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== Goals == | == Goals == | ||
Four ''full'' days of hacking Aug 14, 15, 16, 17 in Potsdam, NY towards specific aims outlined below! | Four ''full'' days of hacking Aug 14, 15, 16, 17 in Potsdam, NY towards specific aims outlined below! | ||
This will be similar to [http://wiki.kiwix.org/wiki/Hackathon_Wikimania_2016 http://wiki.kiwix.org/wiki/Hackathon_Wikimania_2016] in Esino Lario, Italy in June 2016, but with more implementers represented (Internet-in-a-Box and similar) | This will be similar to [http://wiki.kiwix.org/wiki/Hackathon_Wikimania_2016 http://wiki.kiwix.org/wiki/Hackathon_Wikimania_2016] in Esino Lario, Italy in June 2016, but with more globe-trotting implementers represented (Internet-in-a-Box and similar!) | ||
'''We ask that everyone spend all 5 nights in Potsdam, NY, immediately following [https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme Wikimania 2017] in Montreal (Aug 9-13 2017), so that all 4 hack days and evening hospitality plans are relaxed & productive!''' | '''We ask that everyone spend all 5 nights in Potsdam, NY, immediately following [https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme Wikimania 2017] in Montreal (Aug 9-13 2017), so that all 4 hack days and evening hospitality plans are relaxed & productive! In short: arrive in Potsdam, NY late Sunday Aug 13, and leave Potsdam, NY morning of Friday Aug 18.''' | ||
We expect to drive from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Potsdam, NY immediately after dinner on Sunday Aug 13, 2017, the moment Wikimania ends. | We expect to drive from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Potsdam, NY immediately after dinner on Sunday Aug 13, 2017, the moment Wikimania ends. (We have vehicles and drivers arranged for about 12 people, to make the ~2.5 hour road trip and border crossing from Montreal to Potsdam, so it's important to register your interest early before these fill up :) | ||
Your departing flight should leave from Montreal's airport on Friday Aug 18, 2017, starting midday. ''Flights departing early morning will NOT be possible, as the drive from Potsdam to Montreal's airport in a full 2 hours, and includes a border crossing with possible delays!'' | Your departing flight should leave from Montreal's airport on Friday Aug 18, 2017, starting midday. ''Flights departing early morning will NOT be possible, as the drive from Potsdam to Montreal's airport in a full 2 hours, and includes a border crossing with possible delays!'' | ||
Please contact holt @ laptop.org if you would like to contribute, joining the Kiwix and Internet-in-a-Box team during these 4 intense+productive days/nights! | Please contact holt @ laptop.org if you would like to contribute & partake, joining the Kiwix and Internet-in-a-Box team during these 4 intense+productive days/nights! | ||
== People == | == People == | ||