel Sirimiri] is a two stars one, with gym and sauna (not included in payment). See [http://osm.org/go/b@PosCC4n-- map].<br />
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It's just 1 min to the tram, 5 mins to the metro.<br />
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Apart from this, there is a [http://www.bilbaokirolak.com/polideportivos/polideportivos.asp?id=11 public swimming pool] (sigle ticket 5,80 €) just 3 mins from the hotel.<br />
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==Local transport: Tram and Metro==<br />
The tram and the metro (or subway) are the best transports to move between the Termibus, ETSI and hotel.<br />
It's recommended to buy a 5 € card ("Creditrans") for the 5 days, valid for both the tram and metro.<br />
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===Tram===<br />
You've got to check-in the Creditrans before getting on the tram.<br />
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Key tram stations:<br />
*Atxuri: it's near to the hotel; 30 sec walking.<br />
*San Mamés: it's near the ETSI; 30 sec walking.<br />
Both of them are the last stations, so nobody will get lost :)<br />
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===Metro===<br />
You've got to check-in the Creditrans before getting on and after getting off the metro.<br />
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Key metro stations:<br />
*San Mamés: Termibus station and the ETSI are just 1 min walking<br />
*Casco Viejo: this is the metro station to go to the hotel; 5 mins walking. <br />
Look for them in yellow [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Metro_bilbao_guneak.png here]<br />
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==Airport==<br />
* Closest (there's just only one) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilbao_Airport airport]: Bilbao (BIO)<br />
**[http://osm.org/go/b@PpvxiJ Location]<br />
**Public transport to/from the hotel: take the bus, and from Termibus take the metro. Public buses every 15 min; duration about 20-30 min to the [http://osm.org/go/b@PoPlYOu "Termibus" Central station] (last bus stop); price: 1.15€.<br />
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= Budget =<br />
Paid by KDE e.V.:<br />
* Travels<br />
* Hotel<br />
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For information on how to get reimbursed for your travel expenses, please go [http://ev.kde.org/rules/reimbursement_policy.php here]. Please fill out the expense report form and send it along with all of your receipts to rauch at kde dot org.<br />
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Paid by participants:<br />
* Food:<br />
** Lunches at ETSI: 3 x 5,90 €<br />
**Dinners at Txomin restaurant: 3 x 15 €<br />
* Local transport (subway): 5 € credit ticket "Creditrans" for the 5 days<br />
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Paid by local sponsors:<br />
* Buffet for Open session<br />
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= Attendees =<br />
Non-locals, please add your travel details and accomodation needs (Do you want to '''share''' a double room with somebody?) to the following table.<br />
{| border="1"<br />
|-<br />
! Name<br />
! Country<br />
! Arrival<br />
! Departure<br />
! Travel cost<br />
! Single room preferred (yes/no)<br />
! Comments<br />
|-<br />
| Aleix Pol<br />
| Spain<br />
| 7th april. 10am<br />
| 12th april. 4pm<br />
| 85€<br />
| no<br />
| I'll be coming from CampKDE<br />
|-<br />
| Anne-Marie Mahfouf<br />
| France<br />
| 7th April - 10am<br />
| 11th April<br />
| 100€ (by car)<br />
| ?<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| Agustín Benito Bethencourt<br />
| Spain<br />
| 8<br />
| 11<br />
| 84 €<br />
| ?<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|Dani Gutiérrez<br />
|Spain<br />
| -<br />
| -<br />
| -<br />
| -<br />
| Local organizer<br />
|-<br />
|Baltasar Ortega<br />
|Spain<br />
| 7<br />
| 10<br />
| 170 Euro. From Valencia - Flight<br />
| no<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| Frederik Gladhorn<br />
| Norway<br />
| Sat 9, 13:00 LH1142<br />
| Mon 11, 18:45 LH 1145<br />
| ~300 Euro flight<br />
| no<br />
| Probably weekend only<br />
|-<br />
| Torsten Rahn<br />
| Germany<br />
| Fr 08 April 11, 13:00, LH 1142<br />
| Mo 11 April 11, 7:15, LH 1147<br />
| ~350EUR flight<br />
| no<br />
| No comments<br />
|-<br />
| Sebastian Vöcking<br />
| Germany<br />
| 6 april, 12:00, LH3318<br />
| 12 april, 12:40, LH3319<br />
| 231,86 € (flight + train)<br />
| no<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| Victor Cărbune<br />
| Romania<br />
| 7, 11:20 (LH 1824)<br />
| 11, 18:05 (LH 1827)<br />
| 362€<br />
| no<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| Tomaz Canabrava<br />
| Brazil<br />
| 7 april, 18h<br />
| 12 april<br />
| US# 1.239<br />
| ?<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| Rafael Fernández López<br />
| Spain (Madrid)<br />
| 8 april<br />
| 10 april<br />
| Not needed<br />
| ?<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| Alex Fiestas Olivares<br />
| Spain (Barcelona)<br />
| 7 april<br />
| 11 april<br />
| Not needed<br />
| ?<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| Andreas Cord-Landwehr<br />
| Germany<br />
| 7 April (17:25)<br />
| 11 April (7:50)<br />
| 311.17 EUR (flight)<br />
| no need for single room<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
|Digna González<br />
|Spain<br />
| -<br />
| -<br />
| -<br />
| -<br />
| Local organizer<br />
|-<br />
|Javier Quintano<br />
|Spain<br />
| -<br />
| -<br />
| -<br />
| -<br />
| Local organizer<br />
|-<br />
| Flávio Moringa<br />
| Portugal<br />
| 7 (22:45)<br />
| 9 (11:55)<br />
| -<br />
| -<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| Elena Ramírez<br />
| Spain<br />
| 7th april. <br />
| 9th or 10th april.<br />
| -<br />
| Single<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| Enrique Hernández Bello<br />
| Spain (Tenerife)<br />
| 6 april<br />
| 9 april<br />
| -<br />
| -<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
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= Open Session =<br />
==Goals==<br />
The goals of this session are:<br />
# Show the KDE Edu apps to teachers from distinct Education centers of the Basque country, in order to extend the use of KDE Edu apps.<br />
# Involve teachers in KDE Edu contributions:<br />
#*Giving talks like this<br />
#*Reporting bugs<br />
#*Requesting new functionalities<br />
#*Translating to basque and spanish<br />
#*... (Art design, etc)<br />
<br />
==Agenda==<br />
*15:30 Hello from itsas and introduction to KDE [spanish]<br />
*15:45 KDE Edu Presentation (apol) [english]<br />
*16:00 Project overview (Baltasar, spanish teacher and kde blogger) [spanish]<br />
** Impact and history of KDE Edu<br />
** Fast show about the ~ 20 Edu apps.<br />
* 16:45 Linux Caixa Mágica project (Flávio Moringa)<br />
* 17:00 Lightningtalk-like app expositions by the developers<br />
** kstars (victor)<br />
** marble (thorsten)<br />
** kalgebra (aleix)<br />
** step (sebastian)<br />
** rocs (tomaz)<br />
* 17:30 Break<br />
* 18:00 KDE Edu Everywhere (Aleix)<br />
* 18:30 Getting involved in KDE and KDE Edu development (Tomas)<br />
** Show can we contribute to KDE Edu<br />
** Show the tools that can be used (git/make/kdevelop/etc)<br />
* 19:00 Conclusion and wrapping up (apol)<br />
* 19:30 Bye bye<br />
<br />
=Summary=<br />
==DAY 1== <br />
<br />
With 17 participants from different parts of the globe like Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Romania, Canary Islands, Catalonia, Madrid, Seville and Valencia, the sprint was a mix of reflections on educational applications, programming in C + +, Qt and KDE, testing and design of the new web KDE Edu.<br />
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The session began with a brief introductory talk by Javier Quintana on the technical means used to connect our PCs to the network, read emails and prepare outstanding notebooks with new software . <br />
As the afternoon passed more people add to the room.<br />
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[[File:1day1.png]]<br />
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The atmosphere was relaxed in the living room, chats arose spontaneously, we discussed new projects, <br />
programming concepts were explained, programmers (silent people) wrote code with lots of peace and the <br />
number of cables grew almost exponentially with the arrival of a new participants.<br />
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After some problems with the projector, a classic, but it succeeds in presenting the "petit commit" the new KDE Web beautiful Edu, by Elena and will soon be available for you all. <br />
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After eight o'clock, we headed to Hotel Sirimiri (a simple, comfortable and central hotel well connected) to leave our bags and start the social aspect of Sprint. It's when he joined Tomaz Canabrava the event.<br />
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[[File:2day1.png]]<br />
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This part can be summarized in two simple phrases: fine dining in Txomin Barullo restaurant and walk back through the old to make a drink, but the day has been long and hard, we retired to chambers Links Partners pretty soon. <br />
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Finally, a first day of contact, to break the ice and lay the foundations for the work of the long weekend ahead.<br />
<br />
==Day 2==<br />
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It starts on the second day begins with a social breakfast (everything we do together and not be in front of a screen is labeled "social"), an underground excursion to and arrival at the classroom work. Fairly quickly the world gets to work on their projects. It is time to make short presentations to the audience (but good). The Open Session begins with the introduction of Aleix Pol, to welcome and thank the attendees at this event promoting KDE Edu.<br />
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[[File:1Day2.jpg]]<br />
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Flavio then Moringa us Caixa Magica , a computer for children and teachers from 4 to 12 years that works based on the KDE desktop. Certainly a very interesting project because it has real experience and a KDE-based desktop<br />
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After a few questions and offering assistance of the KDE developers to the project, in turn begins Enrique Hernandez, who has Bardinux . <br />
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The following presentations are the Lighting Talks, ie the lightning talks. The Canabrava Tomaz started with Rocs , com explaining the application works and utility. <br />
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Follow Step , the physical simulator, presented by Sebastian Vöcking, which performs several shows and open ejempplos showing its potential as a solar system simulator or the evaporation of a liquid particle.<br />
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Then comes the turn for KStars , the planetarium for KDE, which is presented Carbune Victor's hand. In the brief discussion presents the OpenGL engine in the future will use this application you will be more fluid and beautiful. Also announced the inclusion of educational modules in future releases and teaches us that the help of KStars is a great source of astronomical information.<br />
Is a brief technical stop and is used to take a break.<br />
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After coffee break is the turn to Torsten Rahn, featuring the great Marble , which he calls "The virtual globe for the people." A brief introduction where we highlighted the virtues of the application: maps, forecasts, data, etc.. Finally, it shows us what's new Marble 1.1, which is about to appear, such as mapping assistant or basic wizard voice navigation. Turn comes KAlgebra ,calculator and more of my friend Aleix Pol. In a brief presentation, shows the full potential of the application <br />
to use colors, aid co-textual, or complicated operations when developing special mathematical graphs.<br />
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Finally, it presents a good Aleix show virtuasismo computer: your Linux laptop to connect via wifi laptop to show Agustín Benito edu KDE applications on Windows, a necessary possibility to use these great applications on almost any computer. It also shows the KAlgebra versiónd of mobile devices.<br />
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Then the most spectacular demonstration, the project for tablets Active Plasma, running on openSUSE 11.4 on a Lenovo tablet. I refer to a recent entry to see the project and see a video of it. Finally, Tomaz made a wonderful presentation on KDE collaborate on education and the reasons for doing so. Barefoot on stage, explains the beginning of the collaboration of Anne-Marie Mahfouf, without programming knowledge has become a major contributor to KDE Edu.<br />
His final message (no text) is as follows:<br />
<br />
"If you like free software, working doing something, be it programming, whether designing, either translating, either promoting, either by providing ideas, etc.. Come and have fun with us " <br />
<br />
Alex Fiestas from the audience adds:<br />
<br />
"KDE is cool because we do what we do with love" <br />
<br />
And you are quite right.<br />
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Finally, around 7 pm, with a few simple words Aleix farewell grateful for the assistance and summons us to the night (and, of course, social)<br />
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[[File:2day2.jpg]]<br />
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Return to the hotel on the tram that travels parallel to the enchanting River Bilbao, descansamosuna time and we will see the musical performance at the Ateneo Hika and then back through the old part of Bilbao to eat some tapas, led by the team of Itsas, led by the magnificent Danitxu. <br />
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In short, a very intense day with very positive results.<br />
<br />
== Day 3 ==<br />
<br />
The day begins with some parallels with previous social breakfast, travel to the ETSI (this time in the tram) and rapid commissioning of the equipment to continue the work. As usual the group is silent, absorbed in their email lists, news, virtual social relationships, of course, the programming code.<br />
We are all sitting at our desks, as if we were students, feeling that was reinforced by the presence of Javi on the stage of the classroom. There was some joke about going to the bathroom, he asked permission to the improvised teacher. While each developer was focused on their applications, Alex works with Elena to continue polishing the KDE Edu new website (which as already explained, will soon be on their monitors).<br />
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Returning begins to analyze the different GSOC projects that KDE Edu team can tutoring. We talk about the candidates, the objectives, which can add and opens a space for dialogue on the general ideas that should govern KDE Edu. I must confess that I lost a bit but I found it very interesting. Time passes quickly when you're engaged in your business, so the lunch lelga sooner than we wanted. Furthermore, due to organizational reasons we leave and move our equipment Faculatad a new workplace, Reciclanet, a place that will surprise us all. <br />
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[[File:1day3.jpg]]<br />
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We went to a bar near the College and received a new member of the Sprint, Frederik Gladhorn, developer of Parley. After lunch (social and, as always, very interesting and fun) we take the subway and met with Emet, which acompany us to Reciclanet located in a building full of great local (without being industrial buildings). This was one of the discoveries of the day (but not only). Reciclanet is basically a place where computers are recycled "old" opertaivos installing Linux systems, and subsequently sold at prices truly acceptable. An NGO computer is doing and will do a great role in the Diffusion of Free Software.<br />
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Obviously, this slowed us down a bit and there was some chaos in the group, as we were and just time, but I think this experience is that then stays in l, group or collective memory. Finally, we take the subway back to the hotel and Dani, in collaboration with the group Itsas Free Software, we have a restaurant Montenegro, Enekuri, where he started an excellent social dinner, with delicious food (I should talk about mass caterers once the web), with major topics of conversation, good wine and good desserts (though without honey in a dish, a sacrilege to some of the members of the group).<br />
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[[File:2day3.jpg]]<br />
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At this point, some participants are removed at the hotel, while others enjoy the tranquil setting of a pub Bilbao. Obviously, most conversations revolve around the burning issues of the SL, with special attention to its future. I take this opportunity to speak with Frederick on Parley, showing my admiration for the program and promising reports on its use with students. The truth is that I feel tired all day and half a chance, I retire to my room. It's been a productive day off where expectations have been met had on this Sprint.<br />
<br />
==Day 4==<br />
<br />
Sunday begins with the traditional collective breakfast at the hotel, where I have the "taste" to say goodbye to many of the participants (like say, because I could not even say goodbye others) and to be following events, that if, now will follow with much more attention on the Internet.<br />
As I pick the tram at 9 in the morning to catch the bus and take the plane from Bilbao to Valencia and then take the subway and then the train (an odyssey of transport "public") to get home for 14 hours (and eat excellent baked rice .... :) ) Participants made a brief trip to the headquarters of Reciclanet to continue the meeting. The atmosphere is very quiet in Bilbao, which contrasts with the bustling night. Logical. There are hardly any people in the metro.<br />
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Throughout the morning, still working on projects related to education, Sprint participants are somewhat tired and prefer to prepare their code to share the last day. The truth is that for many days of talks on meals and travel and already have enough material to insert into your applications.<br />
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[[File:1day4.jpg]]<br />
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The hours pass and it's time to stop to regain strength. The Sunday meal is done in the Hika Athena. A meal with more than 60 people with different concerns where developers have changed a little their topics of conversation as not everything in life are the computers and software. Good food, toasts and laughter, good times are remembered. <br />
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The time has come for an afternoon of fun Bilbao, Sprint partipantes you want (almost all foreigners who do not know the city) decided to walk around and visit the Guggenheim Bilbao, while others are more interested in continuing their work in Reciclanet. The proposed activity and a trip to the beach, was annulled on Sunday broke the streak of sunny days that came with the Sprint. <br />
<br />
== Day 5 ==<br />
<br />
Last day of the event takes place in the new ETSI, is the last session partipantes programming and used it to lay the groundwork for future projects. The truth is that there are few participants.<br />
KAlgebra, Rocs, Step, susatanciales and kiosk improvements are catching up fast, so hopefully soon be polished adaptation to KDE.<br />
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After lunch, the afternoon is developed in the same way, with all the developers focused on the projects, for example, is prepared in the introduction text to support that allows entering words KAlgebra without the program is interpreted as functions or data .<br />
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[[File:1Day5.jpg]]<br />
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At night, the few remaining workers are laying off, most of them will not be in the morning. <br />
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Thus ends a long and fruitful Sprint, which quite sure applications and community will benefit.<br />
<br />
= References =<br />
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* http://www.danitxu.com/blog/2011/04/12/final-del-kde-edu-sprint-2011/<br />
* http://www.kdeblog.com/kdedu-sprintbilbao-2011-dia-1.html<br />
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<div>This page contains the synopsis of the first KDE e.V. sprint held on 19 and 20th November 2011, at Berlin, Germany.<br />
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== Goal ==<br />
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The goal of this sprint was to bring together a group of active KDE people to get work done on the most<br />
important topics concerning KDE e.V. It was meant as a step and model towards scaling our ability to work on KDE e.V. activities beyond what the board is doing.<br />
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We need to support KDE e.V. in its three-fold mission of representing, supporting, and providing governance to the community. Our current strategy is to promote the value of KDE software and the KDE community and its underlying values to individuals and corporations to get financial and practical support. The primary focus of our activities to support the community is to enable people to have productive face-to-face time. Our main activities in this area are Akademy and sprints.<br />
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To support our activities we need to intensify our efforts to build a network and ecosystem of individuals and organizations which share our interests and values. This would strengthen our community and broaden the scope and potential of what we are doing and are able to do in the future.<br />
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== Schedule ==<br />
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=== Saturday, 19th November ===<br />
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'''9:00''' Welcome and start of sprint, common session to get an overview about the topics and to form small breakout groups for specific topics.<br />
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'''10:00''' Breakout groups for specific topics<br />
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'''13:00''' Lunch<br />
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'''14:00''' Common session to check on the groups, possibly rearrange groups<br />
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'''14:30''' Breakout groups<br />
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'''18:00''' Common session to review first results<br />
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'''18:30''' End of first day<br />
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'''19:00''' Dinner<br />
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=== Sunday, 20th November ===<br />
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'''9:00''' Common session to form small breakout groups for specific topics.<br />
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'''9:30''' Breakout groups for specific topics<br />
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'''13:00''' Lunch<br />
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'''14:00''' Common session to review results<br />
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'''14:30''' Breakout groups<br />
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'''18:00''' Common session to review results<br />
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'''18:30''' End of sprint<br />
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'''19:00''' Dinner<br />
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== Most important topics ==<br />
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=== Join the game campaign ===<br />
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The "Join the game" campaign is our current campaign to acquire new individual supporting members. Individual supporting members are an essential part of our support, as their support is stable and we have a huge base of people out there, who like KDE and are potential supporting members.<br />
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* Join the Game website -> http://jointhegame.kde.org/<br />
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'''Desired results of sprint:'''<br />
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* Functional web site http://jointhegame.kde.org, which can be used as a base for an online campaign<br />
* Action plan for online campaign<br />
* talking points for people who attend FLOSS events<br />
* a slide that KDE speakers should include in their talks<br />
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=== Corporate supporting membership program ===<br />
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The corporate supporting membership is one of our biggest source of income. It relies on a small number of supporters, though. We need to broaden the base, acquire new corporate supporters, and actively manage good relationships with them.<br />
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* corporate supporting membership program material and patron's forum<br />
** finish/rework introductory material<br />
** define goals/tasks/expectations of patron forum<br />
** define/set-up what corporate partners get in return (mailing list for patrons, jobs list, ?)<br />
** set-up of initial website<br />
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'''Desired results of sprint:'''<br />
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* Material we can send to potential new members<br />
* Action plan for patron's forum, ideally with a team behind it<br />
* Web page on http://ev.kde.org explaining the program<br />
* Talking points for anyone who speaks to potential corporate supporting members<br />
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=== Thank you page policy ===<br />
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We get quite a bit of support from various parties in form of goods or services. We are missing a structured way to recognize this support and thank them. The current page is at http://www.kde.org/community/donations/past_sponsors.php and it contains support going back to KDE 1.0, but is not complete. We need a policy which says who is listed how long and in which way, so we can more easily maintain this page, and give recognition to our supporters. As we get quite a bit of support in form of goods or services this is important.<br />
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'''Desired results of sprint:'''<br />
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* Policy for "thank you" page<br />
* Up to date version of page<br />
* Action plan how to maintain the page, ideally with team behind it<br />
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=== Budget and goals 2012 ===<br />
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The main responsibility of KDE e.V. and the board in particular is to define a budget for KDE e.V.'s work. As we are approaching the end of the year we need to come up with a budget for 2012 based on the goals we want to reach next year.<br />
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'''Desired results of sprint:'''<br />
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* Document outlining the strategy and goals of KDE e.V. for 2012<br />
* Draft for budget 2012<br />
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=== Sprints ===<br />
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Sprints are our main activity to support actual software development. They are essential all over the community to get work done, and are in itself a demonstration for the value of KDE's community and the software it creates. Sprints are also our main expense. We have to responsibly manage them to make the best use of our resources.<br />
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* sprints.kde.org <br />
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'''Desired results of sprint:'''<br />
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* Plan how to run the sprints in 2012<br />
* Guidelines for financial support of sprints<br />
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== Important topics ==<br />
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=== Formalizing task forces ===<br />
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* formalizing of task forces<br />
** work out a process and structure for task forces in the e.V. and document them<br />
** list areas where we should have task forces and who could be on them<br />
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=== Trademark policy ===<br />
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* research/evaluate existing policies<br />
* draft one for KDE and propose it<br />
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=== New members questionnaire ===<br />
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* brainstorm what is wrong with the current one<br />
* draft a new one and propose it to membership<br />
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== Other topics ==<br />
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* organization of country KDE associations and country-oriented confs<br />
* SugarCRM setup<br />
* KDE swag<br />
** brainstorm ideas and discuss if this could be a source of revenue for the e.V.<br />
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== Participants ==<br />
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* No. Name<br />
* 1. Lydia Pintscher (Nightrose)<br />
* 2. Pau Garcia i Quiles (pgquiles)<br />
* 3. Claudia Rauch<br />
* 4. Stuart Jarvis (stujarvis) <br />
* 5. Frank Karlitschek (Karli) <br />
* 6. Agustin Benito Bethencourt (toscalix)<br />
* 7. Paul Adams (padams)<br />
* 8. Sebastian Kügler (sebas)<br />
* 9. Celeste Lyn Paul (seele)<br />
* 10. Till Adam (till)<br />
* 11. Cornelius Schumacher (cornelius) <br />
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== Summary ==<br />
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Over the weekend of 19 and 20 November, KDE contributors met in Berlin for the KDE e.V. Sprint—the first ever. KDE e.V. is the non-profit organization that represents KDE in legal and financial matters and provides funding to assist KDE development and promotion. We aimed to work on some key areas to form a strong foundation for KDE e.V.'s future development, including:<br />
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The Individual and Corporate Supporting Membership Programs<br />
KDE's policy on providing public thanks to donors of money, hardware and services<br />
Budget and goals for 2012<br />
Setting up a better method for approving sprint financing, planning and reporting<br />
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Most of us arrived on Friday evening and had dinner with the attendees of the KDE Mobile Sprint. <br />
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== Saturday ==<br />
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Our real work began on Saturday morning. We started with a discussion of the topics, then split up into smaller groups to work on them. One subteam reviewed KDE's thank you page to past donors, and set up new criteria for who should get a mention on the page and for how long.<br />
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The other team reviewed the Individual Supporting Membership Program—the "Join the Game" campaign—and <br />
identified improvements for the main webpage and the supporting infrastructure. We decided to make the <br />
whole program more interactive for members. Steps towards this goal include providing Supporting Members with more frequent updates on the progress in KDE and inviting them to local KDE events. We also brainstormed ideas for how to promote the program at events like FOSDEM and created an FAQ for booth volunteers.<br />
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To conclude the first day, we got back together to review the results from each team and discuss the <br />
topics further. That evening was rounded off with dinner at a local Syrian restaurant. And of course we had more discussion about the tasks finished, those still to be done and KDE in general.<br />
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== Sunday ==<br />
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On the second morning, the Board members present had a short meeting, while the rest of us worked on the topic of sprints. Sprints are important to KDE because they foster collaboration and friendship in a community that mostly works online. In addition, they are effective at getting a lot done in a short time.<br />
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In the past, sprints have been approved in an ad-hoc fashion when requested. This has not been a problem as the relatively low (though growing steadily) number of sprints has made the system workable. However, increasing sprint activity raises the concern that a limit may someday be reached. There's a need for a fairer system than what is now effectively first come, first served. We also determined that more advanced planning would provide an overview of sprint funding needs before money is allocated.<br />
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During a quick break for pizza, we were visited by a local researcher interested in building community dashboards, to discuss the potential relevance to KDE. Some of us sat down with her to discuss the KDE community, how we feel it has evolved over time, and the trends that might be interesting to track. Building a dashboard of these trends could help the community be more aware of how it is evolving and how this affects our work. This discussion helped to create some initial interest and to get everyone moving towards a common goal. We are looking forward to seeing this happen.<br />
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In the afternoon, everyone got back together to decide on the remaining topics to cover. We had a group discussion of ways to get companies already in the KDE ecosystem more involved, centered around enhancing the Corporate Supporting Membership and Patronage Programs. Agustin presented a proposal for creating a network of companies around KDE, building upon our expertise and existing contacts in companies working with KDE and Qt.<br />
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We also discussed the budget for 2012. The Board's draft budget was received positively. There was discussion of the areas in which KDE e.V. spends its money, the costs associated with some of our tasks, and ways to tighten up financial management.<br />
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Finally, a draft trademark policy for KDE was discussed. We studied existing trademark policies from other free software organizations and considered options for KDE. We want to protect the term "KDE" from misuse, but not make unnecessary difficulties.<br />
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In the evening, most of the team went for a final dinner at a Persian restaurant on the way back to the hotel.<br />
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== Wrap-Up ==<br />
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Overall, the e.V. sprint was productive. Progress was made on a number of issues that are essential to keeping KDE running smoothly and maintain support for our contributors.<br />
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The sprint attendees give thanks to KDAB for providing meeting facilities in their Berlin office.<br />
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[[File:kdeevsprint.jpeg]]<br />
''Sprint attendees (from left): Cornelius Schumacher, Stuart Jarvis, Paul Adams,<br />
Lydia Pintscher, Agustín Benito Bethencourt, Claudia Rauch, Frank Karlitschek,<br />
Pau Garcia i Quiles''<br />
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== References ==<br />
* http://dot.kde.org/2011/12/06/kde-ev-sprint-making-kde-possible<br />
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