Berlin Hackathon 2011

The Berlin Hackathon 2011 is an opportunity for MediaWiki hackers to come together, squash bugs and write crazy new features. Like the last two years, it's going to be awesome. Unlike the last two years, there will be more hacking and less talking. Also, this time around, we will do this independently from the Wikimedia Conference.

Date
A weekend (Friday to Sunday) in May. We should have a final date by February 21.

Registration
Note: registration will be mandatory. Registration will be open as soon as we have a final date.

Straw Poll
Please tell us when on which weekends you can't come. If you like, let us also know why - we are especially interested in the dates for exams etc around Europe.
 * Chad - the only weekend in May I'm not free is the first weekend (6-8th) and my exams continue through the 11th. So the 13-15th is pushing it travel-wise, but I can make that work.
 * Roan - I'm good for all weekends in May. My exams are in mid-April and late June
 * Sam - Exam period starts for me 16th May, through 10th June. No idea when my exams actually are though. Will try and found out. Depending on exam dates, I might be able to do some weekends between...
 * Siebrand - I'm good for all weekends in May, provided it will not take until end of March to decide on a date.

Location
In Berlin. We are looking at an awesome venue in Kreuzberg, but it's not final yet.

Schedule
The rough plan is to talk and coordinate in the mornings (that's engineer morning, before lunch at 2pm or so), hack all afternoon (until we are hungry again), then find food, then have some fun in Berlin (and/or do more hacking). We are looking to have the venue open around the clock, or at the very least until midnight.