­­A spring sprint at a beautiful location on the Italian coast. The sprint will focus on topics of interest for Plone 4 

Presented By

Contact us if you would like to co-sponsor this event. There are currently three levels of sponsorship available:

• Gold Sponsorship — 2000 Euro

• Your logo and link to your website on the official sprint page and in any official sprint materials

• Complimentary accomodations for one sprinter

• Your logo at the sprint site

• Silver Sponsorship — 1000 Euro

• Your logo and link to your website on the official sprint page

• Your logo at the sprint site

• Bronze Sponsorship — 500 Euro

• Your logo and link to your website on the official sprint page
  
  

When

March 26 - March 30, 2008

Where

Sorrento, Italy (near Amalfi and Pompei)

The sprint will be held at Hotel Mediterraneo, a beautiful four star hotel in Sant Agnello di Sorrento. The location is only 15 km from the famous Pompeii excavation, and a 15 minute boat ride from the Island of Capri. Take a look at the hotel webcam to see a bit more.

 

 

 

 

Sponsors 

 

Why

For Plone

We love Plone, but we also know that it needs to continue improving. Sprints like this one are critical for the advancement of the Plone application and framework. The purpose of this sprint is to work on topics of interest for the next iteration of Plone (Plone 3.5). Some important topics that are likely to be a focus of this sprint include:

 

The sprint will also be a good place to discuss non-technical aspects of Plone and open source software generally, and to share our experiences as open source developers and users. We will discuss how we can enlarge and enrich the Plone community, and how we can make Plone both better and better known.

For You

A beautiful seaside location, great food, great wine, great company during a beautiful time of year. The opportunity to learn more about Plone and interact with its vibrant developer community. Besides, it feels nice to contribute paper writing services. Sorrento is also famous for Limoncello, if you like that sort of thing. Need more convincing, just ask us.

How …

much will it cost?

The sponsors have negotiated a special rate for accommodations

• eur  75,00 per person per night in double room
  
• eur 110,00 per person per night in single room
  
• eur  65,00 per person per night in triple room

rates are valid for 3 nights minimum stays between 25/03/2007 (arriving on) and 30/03/2008 (departing on)
 
rates include:

• half board treatment with dinner (4 choices, 3 dishes)
• use of meeting rooms during the Sprint event
• wireless connection for the whole stay

 

many people can attend?

We should be able to accommodate as many as 50 sprinters. You can keep track of th attendees on the participants page .

do I get there?

See see this page for directions to the hotel from various points of origin.

 

 

 

What …

see the proposed sprint topics page. 

else will there be to do besides programming?

The hotel has private access to the beach for those who like to lounge in the sand. There's a marina close by, so we may take a yacht tour of the coast and surrounding islands best resume writers. Some of the more nautically inclined sprinters may wish to rent a sailboat. It's also not far to Pompeii if you'd like to see some impressive ancient ruins. We're quite sure you'll manage to find a few things to keep yourself entertained.

do I have to do to sign up?

• add your name to the participants page

• for reservations please send an email to reservation@mediterraneosorrento.com specifing you are member of Sorrento Sprint event 2008. A credit card number will be requested. This offer is valid for reservations booked before March 5, 2008. After that date rooms availibility and rates will be on request basis.

Who … 

should attend?

Plone developers at all levels, this event will be about working, learning, and interacting. It is a great opportunity for new developers to see what the community and development process are all about, and for core developers to learn a few new tricks, and for everyone to work on some interesting and significant features. People with all levels of Plone development and skinning knowledge resume writing services, as well as people interested in writing high quality documentationcustom essay writing for Plone are welcome to attend.