We have a great tradition of extended sprints around big Drupal events including the ones we did around DrupalCons in Prague, Portland, Munich, Denver, as well as Drupal Dev Days like Szeged, Dublin and Barcelona. While there is a sprint day included in DrupalCons (usually) on Friday, given that a lot of the Drupal core and contrib developers fly in for these events, it makes a lot of sense to use this opportunity to start sooner and/or extend our stay and work together in one space on the harder problems.
DrupalCon Austin is next up! DrupalCon and the Drupal Association continue to recognize the need for extended sprints as part of the schedule and are providing space on Monday, and helping organize space for the weekends before and after also! We are still looking for additional sponsors for the weekend sprints before/after to help with space, internet, coffee, tea and maybe food.
Travel Plans
Now is the time to consider if you can be available and book your travel and hotel accordingly!
Practical details
- Dates
- May 31st (Sat), June 1st (Sun), and June 7th (Sat) and 8th (Sun). (There is already a DrupalCon sprint day on Monday June 2nd and Friday June 6th 2014 at the DrupalCon venue as well, but we might be moving it to the Sunday location, and we need to make sure internet is good enough for 200 people).
- Times
- We start each day at 9am and have space booked until midnight.
- Locations
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- Weekend before DrupalCon, Saturday May 31: Saturday May 31 sprint location will be at the Radisson Hotel, SoCo room (capacity 30 people), 111 East Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78701, walking distance (0.2 miles) from the DrupalCon venue. Sat 9:00am-midnight.
- Weekend before DrupalCon, Sunday June 1 9am-midnight: Sunday June 1 sprint location will be at the conference location, the Austin Convention Center Room 9 (capacity 334), 500 East Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, TX 78701.
- Monday 9:00am-6:00pm (DrupalCon community, training, and sprint day): will be at the conference location, the Austin Convention Center Room 9 (capacity 334), 500 East Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, TX 78701.
- Monday 6:00pm till...: DrupalCon provided 24 hour coder lounge space in the Austin Hilton, 500 East 4th Street, Austin, TX 78701 Room 615 AB (capacity 80) on the 6th floor: Monday 6:00pm to Thursday midnight
- Session days (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday): DrupalCon provided 24 hour coder lounge space in the Austin Hilton, 500 East 4th Street, Austin, TX 78701
Room 615 AB (capacity 80) on the 6th floor: Monday 6:00pm to Thursday midnight. And, another sprint room in the Austin Convention Center Room 9 (capacity 334), 500 East Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, TX 78701, from 9:00am to 6:00pm on Tues, Weds, Thurs. - Friday 9:00am-6:00pm (DrupalCon official sprint day): DrupalCon provides a huge sprinting space at the Austin Convention Center, 500 East Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, TX 78701.
- Weekend after DrupalCon, Saturday June 7: Radisson Hotel, SoCo room (capacity 30), plus IPO room (another 30 person capacity room at the Radisson), 111 East Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78701 walking distance (0.2 miles) from the DrupalCon venue. Sat and Sun 9:00am-midnight.
- Weekend after DrupalCon, Sunday June 8: Radisson Hotel, SoCo room (capacity 30), 111 East Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78701 walking distance (0.2 miles) from the DrupalCon venue. Sat and Sun 9:00am-midnight.
Sponsors
Lead sponsors:
Drupal Association @DrupalAssoc
Blue Host @bluehost via @jsmith
Thank you!
Additional sponsors:
Hook 42 via @aimeeraed and @kristen_pol
Acquia
Looking for sponsors
We are looking for more sponsors to be able to pay for extra expenses. If you are interested sponsoring or if you need sponsors to cover expenses, please contact me at https://drupal.org/user/258568/contact
Comments
We're planning a BDD sprint
We're planning a Behavior Driven Development (BDD) sprint for the Sunday and Monday before the Con.
https://groups.drupal.org/node/423723
Help us build out client side test coverage!