Re: TestFest 2010

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Francesco <ffullone@gmail.com> wrote: > Ciao Eric, > > > ##### When ##### > > I got quite a fair amount of feedback from people last year wishing the > > event ran longer. So I propose we run it from April to July 2010 (4 > Months) > > this year. > > we (the Italian PUG) are talking in Italy to organize it on mid-june, > we cannot do it before because we'll spend all our energy organizing > the phpday.it (our community conference) It looks like several UGs are already looking to run events into September. > ##### Prizing ##### > > While no one should expect prizes for contributing to Open Source work, > it > > still feels good to give and receive on occasion. In the past we've > offered > > to donate prizes to lucky test writers and I hope to do the same this > year. > > Below are prize ideas, some similar to the past events, some new this > year. > > Any other ideas? Anyone capable of offering any of the below? > > we (the Italian PUG) should offer something through our sponsor and > us, for sure we can give at least 20 elephants and some t-shirt, btw > I'll talk with Microsoft Italia for some Windows 7 license and to > other italian company which helped us sometimes. Thank you. When you've had time to look further into this, let me know and I get it on the Wiki. > > 2. PHP email addresses. Also very popular and pretty inexpensive. Give > maybe 5. > > those should be a very good idea. > Many have expressed concern about a formal offer of PHP email addresses and I certainly understand way. In the past they have been awarded only to those who showed a high level of proficiency and a willingness to continue working on tests after the event. I think we'll continue with same tradition this year. > > ##### Conclusion ##### > > Please let me know what you think of any of the ideas I put forth for > this > > years TestFest. Suggestions? Comments? Offers to help? All are very > welcome. > > It should be useful to have a PHP.net counselor to help the usergroup > running the test, maybe also only online, but always available to > help developers and reply to questions during the testfest. > Please direct any question or problem you may have with TestFest to this list. There are allot of smart and helpful people here willing to lend a hand. As for having an advisor available online during UG events, I'll bring it up on list and see if we have any volunteers. > Greetings > -- > Francesco Fullone > nulla è impossibile per chi non lo deve fare! > mail ffullone@gmail.com ------ icq 13515051 > homepage http://www.fullo.net/blog/ >