Promo/Events/Release Parties/4.8

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  • Date: DD/MM/YY (preferably within one week of release on 25th of January)
  • Time: 00:00 - 00:00
  • Place: 12 Krazy Ave, Krazytown, Krazyland (link to map)
  • Organizer: Luis (email)
  • Other info:
    • Bring your own beer!
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Brian
    • Melissa
  • What are you doing?
    • Melissa will give a talk about 4.8
    • have a few beer
    • have fun

Asia

India

Durgapur, West Bengal

  • Date: 04/02/12
  • Time: ~17:00
  • Place: NIT Durgapur
  • Organizer: Tirtha Chatterjee (wyuka) (tirtha DOT p DOT chatterjee AT gmail DOT com)
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Smit Shah (Who)
    • Samikshan Bairagya (Samxan)
  • What are you doing?
    • Who will give a workshop on developing for KDE 4.8
    • Who, wyuka and samxan will give a talk on the ways to get involved in the KDE community
    • Overnight hackfest (lots of fun + features + bugfixes)

North America

United States

Bellingham, Washington

  • Date: Saturday 2012-01-28
  • Start Time: ~14:00
  • Place: 2601 North Park Drive [1]
  • Organizer: Anthony Penzinski (anthony"在"penzinski.com)
  • Purpose: As the SuSE people like to say, to "have a lot of fun".
  • Details: Potluck meal, light drinking, stimulating conversation, strange eclectic music. Family friendly. Noob friendly. Microsoft friendly! ;^{)
  • Parking: If you come in a car, there should be room to park along Broadway in front of the Roeder Home, and along North Park Drive.

New York City

Europe

France

Limoges

  • Date: 26th of January
  • Time: 18:00
  • Place: IUT du Limousin (University of Limoges)
  • Organizer: Ludovic Grossard (grossard at kde org) / alternatives87
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Sylvain Floury
    • Ludovic Grossard
    • Alix Mascret
    • Olivier Toussaint
  • What are you doing?
    • talks (what's new in 4.8, highlights on some KDE softwares)
    • have fun
    • after that, have dinner together (gnu-bouffe as we say :) )


Toulouse

  • Date: 25th of January
  • Time: 20:00
  • Place: Le paradis du fruit - 16, bd de Strasbourg - 31000 Toulouse
  • Organizer: Jean-Nicolas (morice-net on irc) (jeannicolasartaud at gmail com)
  • Details: [KDE 4.8 release webpage]
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself [on the form] if you want to come!)
    • Kévin Ottens
    • Jean-Nicolas Artaud
    • Find the list at the bottom of [this page]
  • What are you doing?
    • eat healthy food and drink fruit cocktails
    • have fun and drink beer, for those that don't like cocktails
    • discuss about some future events around KDE

Germany

Karlsruhe

  • Date: 28th of January
  • Time: 19:00
  • Place: Stövchen (table is reserved for Pintscher)
  • Organizer: Lydia Pintscher (lydia at kde org)
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Lydia Pintscher
    • Martin Gräßlin
    • Kai Uwe Broulik (also celebrating birthday that day, will maybe bring a cake or something)
    • Eckhart Wörner
    • Thorsten Zachmann (depends on the exact date if I can join)
    • Volker Lanz
    • Frank Karlitschek
    • Dennis Nienhüser
    • Manuel Nickschas
    • Jonathan Kolberg
    • Patrick von Reth
  • What are you doing?
    • have nice food and drinks
    • talks? (Who wants to give one?)
    • have fun
    • What’s about keysigning?

Ulm

  • Date: 27th of January
  • Time: 19:00
  • Place: Herrenkellergasse 4, Ulm (aka Hotel M & M)
  • Organizer: Mark Kretschmann (kretschmann at kde org), Myriam Schweingruber (myriam at kde org)
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Mark Kretschmann
    • Myriam Schweingruber
    • Manuel Nickschas
    • David Weber
    • Burak Aktas
    • Martin Aumüller
  • What are you doing?
    • Party
      • please bring drinks, finger food will be provided, but some awesome salad or cake is a good idea. Please coordinate with M & M :)
      • keysigning eventually?

Greece

Thessaloniki

  • Date: tba - likely weekend of 28/29th of January
  • Time: tba
  • Place: tba
  • Organizer: Kostas Koudaras (warlordfff at opensuse dot org)
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
  • What are you doing?

Athens

  • Date: tba
  • Time: tba
  • Place: tba
  • Organizer: Christos Loukas (commixon at gmail com)
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
  • What are you doing?

Larissa

  • Date: tba
  • Time: tba
  • Place: ATEI Larisas
  • Organizer: Giorgos Tsiapaliwkas (terietor at gmail com)
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Giorgos Tsiapaliwkas
    • Antonis Tsiapaliokas
  • What are you doing?
    • Have foods and drinks
    • Have a nice time

Italy

Torino

  • Date: 26/01/12
  • Time: tba
  • Place: tba
  • Organizer: Vincenzo Buttazzo (vbuttazzo DOT yahoo DOT com)
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
  • What are you doing?
    • Talk about 4.8
    • Meet other KDE fans!

The Netherlands

Culemborg

  • Date: 27 January (Friday)
  • Time: 19:00 - 22:00
  • Place: KovoKs, Randweg 3-b, 4104 AC Culemborg (directions)
  • Organizer: Alexander van Loon (a dot vanloon at alexandervanloon dot nl) and Tom Albers
  • Other info:
    • Please mention if you want to eat along with the pizzas so we know how much should be ordered. Please give a small financial contribution so we can pay for the drinks.
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Alexander van Loon
    • Tom Albers
    • Sebastian Kügler
  • What are you doing?
    • Sebastian will give a presentation and demo of Plasma Active
    • Pizzas and drinks will be taken care of.

Spain

Madrid

  • Date: January 20th (Friday)
  • Time: 22:00
  • Place: Pizza Marzano, Gran Vía, 69
  • Organizer: Albert Astals Cid ([email protected])
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come (or mail me at [email protected]))
    • Albert Astals Cid
    • Javier Llorente
    • Rafael Fernández López
    • Jaime Torres Amate (y mujer)
    • Raúl Sánchez Siles
  • What are you doing?
    • have nice food and drinks
    • have fun

Barcelona

  • Date: Friday, January 27th
  • Time: 22:00 (to be confirmed, will make the reservation once we know who comes)
  • Place: Sant Andreu Jabugo. Plaça Palmeres 5, 08030 Barcelona
  • Organizer: Aleix Pol Gonzalez ([email protected])
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Aleix Pol Gonzalez
    • Víctor Blázquez Francisco
    • Josep Ma. Ferrer
    • Albert Astals Cid
    • Miquel Canes
    • Carlos Cabezas
    • Orestes Mas
    • David Gil (as I am new and nobody will know me, my blog is Expolio Intelectual)
    • Miquel Adroer (http://miquel66.caliu.cat/)
  • What are you doing?
    • have nice food and drinks
    • have fun

Switzerland

Visp

  • Date: January 27th (Friday)
  • Time: arround 19:00
  • Place: Restaurant Mühle, right beneath the main station
  • Organizer: Mario Fux ([email protected])
  • Info: After the LUGO General Assembly
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come (or mail me at [email protected]))
    • Mario Fux
  • What are you doing?
    • have nice food and drinks
    • have fun
    • Probably some demo of the new software

Finland

Helsinki

  • Date: 12/01/12
  • Time: 18:00
  • Place: Hiomotie 32, Helsinki, FI 00380
  • Organizer: Laszlo Papp ([email protected])
  • Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
    • Laszlo Papp
    • Juhapekka Piiroinen
    • Aapo Rista
    • Henri Ranki
    • Mike Bradshaw
    • Samu Voutilainen
    • Jason Robinson
  • What are you doing?
    • Talk about KDE 4.8.
    • Have free food, drinks and sauna -> fun :)