[Bioperl-l] distant thoughts from a dinosaur...

[Paul Edlefsen]

I of course would love to attend and can't, but this is my only 
objection.  Well, I *could* come if I could stow away somehow, but I'll 
be in Boston at the time...  Otherwise, I think it's a fantastic idea.  
I attended some of those MAGE hackathons and they were not only a great 
success but great fun as well.

:Paul

Lincoln Stein wrote:

>An excellent idea.  I don't think that we can extend the GMOD meeting by a day 
>because people have already mostly made their reservations, but we have time 
>during the breakout groups to meet and plan a bioperl 2 designathon.
>
>Lincoln
>
>On Wednesday 23 July 2003 11:27 pm, Hilmar Lapp wrote:
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>
>>There is a GMOD mtg scheduled for Sep 15-16 in Berkeley. I thought that
>>might be a good idea for that seed group of people to meet up and start
>>thrashing out a bioperl2 model, since some (many?) of us may be going
>>there anyway.
>>
>>And/or wouldn't this be a very good target for a sponsored hackathon,
>>since 1) there'd be a clearly defined goal, which 2) could be achieved
>>much better and much more efficient once the participating people are
>>locked into a room for some time.
>>
>>Ahem, no, I'm not going to suggest a sponsor ...
>>
>>I believe MAGE-stk has had fairly good success with their hackathons
>>which I believe were self-sponsored by the participants except that the
>>hosting institution (which changed from one to another hackathon) would
>>provide facilities and network. This of course only works if everybody
>>travels domestic within the US and there is reasonably priced
>>accommodation available. For bioperl2, the group of people would be
>>small.
>>
>>Any opinions Chris/Lincoln/Nat/Chris, or anybody else?
>>
>>	-hilmar
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