Hi there,

Several people have been asking for more code sprints and developer gatherings making free software for education. This includes developers of free software projects as Skolelinux, Open/Libre Office, Debian-edu, KDE, Gnome etc.

To get started, I've got OK from the head of Free Software in Schools (FRISK), OpenOffice translation etc. to organise code sprints and developer gatherings, also recruiting new contributors to Skolelinux and similar projects.

Since we are doing this a period with major vacation, we will do two gatherings. The first one is 22-24 July in Oslo[1]. Qt at Nokia got a nice location to do this, including network, video projector etc. The location for the next sprint August 12-14 will be decided next week. We are in contact with a company which might got similar work space as Nokia, but at an other location in Oslo.

The first gathering starts 10:00 on Friday July 22 to introduce new contributors and users to the projects. We are doing short introduction to interesting parts of the project, history and plans going forward. The code sprint, translation work and documentations starts 18:00 on Friday as usual:

1. http://www.friprogramvareiskolen.no/Gathering/2011-07-22-24-Oslo

Oh, not to forget. Since there has been slow progress applying for community sponsorship, there will be no reimbursement of travel and food. Participants has to cover such cost them self. The code sprint will have a work track on making sponsorship application for future gatherings.

Best regards

Knut Yrvin Sprint coordinator. Vice President SLX Debian Labs. Mob: +47 934 79 561