Brighton Hackathon 2011

The Brighton Hackathon 2011 is an opportunity for developers to come together to work on Wikimedia-related projects (including MediaWiki), and to squash bugs. This event will occur in Brighton, England, 19th-20th November 2011. You can get an overview of the city on WikiTravel.

Venue
To be confirmed

Schedule
We are hoping to schedule in time for various talks and presentations over the weekend (inc. lightning talks), if you are interested in doing a talk or presentation, please email lewis@undefinedlewiscawte.info.

Attendees

 * Please register online (short URL: bit.ly/wmukhack11reg).


 * Registered
 * Lewis Cawte
 * Roan Kattouw
 * Tom Morris
 * Sam Reed
 * Harry Burt
 * Tristessa de St Ange


 * Unregistered
 * AlisonW (depending on exact location & start time)
 * Rich Farmbrough 09:41, 30 August 2011 (UTC). (provisional)
 * Spike (very provisional)
 * Hashar - confirmed
 * Tom Morton
 * Add your name here if you're intending to come!

Volunteers

 * Lewis Cawte (event organiser)

Topics
Here are the things we want to focus on at the hackathon, feel free to add anything you would like to work on to this list:


 * Bugsmash (see bugzilla keyword)
 * Apache logs bug hunt-n-fix sprint

Train
Brighton is on the south coast of England with fast rail services to London Victoria, London Bridge, Kings Cross-St Pancras (for Eurostar), and Bedford

Air
London Gatwick Airport is midway between London and Brighton with a fast train connection to Brighton. You can get informations about train tickets at the airport website: http://www.gatwickairport.com/transport/trains/

Accommodation
Brighton has a wide variety of hotels, here are a few selected ones with internet connection:
 * Brighton Travelodge
 * Brighton Seafront
 * Premier Inn Brighton

Contact

 * mail:
 * Panic Phone for emergencies: +44 7767043187 (TBC) (only during the event)
 * Programme coordination:
 * Logistics: Lewis Cawte
 * Assistant: