Philadelphia Code Sprint 2015

Gold Sponsors

TBD

Silver Sponsors

TBD

Bronze Sponsors

TBD

Venue Sponsor

Azavea

Other/in-kind sponsors

TBD

Purpose

Bring together project members to make decisions and tackle larger geospatial problems as in previous years:

Vienna (2014)
Boston (2013)
Island Wood (2012)
Montreal (2011)
New York City (2010)
Toronto (2009))

While past code sprints have targeted members of the "C Tribe" (e.g., MapServer, GRASS, GDAL, Proj, PostGIS, MapGuide, OpenLayers), other open source geospatial tribes are welcome to join the sprint.

The event organizer, Azavea, is also proposing that this be a joint code sprint with the Eclipse Foundation's LocationTech working group. There are several developers that work on projects associated with both OSGeo and LocationTech, and we believe it be an opportunity for some healthy exchange and collaboration.

Venue

Potential Workspace

Azavea's office is in Center City Philadelphia and we can host up to 40 people. However, based on the number of people attending in Vienna, we would like to plan for more. We have identified three potential venues:

Azavea - 340 N 12th St, Ste 402, Philadelphia, PA 19107 - good wifi and fiber connections, large meeting room, 5 breakout rooms (equipped with HDTVs, desks, phones, video cams and space for 4-5 people at a time. There are two additional conference rooms for larger groups, with telephones and projectors. The office is in downtown and close to Reading Terminal Market, Convention Center and public transit. Space for 40 people.
Friends Center - http://www.friendscentercorp.org/ - Quaker meeting house; has wifi, but not enough bandwidth, so would have to push for augmentation, both large rooms and several breakout rooms, central location close to public transit. Space for 150 or more people.
City COHO - http://citycoho.com/ - Co-working space with meeting center currently under construction. Could be a good fit for the code sprint but won't know until the fall.

Philadelphia

The three potential sites are all walking distance to:

Reading Terminal Market
Chinatown
City Hall
Franklin Institute
Old City
Liberty Bell
Washington Square
Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia Museum of Art (and other museums listed below

Dates and Times

Dates: TBD - vote using Doodle poll by Sept 26

TBD from one of the following options:

Week of Feb 2-6, 2015
Week of Feb 9-13, 2015
Week of Feb 16-20, 2015
Week of Feb 23-27, 2015
Week of Mar 2-6, 2015
Week of Mar 16-20, 2015
Week of Mar 23-27, 2015

Duration: 4 or 5 days (TBD)

Please note that Mar 9 - 13 will be the FOSS4G-NA conference in Burlingame, CA. For some people, this may be a positive juxtaposition as it would minimize travel costs to have a single, longer trip, but, for others, it will be hardship to be away from family/work for an extended period.

Agenda

TBD

Hotel

A hotel block is planned to be negotiated. Details will be provided here.

Costs

Participants should plan for the following costs:

Travel to Philadelphia
Accommodation for four nights
Registration fee (optional)

Project Plans

TBD

Communication

Please join the mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint
IRC chat during the event: #tosprint Server: irc.freenode.net

Participants

We are planning for attendance of 70 - 100. Please add your name and the projects you are hoping to sprint and note the likeliness of your attendance as well as the preferred dates.

Participants
#	Participant	Country	Arrival	Departure	Accommodation	Work on	Notes
1	Robert Cheetham	US	first day	last day	Home	TBD	Definite - No special needs
2	Kenny Shepard	US	first day	last day	Home	TBD	Likely
3	Rob Emanuele	US	first day	last day	Home	GeoTrellis	Likely
4	Michael Smith	US	first day	last day		PDAL, MapServer	Likely
5	Paul Ramsey	CA	first day	last day		PostGIS	Likely
6	Howard Butler	US	first day	last day		PDAL, GDAL, libspatialindex	Likely
7	Daniel Morissette	CA	first day	last day		MapServer, GDAL/OGR	Likely
8	Michael P. Gerlek	US	first day	last day		PDAL and friends	Likely

Individual Preparation

Bring your own computer
Install SVN, Git and other dev tools, and come with a working development environment
Spend some time getting to know the code base and open issues, if possible

FAQ

Is the Philadelphia Code Sprint just a coding event?
- Yes, a coding and documentation event. It is a working session for people who are already participants in open source projects.
Will it be possible to present new projects during this event?
- No, this is not a presentation-oriented event. People will get together in small groups and work on areas of mutual interest within their projects.

Social Activities

Museums

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Barnes Foundation
Rodin Museum
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
African American Museum in Philadelphia
National Museum of Jewish-American History
Academy of Natural Sciences
U-Penn Museum of Anthropology and Archaology
Rosenbach Museum
Independence Seaport Museum
Mutter Museum
Eastern State Penitentiary
Philadelphia History Museum

Tours

Rocky Movie Location Tour - South Philadelphia
Taste of Philadelphia Food Tour - Reading Terminal Market
Emergence of a Modern Metropolis Philadelphia Walking Tour - Philadelphia Center for Architecture

Music

WXPN's Free at Noon - Free concerts at WXPN on Fridays at Noon
Art After Five - Concerts in the museum on Friday evenings

Sports

Flyers (NHL) - Various dates
76ers (NBA) - Various dates
Union (MLS) - Various dates
Wings (NLL) - Various dates

Breweries

In Philadelphia:

Yards Brewing Co
Philadelphia Brewing Co
Triumph Brewing Co
Yuengling Brewing Co
Dock Street Brewing Co
Manayunk Brewery & Restaurant
Nodding Head Brewery & Restaurant

Nearby Philadelphia:

Flying Fish Brewery
Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant
Sly Fox Beer
Victory Brewing Co
McKenzie Brew House

Budget

Our expenses include:

lodging
meals
social activities

We will cover our expenses in three ways:

sponsorships
participant registration fees
surplus from previous years

Philadelphia Code Sprint 2015

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