aboaboit | # 11 | 2009-11-22, 21:52 | Report

Right now, the greatest value lies in numbers: we need headcount!

If you talk to them, make it crystal clear you're not speaking for Nokia, in any way, shape or form... there, I covered my *** pretty well on this occasion


Quim, what is the standard procedure for organising an event? I believe it's still a bit premature to pick a specific venue but I do realise that people making first contact need to know what the rules are.

anidel | # 12 | 2009-11-23, 00:16 | Report

Cool, so many locations
I am in contact with people from the University of Salerno where I studied, there's plenty of interest in these devices.

As for the topics, any more concrete ones?

anidel | # 13 | 2009-11-23, 00:17 | Report

Well if you've followed the Barcelona "make-up", you'd noticed it grew pretty fast from a small event (UX meets Code) to something well beyond that.
No real rule, just throw in ideas, topics of discussions and see the follow-up.
The more the people are interested in a topic the more likely it'll be added to the agenda.

b0unc3 | # 14 | 2009-11-23, 03:05 | Report

Great!! A maemo Italian long weekend would be definitly fantastic
And of course I am interested.
I would suggest as location also other place ( we have many beautiful places in Italy ) like Sicily ( were I live and I can also help to find out a venue ) ... moreover if the weekend would be done in spring... what about a maemo-beach-party
For the topics , I suggest something to introduce maemo and the community ( mandatory topic I think ) and also some good talk on how to develop on the device.
I will contact other italian community to know more on what they would like.

aboaboit | # 15 | 2009-11-23, 08:46 | Report

Sorry, I meant rules for contacting venues: what did the people who went scouting for Barcelona, Amsterdam, Copenhagen do/say? Are we looking for a space to rent or some university offering shelter would be fine?

Another topic I'd like to see, at least in the form of a workshop: tips and tricks for making an extra application fit in the system. Not just the UI, but hooks, policies, you name it.

qgil | # 16 | 2009-11-23, 13:26 | Report

First get a potential critical mass of interest. Pinning down date and city can be done also with the help of Nokia Italy.

anidel | # 17 | 2009-11-23, 13:37 | Report

That's what we're trying to do.
While we wait for feedback we were working out a list of potential candidate cities and dates.

admiral0 | # 18 | 2009-11-28, 10:56 | Report

Ok. I'm sending message to 255.255.255.255 . From my n900 obviously.

BTW Milano++

lorthirk | # 19 | 2009-11-28, 13:13 | Report

Sounds great for me. Since I'm from L'Aquila, I'm voting for a central city (lazy me). But for sure I'm interested, especially if there will be introductory/getting started topics (both on development and community) discussed.

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jpilomia | # 20 | 2009-11-29, 19:45 | Report

Hi,

Nokia Italy (together with Forum Nokia) is planning a developer event for ealry 2010, and I don't see why we can't combine those as things are still under definition. So once we have this critical mass I can take it up from the Forum Nokia side..