Multimedia/Sprint2010
General Organisation
Identi.ca group: mmsprint2010
Dates
The Sprint will be held from May 20th to May 25th 2010, with the following basic schedule:
- 20.5. arrival, starting from 16:00 local time (Thursday)
- 21.5. sprint (Friday)
- 22.5. sprint (Saturday)
- 23.5. sprint (Sunday)
- 24.5. sprint (Monday)
- 25.5. departure, before 11:00 local time (Tuesday)
Location
How to get there
Randa and Switzerland is in the middle of Europe and as this reachable from several directions. There are three possible airports:
- Zurich, Switzerland
- By train via Zurich and Visp (change the train there). Duration: slightly more than 3 hours
- Geneva, Switzerland
- By train via Visp (change the train there). Duration: 3 and a half hours.
- Milano Malpensa, Italy
- By train via Visp (change the train there). Duration: atm unknown. Still investigating.
The track from Visp to Randa is frequented by a very famous train: the Glacier Express which is known as slowest fast train of the world ;-).
From these airports you'll take the trains to reach Randa (which takes approx. 3 hours). Information about the train schedules can be found on the webpage of the Swiss federal railways SFR.
Once you get to Randa, the House is easy to find. From North to South, arriving at the Randa Train Station you will go up the street then turn right then go 500m straight ahead and the House is there.
Please see the OpenStreetMap and this satellite picture of Randa.
The house itself is pictured here.
Important Notice
If you take the train from either the Swiss border or one of the Airports to Randa, you can get a reduced price ticket, called the "Swiss Transfer Ticket 2nd Class". The validity is one month. It has to be ordered on this website: http://www.swisstravelsystem.com/produkttexte.php?passid=3
The return ticket fare is Fr. 127.- for both ways (a normal price return ticket 2nd class form Geneva Airport would be Fr. 170.-, one form ZH Airport Fr. 218.-).
CAREFUL: if you order the ticket online it will cost you an additional fee to get it delivered, depending on the country you live in. Please double check that this is not higher than a regular ticket price before ordering.
Accomodation
The floorplan indicates that we can use:
- Basement:
- 1 large dining room (14 x 5 m)
- 1 meeting room (6 x 5 m)
- Parterre:
- 1 large dining room (14 x 5 m)
- 1st floor:
- 1 meeting room (3 x 4 m)
- 6 single rooms
- 1 triple room
- 1 dormitory for 8 (bunk beds)
- 1 dormitory for 14 (bunk beds)
- 2nd floor:
- 1 meeting room (5 x 6 m)
- 5 single rooms
- 2 family rooms (2 beds + 2 bunk beds)
- 1 dormitory for 8 (bunk beds)
- 1 dormitory for 14 (bunk beds)
- 3rd floor:
- 1 meeting room (5 x 6 m)
- 4 single rooms
- 1 double room
- 2 family rooms (2 beds + 2 bunk beds)
- 1 dormitory for 8 (bunk beds)
- 1 dormitory for 14 (bunk beds)
- 4th floor (Attic) :
- 1 meeting room (13 x 12 m)
- 1 meeting room (5 x 5 m)
There is no elevator!
The pricing is as follows (all prices -20% since it is in the low season):
| Prices are always /bed/night | children aged 2 - 6 in parents room | aged 2-20 | over 20 |
| Dormitory / Bunk Beds | Fr. 6.50 | Fr. 13.00 | Fr. 15.10 |
| Rooms | Fr. 6.50 | Fr. 21.50 | Fr. 21.50 |
Additional mandatory costs per person/night (local tax):
- age 2 - 16 -> Fr. 0.55
- over 16 -> Fr. 1.10
Additional one time costs per person (doesn't apply if you come with a sleeping bag):
- Bed linen -> Fr. 30.00
Additional cost flat rates (for the whole group, of course):
- Heating per day -> Fr. 75.00
- Kitchen use per week -> Fr. 200.00
Please do not add those prices to your travel cost estimation in the list below.
Hiking
Don't forget your walking shoes!
Meals
- Meals hours
Breakfast: 9.00 - 11.00h
Lunch: 13.00 - 14.00h
Dinner: 19.00 - 20.00h
- Meals Plan
- Thursday, 20th of May 2010
Buffet & warm soup for the arrivers
- Friday, 21st of May 2010
Lunch: Lasagne (meat and vegetables) (Buffet), Gluten: rice, vegetables & meat, Vegans: rice & vegetables
Dinner: Rests, Soup and Spiis, Birchermüesli
- Saturday, 22th of May 2010
Lunch: Quiche (meat, cheese & vegetables) (Buffet)
Dinner: Raclette, Salad buffet for vegans
- Sunday, 23th of May 2010
Lunch: BBQ (salads, meet, mushrooms, corn)
Dinner: Rests, Soup and Spiiss, Birchermüesli
- Monday, 24th of May 2010
Lunch: Spaghetti (Pesto, Carbonara, Napoli) (Buffet)
Dinner: Rests, Turta & Spiiss (cafe complet), Birchermüesl
- Tuesday, 25th of May 2010
Buffet & warm soup for the leavers
Technical Details
Money
Local is Swiss Francs (CHF). You will need to hand over 90 CHF for food for the 5 days. A trip to Zermatt, the village at the foot of the Matterhorn mountain is planned which will cost 15 CHF.
If you need bed linen instead of your own sleeping bag it will be 30 CHF at arrival for the stay.
Prefered is that you get CHFs prior your arrival as exchange rates are worse locally.
Electrical sockets
If you're not a Swiss, you'll need an electrical adaptor as Swiss sockets are Type J. Euro plugs will fit in.
Network
It would be nice if everyone brings its own short ethernet cable.
Clothes
Randa is at 1440 meter above sea level and while it is known for its superb climate it might be cold as well. Pack a warm sweater in case!
Indoor Shoes
As we are the ones in charge of the cleaning, we ask you to bring a pair of indoor shoes so we don't put mud everywhere. Either indoor shoes (slippers, sandals, whatever you are used to) or a spare clean pair of shoes. There is a room at the entrance to change shoes.
Global Agenda
Thursday 20th
Arrival
Saturday
- afternoon: group photo (be there with your smile!)
- evening (party)
Trip to Zermatt.
Open Monday
Monday the 24th May we will be happy to welcome any people wanting to visit us, chat with us, giving us feedback! Please let this be known!
Tuesday Afternoon
Mountain Trip if some people feel like it!
Attendees List
The column "Sponsoring needed?" is to know if you need sponsoring or if you pay the travel/stay by yourself.
Please keep in mind that food and drinks are not sponsored. Switzerland is rather expensive in that regard but we have already found a way to lower the costs. A cooking plan will follow, so please be precise on your food habits (especially important for vegans/vegetarians or people with food allergies).
| Name | Project | Arrival | Departure | Airport | Flight | Food preferences | Room preferences | Estimated travel costs | Sponsoring needed? | Work | Special | |
| Myriam Schweingruber | myriam AT kde DOT org | Amarok | 20.5. | 25.5. | none | by car | no Brazil nuts or Kiwi | room 12 (I need my sleep) | 20 € | yes | Organization, bug triaging for Amarok and Phonon | will use my car for transportation (food shopping, etc.) |
| Mark Kretschmann | kretschmann AT kde DOT org | Amarok | 20.5. | 25.5. | none | by car | eats everything | room 14 (I snore) | 20 € | yes | Organization, Amarok developer | none |
| Mario Fux | mario AT unormal DOT org | KDE | 20.5. | 25.5. | none | by train | eats everything at least once | Chalet | yes | Organization | ||
| Martin Sandsmark | sandsmark at samfundet dot no | Phonon | 20.5. (tentatively) | 25.5 (tentatively) | Zurich | TBA | No mushrooms | no | 330 € | yes | maintainer, code monkey | yes |
| Percy Camilo Triveño Aucahuasi | percy.camilo.ta AT gmail DOT com | KDE Edu | 20.5. | 25.5. | Zurich | American Airlines | eats everything | any | $ 900 | yes | KColorEdit maintainer, developer | 100% sure and I will take the Swiss Transfer Ticket 2nd Class |
| Fathi Boudra | fabo at kde dot org | Phonon VLC | 20.5 | 25.5 | no pork | no | ? | yes | Phonon VLC backend maintainer, developer | |||
| Téo Mrnjavac +1 | teo ( a t ) getamarok ( d o t ) com | Amarok | 20/5 | 25/5 | none | by car | 2 vegans | 33 | 190€ | yes | Amarok developer | |
| jb | VLC | |||||||||||
| Beat Wolf | ||||||||||||
| Franklin Zura | ||||||||||||
| Dan Leinir | admin AD leinir DOT dk | Amarok, Gluon | 20.5 | 25.5 | Zurich | SAS/train | Just about anything | None | EUR 260 (flights) + train from Zurich (help?) | Yes | Usability guy on Amarok, part of Gluon (game engine) development team | |
| Christian Esken | esken aT kde dot org | KMix | 20.5 | 25.5 | Zurich | LH 3766 | Room 17 | no | Main developer of KMix | |||
| Nikolaj Hald Nielsen | nhn AT kde DOT org | Amarok | 20.5 | 25.5 | Zurich | Preferably a single room | ~ 190 Eur + train from/to zurich | Yes | Amarok developer | |||
| Harald Sitter | apachelogger AT ubuntu DOT com | Kubuntu | 20.5 (in zurich early that day, could a company anyone travelling through there ;)) | 25.5 | none | by train | none | room 25 | ~190 EUR | yes | Downstream (implementation), Amarok/Digikam release script maintenance | |
| Sabine Emmy Eller | s.eller at voxhumanitatis dot org | Vox Humanitatis, KDE Edu | 20.05 arrival by train at 21:58 | 25.05 latest departure by train 12:33 | Milano Malpensa, then train | Easyjet | - | 36 | approx. 250 EUR (exact train prices are missing - estimated) | yes | ||
| Bèrto 'd Sèra | berto.d.sera at gmail dot com | Vox Humanitatis, KDE Edu | 20.05 arrival by train at 21:58 | 25.05 latest departure by train 12:33 | Treviso, then train | Wizz Air | - | 37 | approx. 440 EUR (some exact prices are missing - estimated) | |||
| Casey Link | unnamedrambler a-t gmail dot(.) com | Amarok | 20.5 | 25.5 | GVA | TBA | Gluten allergy - meat preferred | cheapest | 1050 EUR = 800 flight, 170 other transport, 80 accomodation | Yes! Please! | Amarok Developer | Student, can only come if funded |
| Kevin Funk | krf at gmx dot de | Amarok | 20.5 | 25.5 | none | by car | eats everything (at least twice) | room 22 | 100€ | yes | Amarok development | Journey goes from Saarbrücken (DE) to Randa (so if someone needs a pickup, just ask) |
| Anne-Marie Mahfouf | annma AT kde DOT org | KDE Edu | 20.05 (10:25 am) | 26.05 (6:30 pm) | Geneva Cointrin | Baboo (AF) | eats everything | 11 | €150 | yes | KDE-Edu overall, GHNS, organization, work with Vox Humanitatis people | |
| apol | [email protected] | KDE Edu | 20.5, 19h-ish | 25.5, 10h-ish | Genève | by train | eats anything | any | 150-200€ | yes | KAlgebra, Kamoso | |
| Jeremy Whiting | jpwhiting AT kde DOT org | KDE Edu | 20.05 08:05 (Flight UA 936) | 25.05 11:55 (Flight UA 937) | Zurich | United | eats anything | any | none | yes, for lodging | GHNS, Edu | |
| Daniel Laidig | laidig AT kde DOT org | Parley | 20.5. | 25.5. | ? | car, with fregl and Nightrose | none | 16 | ~ 250 € | Yes | Parley developer | |
| Alessandro Diaferia | [email protected] | Media Center Components for Plasma | 20.5 (still not 100% sure) | 25.5 (still not 100% sure) | ~ 250 € | Yes | ||||||
| Vladimir Kuznetsov | ||||||||||||
| Christoph Pfister | christophpfister gmail com | Kaffeine | 21.05. | 25.05. | none | by train | none | don't care | Fr. 66.- | no | maintainer | |
| Michał Małek | michalm AT jabster DOT pl | K3b | 20.05 | 25.05 | Zurich | Lufthansa | none | none | ~330€ | yes | K3b developer | |
| Torsten Rahn | [email protected] | Marble | 21.05. in Brig | 24.05. | none | by train | none | none | 105€ | yes | Marble Developer | |
| Helio Castro | [email protected] | kmix | 5/20 | 5/24 | - | - | * | room 14 (I snore) | none | no | Phonon, kmix | |
| Ian Monroe
+ 1 (Sherry Lochhaas) |
imonroe@kde | Amarok | 5/21 | 5/25 | Zurich | AA64, Fri 07:35 | * | a single room | none | yes, for lodging | Phonon, Amarok, git | |
| Alex Fiestas | Kamoso | |||||||||||
| Glen Kaukola | ||||||||||||
| Sebastian Trüg | trueg A@T kde.org | Nepomuk | 21.05 | 23.05 | none | by train | none | single room | - | No | - | - |
| Andrew Lake | ||||||||||||
| Lydia Pintscher | lydia kde org | Amarok/KDE edu/... | ? | ? | ? | ? | none | room 27 | ~ 250 Euro | yes | ? | ? |
| Frederik Gladhorn | gladhorn kde org | edu, friends of Amarok, Nepomuk interested | 20.5. | 25.5. | eats everything | room 26 | 200 Euros | yes | KDE, Edu, GHNS, stuff | |||
| Alexandre Freitas | admin AT alexandref DOT com | Amarok / KDE EDU | 19.05? | 25.05? | ? | ? | No preferences | around US$ 1200 | yes | Graphic Designer / KDE Promo Team Brazil | ||
| Tomaz Canabrava | [email protected] | KDE EDU | 19.05? | 25.05? | ? | ? | No preferences | around US$ 1200 | yes | Developer / KDE Promo Team Brazil | ||
| Martin Aumüller | aumuell AT reserv DOT at | Amarok | 21.05 / 14:58 | 25.05 | none | by train | room 10 (with Mxcl and Muesli) | yes: accomodation | Amarok developer | |||
| Jean-Baptiste Mardelle | jb AT kdenlive DOT org | Kdenlive | 20.05 or 21.05 | 25.05 | none | by train | vergetarian | Kdenlive developer | ||||
| Simon Eugster | simon DOT eu AT gmail DOT com | kdenlive | 2010 | 2010 | — | — | Kind of vegetarian | 0 | no | uh … kdenlive? cooking? ;) | Not 100 % sure yet. (perhaps exams) | |
| Daniel Dewald + 1 | Daniel.Dewald at time-shift dot de | Amarok | 20.5 (very early if possible) | 25.5 (about 12 o'clock?) | by car | No Fish | 21 (for both of us) | 100 EUR | yes (if possible) | Amarok developer | ||
| George Kiagiadakis | kiagiadakis.george AT gmail.com | KCall | 20.5 / 16:25 in Geneva | 25.5 / 12:55 from Geneva | Geneva | arr.: Lufthansa LH3688 dep.: Brussels Air. SN 2716 |
Eats everything | No preferences | Around 600 € | yes, if possible | KCall / QtGstreamer developer | |
| Colin Guthrie | cguthrie AT mandriva.org | Phonon/KMix | 20.5 | 25.5 | Geneva | TBA | Vegetarian | No preferences | Flight €60-€170 (depends on times) + Train €110/162CHF (I think) | Yes | PulseAudio integration | |
| Arjen Hiemstra | aw DOT hiemstra AT gmail DOT com | Gluon | 20/05, Arrival in Geneva 09:40 |
25/05, Departure from Geneva 19:00 |
Geneva | Easyjet Flight 1354 | Vegetarian | No preferences | Flight 90 Euro + Train 90 Euro | Yes | Gluon Integration, Phonon integration in Gluon, various bugfixing | |
| Manuel Nickschas | sputnick AT quassel-irc org | Quassel IRC | 20.05. | 25.05. | none | by train | Carnivore :) | Room 32 (Heavy snorer) | Fr. 127 (Train within Switzerland) | Yes (if possible) | Quassel IRC main developer | |
| Bastian Holst | bastianholst AT gmx.de | Marble | 20.05. 17:00-19:00 | 25.05. 10:00-11:00 | none | by train | no poultry | cheapest | 320 EUR | yes | ||
| Etienne Rebetez | etienneDOTrebetez oberwallis ch | KDE-Edu overall | 21.05 21:00 | 23.05 | none | by train | none | what's left | none | no | ||
| Christian Muehlhaeuser (muesli) | muesli AD gmail DOT com | Amarok, Playdar | 20.5 | 25.5 | none | by train | No mushrooms | room 10 | EUR 120 | If available | Amarok and Playdar hacker |
Topics
Multimedia
Agenda
- Amarok roadmap for the 2.3 series
- Amarok on Windows planning
- PhononVLC backend
- QtMultimedia
- GSoC (Phonon and Amarok)
- QtMultimedia (integration, Phonon backend using QtMultimedia, QtMultimedia "backend" using Phonon?)
- Phonon roadmap (new features, focus areas, etc.)
- Improving the multimedia experience on Maemo/Meego
- Publicity, recruitment, community interaction
Workshops
| Title | Description | Who |
|---|---|---|
Edu
The Edu team will plan and manage this page: KDEEdu/Sprint2010.