Elgg Bootcamp Deluxe

At the ElggCampAMS event i talked with a few people about coding together. The ElggCamp was just a single day event, so there was no time for coding, but we discussed it would be nice to have a few days together so we can do Elgg coding. Someone else opted we should do this at a nice location, like a tropical island or something like that. So combining business and pleasure.

I gave this idea a little thought and i thought... why not try to organize something.

So this is the current idea:

  • 2 weeks (12 or 14 days) on a tropical location
  • 10 developers
  • coding events / hackathon
    • Theme / Plugin Development
    • Freestyle
    • Elgg improvements
    • Coding in teams of 2 or 4 persons
    • Every developer prepares 1 topic

Location:

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  • Bali
    • Tropical
    • Affordable (10 person villa for 1500 per week)

Requirement is that we have a broadband connection. Best location will be decided by the people comming to the event.

Costs:

Each coder needs to pay:

  • His/Her own plane ticket (some sample pricing)
    • Amsterdam - Bali Retour € 800,-
    • San Francisco - Bali Retour - € 1100,-
    • New York - Bali Retour - € 1200,-
    • Warschau - Bali Retour - € 800,-
    • Hong Kong - Bali Retour - € 350,-
    • Buenos Aires - Bali Retour - € 1800
    • Kaapstad - Bali Retour - € 800,-
  • + 500 euros for the 2 weeks stay (including food/drinks)

Each coder needs to bring:

  • Programming Skills
  • Developer toolkit:
    • Laptop
    • ...

When? May/June 2014

I need to know if there are other devs that are seriously interested in this and can/will afford it. You can see it as an advanced training camp for Elgg developers.