Amsterdam Hackathon 2013

The Amsterdam Hackathon 2013 is an opportunity for all Wikimedia community developers and sysadmins to come together, squash bugs and write crazy new features. Unlike the previous years (2012, 2011, etc.) this Hackathon won't be in Berlin, but in Amsterdam.

Date
A weekend (Friday to Sunday) in May 2013. We should have a final date by the end of this year (2012).

Straw Poll
We're aiming to do the hackathon in May 2013 with a preference for the weekend of Saturday the 25th. Options are:
 * Weekend of the 4th of May. This weekend is Remembrance of the Dead and Liberation Day in the Netherlands so we rather not do it this weekend.
 * Weekend of the 11th of May. Ascension day will be on Thursday the 9th of May so a lot of people will go on a long weekend. Probably means more expensive ho(s)tels.
 * Weekend of the 18th of May.Pentecost will be on Monday the 20th of May so a lot of people will go on a long weekend. Probably means more expensive ho(s)tels.
 * Weekend of the 25th of May. Our preferred weekend.

Please tell us when on which weekends you can't and if the preferred weekend is fine with you. If you like, let us also know why - we are especially interested in the dates for exams etc around Europe.

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Specific requests to avoid a date

 * Very difficult to do the weekends of either the 11th of May or 18th of May due to overlapping with RIPE (WMF just became a LIR and is required to attend) - https://ripe66.ripe.net/ .  Weekend of the 18th is a little bit easier of the two. Cannot do the weekend of the 4th of May due to personal reasons.  25th of May weekend is fine. LeslieCarr (talk) 16:31, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * The weekend of the 25th works, but I'd prefer another weekend (any other weekend is fine) --Catrope (talk) 22:09, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * The 25th may interfere with Memorial Day weekend plans in the US (often this weekend is used for weddings, family vacations, graduations, etc). I would prefer one of the other weekends as I am fairly confident I will be invited to at least one wedding on that weekend :p Arthur Richards (talk) 23:45, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
 * The 4th is a bad weekend for me (my little brother's birthday, I may try to travel home), but any other weekend works, including Memorial Day. --216.38.130.166 01:27, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Just in case it matters, LinuxTag is in Berlin on May 22-25.--Qgil (talk) 19:18, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Memorial Day/25th is bad for me. My brother is getting married. LWelling (talk) 19:03, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Google I/O is May 15th - 17th and may make the weekend of the 18th more difficult for the mobile team. LeslieCarr (talk) 20:19, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * All OK with me, but I have to teach the 17th in the afternoon. I'll be able to join in the evening and the rest of the weekend. Valhallasw (talk) 20:24, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Either date works fine, but mildly prefer to avoid weekend of 25th. -- RobLa-WMF (talk) 01:47, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Specific requests to target a date

 * Weekend of 25th is go for me. siebrand (talk) 20:48, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * 25th or 18th works fine, I prefer the 18th Trevor Parscal (talk) 18:56, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Weekend of 25th should be good. Hopefully I am still doing wikidata stuff then :) but otherwise might be back in the US and be just a volunteer with another day job.  In that case, yes it is memorial day.  It is a 3-day weekend which means easier for a volunteer to take time off from their job and travel to the hackathon without taking too many vacation days. Aude (talk) 02:34, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Weekend of the 25th works for me. Steven Walling (WMF) &bull; talk   18:30, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * It would be great to have it back to back with MuseumNext, that way we can combine the hackathon with some WikiGLAM efforts: Amsterdam, 13 - 14 May 2013 --Martsniez (talk) 16:01, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
 * 25th sounds good for me. --Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) (talk) 15:32, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Weekends of the 4th and the 25th are fine for me --Angelika Adam (WMDE) (talk) 16:08, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Fine with any of these dates

 * Any week-end is fine to me. Antoine &#34;hashar&#34; Musso (talk) 13:09, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Any week-end is fine to me. --Kolossos 17:22, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * right now any weekend is fine, but I might be in the process of selling my house in May, I won't know until later. Cmcmahon(WMF) (talk) 23:40, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Any of these are fine with me.--Jorm (WMF) (talk) 01:32, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Happy to attend any of the proposed dates Robmoen (talk) 18:37, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Any of the proposed dates would be great. Ryan Faulkner 18:49, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Any of those weekends is good for me. Anomie (talk) 19:13, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Any weekend in May is good for me. Zeljko.filipin(WMF) (talk) 19:48, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Currently any weekend is good for meeeee. Nikerabbit (talk) 20:06, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Any weekend works for me --ori (talk) 20:29, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Any of these work for me. Jdforrester (WMF) (talk) 20:47, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * No preferences yet. Xqt (talk) 21:16, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Any date in May works for me CSteipp (talk) 01:20, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Anytime fine for me. --brion (talk) 20:26, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Any of these dates are fine with me. --Kai Nissen (WMDE) (talk) 15:58, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Location
Somewhere in Amsterdam