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= SugarCamp Bolzano 2009 =
== Event Details ==
The [http://www.freesoftwareweek.org FreeSoftwareWeek] 2009 will be held from the 7th to 13th November 2009 in Bolzano, Italy. As part of free software week the [http://www.tis.bz.it/ TIS] will host a Sugarcamp. A [http://live.gnome.org/ZeitgeistHackFest2009 GNOME Hackfest] will happen during that week as well. The camp fits quite well in our release cycle (0.88 planning/hacking) and having the GNOME Hackfest next door will hopefully create nice synergies.  The FreeSoftwareWeek will end with the [http://www.sfscon.it/2009 SFScon2009] the annual Free Software conference in South Tyrol.

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== Local Sponsors ==
[[File:Tis_Innovation_Park.jpg]] [http://www.tis.bz.it/ TIS Innovation Park]

[http://www.cts-einaudi.it/ http://sfscon.it/2009/venue/++resource++fsc.sfscon.images/fp-CTS.jpg] [http://www.cts-einaudi.it/ CTS Luigi Einaudi]

[http://www.provincia.bz.it/formazione-professionale/ http://sfscon.it/2009/venue/++resource++fsc.sfscon.images/fp.gif] [http://www.provincia.bz.it/formazione-professionale/ Ripartizione Formazione professionale italiana]

[[File:Autonome_Provinz_Bozen.png]] [http://www.provinz.bz.it/innovation Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano - Autonome Provinz Bozen Südtirol]

== Topics ==
* 0.88 Sucrose Development Release Roadmap
* How to sustain Sugar? Business models around Sugar - how to find new man power.

== How to get there? ==
There are great instructions about airports etc on the [http://www.freesoftwareweek.org/howtoreachus.html freesoftwareweek.org page]. 

The camp itself will be at held at the Professional School CTS "Luigi Einaudi", on the street "Via S. Geltrude 3", in Bolzano, Italy. Please use [http://sfscon.it/2009/venue public transport] to get there.

== Sugar Organizer ==

[[User:dfarning | David Farning]] will be organizing the Bolzano Sugarcamp 2009.

== Attendees ==

Are you planning to attend?  Add your name and contact info below!
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! Name !! available from to !! stays at !! Note
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! [[User:Erikos | Simon Schampijer]]
| 7-14 || [http://bozen.jugendherberge.it/cs.asp?st=1&sp=en Bolzano Youth Hostel] || -
|-
! [[User:Tomeu | Tomeu Vizoso]]
| 7-14 || [http://bozen.jugendherberge.it/cs.asp?st=1&sp=en Bolzano Youth Hostel] || - 
|-
! [[User:Walter | Walter Bender]]
| 9-14 || ? || - 
|-
! [[User:dfarning | David Farning]]
 | - || - || - 
|-
! [[User:dogi | Stefan Unterhauser]]
| 7-12 || [http://bozen.jugendherberge.it/cs.asp?st=1&sp=en Bolzano Youth Hostel] || - 
|-
! [[User:carlo | Carlo Falciola]]
| 11-13 || [http://bozen.jugendherberge.it/cs.asp?st=1&sp=en Bolzano Youth Hostel] || I'll drive to BZ from Milano  11 in the morining (up to 6 places av.)
|-
! [[User:SeanDaly| Sean Daly]]
| 11-13 || [http://book.bestwestern.it/EN/hotel_in_Bolzano_98156.aspx Best Western Hotel Alpi] || arriving late Tuesday night the 10th 
|-
! [[User:holt| Adam Holt]]
| 9-12 || camping? || arriving late Monday the 9th!
|-
! [[User:christianv| Christian Vanizette]]
| 11-13 || youth hostel (?) || arriving @ noon wednesday the 11th!
|-
|}

== Lodging ==
There are some offers on the [http://www.freesoftwareweek.org/accomodation.html freesoftwareweek.org page].

== Schedule ==
We start at 9:00 o' clock in the morning. We will meet each day in the main room for a daily kick off meeting (30 minutes) and then work in groups on specific problems. We will come together for a 60 minutes summary and presentation meeting at 17:00.

=== Saturday, November 7 ===
* Morning session:
** free hacking (form groups and use the time to work on specific projects)
* Afternoon session:
** free hacking (form groups and use the time to work on specific projects)

=== Sunday, November 8 ===
* Morning session:
** free hacking (form groups and use the time to work on specific projects)
* Afternoon session:
** free hacking (form groups and use the time to work on specific projects)

=== Monday, November 9 ===
* Morning session:
** 11:30-12:30 The day of a Sugar developer (presentation to a third grade class of the CTS "Luigi Einaudi"), TurtleArt workshop.
* Afternoon session: 
** 0.88 hacking

=== Tuesday, November 10 ===
* Morning session:
** Summary/Evaluation of the 0.86 release cycle: [[File:Evaluation_0.86.pdf]] 
** Presentation to the Fourth grade class of the CTS "Luigi Einaudi"
* Afternoon session:
** New Features: [[File:Ideas_0.88_0.90.pdf]] 
** Identify the 0.88 projects we want to hack on during the next days

=== Wednesday, November 11 ===
* Morning session:
** 0.88 projects
** Meet with [http://live.gnome.org/ZeitgeistHackFest2009 Zeitgeist] people
* Afternoon session:
** 0.88 projects
** Meet with [http://live.gnome.org/ZeitgeistHackFest2009 Zeitgeist] people

=== Thursday, November 12 ===
* Morning session:
** Sustainability day (business models around Sugar, new man power) How to sustain Sugar development? Grants, Industry partners, Local funding? What is the long, middle and short term plan. 
* Afternoon session:
** Sustainability day (business models around Sugar, new man power)
** 0.88 projects
** Summary of the sugar hack fest: give out homework for the next 5 months

=== Friday, November 13 ===
[http://www.sfscon.it/2009/ South Tyrol Free Software Conference]. Please [http://sfscon.it/2009/sfscon-registration register] if you want to participate.

== Topics ideas ==

* Zeitgeist and Journal
* Performance and memory usage (cairo, rsvg, gtk+, etc)
* [http://live.gnome.org/PyGObject PyGObject], [http://live.gnome.org/Vala Vala] and [http://live.gnome.org/GObjectIntrospection GObject introspection]
* Fix Evince's page cache
* Specify the Gtk+ theme in CSS and allow users to edit it from Sugar (gtk-css-engine)
* How to start a Sugar pilot? - Impressions from the field (Berlin) [[User:Erikos | Simon Schampijer]]
* ...

== Impressions ==
''link your photos, add your comments here''

[[Image:Areas_to_address_0_88.jpg|thumb|220px|Areas to address in 0.88.]]









*Thursday, November 12
** Morning session:  Sustainability day (business models around Sugar, new man power) How to sustain Sugar development? Grants, Industry partners, Local funding? What is the long, middle and short term plan
** A Basic Taxonomy 
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! Entity!! Get !! Give !! Do
|- 
|Governments ||Innovation , Education || money (with restrictions)
 
|-
| SugarLabs ||indirect support on features development/maintenance, community sustainability || technology - trademarks, support for communities


|-
| Enablers – Catalyzers (TIS is here!)
|| || ||Get money from Gov, Manage  Gov. restrictions, harmonize relationships, create opportunities

|-
| Local Companies (profit) – Local Labs (no-profit)
|| money from Government for executing projects
|| services, indirectly support to SugarLabs

|-
| Teachers and TFT (Teachers for Teachers)
|| better tools
|| push gov to spend money

|-
| End users (children)
|| better education,  exposition to innovation
|| being part of Sugar Community 
|-
|}


== References ==
*http://geekyogre.com/2009/08/gnome-zeitgeist-almost-there/
*http://live.gnome.org/UsabilityProject/Whiteboard/ControlCenter
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