Hacker Beach Episode 12

Location: Mahajanga, Madagascar

We'll be gathering on the island of Madagascar. Hacker Central will be in and around the city of Mahajanga (French: Majunga) on the North-West coast.

What to Expect

https://kosmos.social/@hackerbeach/101187541935745175:

Hacking, not cracking
FOSS creation and contribution galore (non-programmers welcome)
Also get your day job done if you want/must
Fantastic weather
Outdoor activity options like e.g. hiking, kayaking, snorkeling, surfing, and floating down the nearby river
Explore the wider region, esp. before/after your time at the official location
Whatever you want to make it. Hacker Beach is just people.

Getting There

The easiest way to get to Mahajanga would be to fly into the capital city of Antananarivo (TNR), then taking a domestic flight to Mahajanga (MJN). There are few good travel Wikis which cover more detailed info.

Accommodations

There are plenty of apartments and houses/villas for rent around the beach area. A 5-bedroom house can be rented for as low as 50 EUR/night, so if you share one with enough people you can have your own room for as low as 10 EUR/night, or even less if you're sharing one. Or you can also just get something smaller for yourself.

You can coordinate sharing on the XMPP channel, if you're not already planning to join with a small group. (There are currently leftover rooms in reserved houses available.)

Participants

As an unorganized, informal gathering, there's nothing to register or RSVP for. However, it would be much appreciated if you entered some kind of name (ideally your IRC or XMPP nick, but can also just be anon) in the following list, in case you plan to join us. You can also add a timeframe, so we know who to expect when.

slvrbckt (Jan 11th - Feb 2nd)
coelis (Jan 11th - Feb 2nd)
raucao (Jan 4 - ~25)
hcs0 (Jan 4 - ?)
(your name here)

Invite-only XMPP chat for participants

We have a more private communications channel for people who actually want to drop by in January. It's a XMPP channel at hackerbeach@kosmos.chat. Please ask someone to invite you, in case you don't have access yet (e.g. on IRC, or DM us on the fediverse).

As a mobile chat client, we can recommend Conversations for Android for example.