Or alternatively, is the hackathon something that can be done over the Internet, with the hub in Morocco ? 

satish

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 8:20 PM, Jennifer Gore Standiford <JStandiford@web.com> wrote:

And to that point, travel to Morocco is pretty expensive. Perhaps another location would be less costly (and more appealing).. It doesn't necessarily need to be associated with an ICANN event does it?

> On Nov 6, 2015, at 9:47 AM, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> wrote:

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> What do people think is the likelihood actual coders will be at an ICANN meeting?   (I confess I think it low.).

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> Please excuse my clumbsy thums.

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>> On Nov 6, 2015, at 14:09, Don Hollander <don.hollander@icann.org> wrote:

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>> ICANN, through Cyrus Namazi, has raised the idea of supporting a “Hackathon” in conjunction with ICANN55 in Morocco.

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>> A “Hackathon” is where a bunch of geeks gather for a short period of time – one or two days – and code to solve problems.

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>> At the UA Discuss call yesterday there was strong interest in supporting such an event, but we ran out of time to reach any meaningful conclusion.

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>> So, this thread is to instigate discussion, ideas, and volunteers to help drive it forward.

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>> Your thoughts, please….