Re: Hac Phi 2012

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Yuvi Masory <ymasory@gmail.com> wrote:

Last year the whole hackathon was just such a zone. Everyone was happy
to help. Much like #haskell

Yuvi

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Nik Kolev <nkolev@gmail.com> wrote:
> Have you guys considered carving out a 'zone' in this event for people with
> no-Haskell experience (like me) - just to get them going and attempt to
> grow the local community?
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> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Chris Casinghino
> <chris.casinghino@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We've had some Philly Lambda folks come to our Haskell
>> Hackathon in the past - so I though I'd send our announcement
>> your way. Love to see you there!
>>
>> ------
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I am very pleased to officially announce Hac Phi 2012, a Haskell
>> hackathon/get-together to be held August 3-5 at the University of
>> Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The hackathon will officially kick
>> off at 2:30 Friday afternoon, and go until 5pm on Sunday (with
>> breaks for sleep, of course). Last year's Hac Phi was a lot of
>> fun, drawing more than 30 Haskellers, and many people have
>> already expressed interest in coming back this year. Come meet
>> your Haskelly comrades-in-arms! I want to stress that everyone
>> is welcome - you do not have to be a Haskell guru. Helping hack
>> on someone else's project could be a great way to increase your
>> Haskell-fu.
>>
>> If you plan on coming, please officially register [1].
>> Registration, travel, lodging and many other details can be found
>> on the Hac Phi wiki [2]. This year, we are making a public list
>> of attendees' names and nicks - please let us know if you'd
>> prefer not to be listed when you register.
>>
>> We're also looking for a few people interested in giving
>> short (15-20 min.) talks, probably on Saturday afternoon.
>> Anything of interest to the Haskell community is fair game - a
>> project you've been working on, a paper, a quick tutorial. If
>> you'd like to give a talk, add it on the wiki [3].
>>
>> Hac Phi 2012 is supported by contributions from Amgen and Jane
>> Street.
>>
>> Hope to see you in Philadelphia!
>>
>> - The Hac Phi team
>> Brent Yorgey (byorgey)
>> Daniel Wagner (dmwit)
>> Chris Casinghino (ccasin)
>>
>> [1] http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac_%CF%86/Register
>> [2] http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac_%CF%86
>> [3] http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac_%CF%86/Talks
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