Do we want people showing up at the Hackfest? If not, if wait until after the Hackfest is over to allow devs to concentrate on the work. I think folks would be more interested in seeing what happened at the event with pictures etc.



On 2 Jun 2017 7:52 p.m., "Tavmjong Bah" <tavmjong@...8...> wrote:
On Wed, 2017-05-31 at 13:14 -0600, brynn wrote:
> Hi Friends,
>         Should we put up an announcement about the upcoming hackfest,
> on the 
> website and forums?  (I realize it's already been announced on
> mailing list.)

Sounds like a good idea.

>         I found this
> page:  http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Hackfest2017 
> But it doesn't give the agenda - only where attendees will meet each
> day.  (The 
> Hackfest Topics page isn't written yet.)
>
>         If someone can give me, if not agenda, just a short list of
> potential 
> topics, I can write up a quick News item for the website.  Something
> more than 
> just - fix bugs, stability, and infrastructure - if possible? (And
> I'll also 
> make forum posts.)

I and Mc have added a few things to the topics page. Hopefully others
will add more soon.

>         Apparently we don't need donations so much this time.  But
> (announcing) 
> it would still be an opportunity to keep the user community more
> involved --  
> even if all they can do is read about it.

Definitely!

>         Speaking of announcing, should we take another shot at
> creating an 
> advocacy group or team?  Maybe after the hackfest activity is
> over?  Late July - 
> August-ish?

Sounds good.

Thanks for bringing this up.

Tav

> All best,
> brynn
>
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