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[91.135.5.64]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w80sm12522876wme.17.2015.12.24.07.40.52 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 24 Dec 2015 07:40:52 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: jeremy.bennett@embecosm.com To: "gcc@gcc.gnu.org" , gdb@sourceware.org, binutils@sourceware.org, cgen@sourceware.org, dejagnu@gnu.org, newlib@sourceware.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org From: Jeremy Bennett Subject: GNU Tools Cauldron, 9-11 September 2016, Hebden Bridge UK. X-Enigmail-Draft-Status: N1110 Message-ID: <567C1203.3030400@embecosm.com> Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 15:41:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2015-q4/txt/msg00003.txt.bz2 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 We are very pleased to invite you all the GNU Tools Cauldron on 9-11 September 2016. Our venue this year is Hebden Bridge in The UK. Details are here: https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/cauldron2016 As usual, please register, send abstracts and ask administrivia questions to tools-cauldron-admin AT googlegroups.com. The Cauldron is organized by a small ad hoc group of volunteers. We are keen to add some more people, so others can stand down. If you'd like to be part of that organizing committee, please email the same address. I have sent this announcement to the main GCC, GDB, binutils, CGEN, DejaGnu, newlib and glibc mailing lists. Please feel free to share with any other groups that are appropriate. This year, the Cauldron will form the closing weekend of the Wuthering Bytes festival, a 10-day long celebration of free and open source technology at the heart of the UK's "Northern Powerhouse". You will also be aware that after this year's Cauldron we sent out a questionnaire to get feedback to help improve future meetings. Here is a summary GNU Cauldron 2015 – summary of survey responses =============================================== 80% of the survey respondents attended the 2015 GNU Tools Cauldron in Prague. 70% of respondents have attended between 1 and 3 annual cauldrons. Of those respondents who stated a preference 83% would like a 3 day cauldron event spanning Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Of those respondents who stated a preference, 78% would like the cauldron to be held in Europe with suggestions that cost and accessibility are important factors, that rotating the continents could share the pain of traveling and an observation that holding the event in other countries, such as China and India, could help find new developers, improve the diversity of the community and its presence internationally. Of those respondents who stated a preference, 59% would like the cauldron to be held in June or July and 41% in August or September. 15 additional comments were submitted in relation to the time of year the cauldron should be held, 80% of these comments supported the cauldron being held outside the months of July and August to avoid hot weather and vacation time. Most respondents received sponsorship to cover some or all of their costs of attending their last cauldron. 62 people responded to the question 'what benefits does attending the GNU Tools Cauldron bring to your work?' Overwhelmingly, as members of an international community, respondents appreciated, value and enjoy the benefit of being able to meet in person people they communicate with remotely thereby fostering the community and strengthening working relationships through social interaction with each other. The annual cauldron is seen by respondents as a platform for face to face contact, community development, a chance to engage with new members, to update technical knowledge and better understand the community. Members articulate the benefits of discovering current issues and gaining insight, listening to members of the community, commenting on work being presented, contributing ideas and knowledge, bringing lead developers together to gather consensus on key development issues and standards, networking, providing individuals and groups with an ability to share, coordinate and plan future work, sparking debate and new ideas. Suggestions by respondents to improve future events cover a suggestion to include tutorial sessions for newer community members, recording all sessions and posting on a dedicated you tube channel, ensuring the accommodation and housekeeping provision caters for the weather conditions and the circulation of a list of attendees to aide formation of specialist interest groups. Overwhelmingly, respondents wish microphones to be used and the acoustic quality of future cauldrons to be improved. Many had experienced an inability to hear speakers. Respondents appreciate the informal and intimate size of the annual cauldrons. I look forward to seeing you in Hebden Bridge next September. In the meantime, have a very happy Christmas and New Year. Jeremy - -- Tel: +44 (1590) 610184 Cell: +44 (7970) 676050 SkypeID: jeremybennett Twitter: @jeremypbennett Email: jeremy.bennett@embecosm.com Web: www.embecosm.com PGP key: 1024D/BEF58172FB4754E1 2009-03-20 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlZ8EgMACgkQvvWBcvtHVOEz0ACeNp1MuWaWjXUKYJ7Q4bKOvtWH XqQAoJHmZpqDQVsgPFvRTAXu0zQ9bp4E =kIrJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----