YAXWE - Yet Another Xacktogether of West & East

...a hacker camp in an ex-military base in Pula (Istria), Adriatic coast, Croatia

The first Yaxwe was a success!

We met in Pula for three days (14-16 September 2007) and it was great! Check some photos from Yaxwe2007.

contact: m at rcell.net

" ...it is in the nature of the hacker to differ from others, to differ even from oneself, over time. To hack is to differ. "

We like a lot hacker get-togethers. We had our fun at What The Hack, at Chaos Communication Congress, at Hackmeeting..., and all we missed were two things: (1) more discussion and (2) the sea,... and we sure appreciated when a get-together was free or at least not very expensive

We would like this description of YAXWE to serve as a double RFCs: as a Request For Comments and as a Request For Change. And, with its minimal set of very simple rules, to transform the YAXWE into a dumb hub of smart people.

Our proposal for methodology was based on the experiences we had with lo-fi get-together concepts such as "Skill sharing", weekly informal gatherings, where people, well, share skills... or our regional geek/hacker "Nothing will happen" hang-outs, where, well, nothing much happens... But both of them proved to work for us

Accordingly, here's the schedule/methodology

• morning meetings after breakfast, where people who wish to share their skills briefly (max. 5 min.) present in what format (a lecture, a workshop, an easy going chat, a presentation, a live coding,...) they intend to share what they have to offer and what level of entry knowledge and participation they expect from participants

• early afternoons of practical sessions, workshops, hang-outs, easy going chats, live codings... and this is where we expect some of you to click onto and offer some of your knowledge, skills or, at least, your questions

• afternoons... hanging out at the beach... Nothing happens...

• evenings with panel discussions...

Few more things

• YAXWE is free of charge for all
• we tried to have self prepared vegetarian food for free, but ended up with restaurant food.

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