[Ctk-developers] ctk organization and hackfest

[Steve Pieper]

Hi ctk-developers -

It's great to see the activity on the list over the last weeks and the 
new subscription requests.  The CTK idea seems to be popular :)  I just 
wanted to send out a few historical notes about how things are organized 
for now.

As you can see on the wiki, we've had a several face to face meetings 
of, basically, people we thought would be interested.  There's been a 
lot of enthusiasm and discussion that is reflected in the meeting 
minutes on the wiki.  Now the project is starting to gain momentum - 
excellent!

In May we're planning another face to face meeting and most of the 
organization has happened off-list, primarily because we were trying to 
pick a date and location that worked well for the organizers.

Now that this is getting settled, we want to move the discussion of the 
topic and activities to the list and the wiki for greater transparency 
and community involvement.  You'll find preliminary info about the event 
on the wiki:

http://www.commontk.org/index.php/CTK-Hackfest-May-2010

This is essentially a 'by invitation only' event, where the organizing 
committee has invited a group of developers to get the CTK project 
started and we've believe we've reached capacity for this event.  Future 
hackfests will be announced in advance and we hope lots of people will 
be interested in participating.  The venue and activities at future 
hackfests will be determined based on the number of active participants 
in the project.

Thanks,
the hackfest organizers (Steve, Ivo & Stephen)