QtAugust2010

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Overview

• What: Review of the status of the Qt port, schedule and allocation of the upcoming work (current todo list)
• When: August 12-13
• Where: Kitware office in North Carolina (see below)
• Who: those involved in the Qt port

Schedule

• start: Thursday August 12 2010 at 9am
• end: Friday August 13 2010 at 3pm
• Thursday
  • 9am->12pm: Review of Slicer, To-Do list reprioritization
  • 12pm->1:30pm: Lunch (or Ergonomic Lecture at Kitware)
  • 1:30pm->6pm: Coding/Naming conventions, programmer guidelines
• Friday
  • 9am->12pm: Future of Slicer4: (Slicer git repo), open issues
    • QtAugust2010/Deployment Process
  • 12pm->1:30pm: Lunch
  • 1:30pm->3pm: Final definition of the content of the alpha release, wiki updates, communicate to Slicer devel-list

Visiting Kitware in North Carolina

Airports

• Local Airport: RDU (Raleigh-Durham International Airport)
• Chapel Hill is about 35 minutes from the airport (50 minutes with "traffic")

Trains, Buses, and Automobiles

• There are trains and buses from DC and other cities, but they are extremely slow and unreliable.
• It is a 4.5 hour drive from DC to Chapel hill / Carrboro, NC (Map)

Transportation from Airport

• RDU Transportation info
• Taxi Services
  • $$$: Wood Pichard of A1 Executive Coach
    • 919-225-2189 phone
  • $$: Tar Heel Taxi ($40)
    • 919-933-1255 phone
    • 919-967-6239 phone

Hotels

1. The Franklin Hotel (walking distance to KRS - 0.5 mi)
   1. Walking distance to KRS and UNC (1 mile to each)
   2. Ask for the Kitware Corporate rate: $150-ish (varies)
2. Carolina Inn
   1. Adjacent to UNC and about 2 miles from Kitware
   2. $170-ish
3. Days Inn
4. Sheraton
5. Holiday Inn
6. The Siena Hotel

Local Transportation

• Buses are free in Chapel Hill/Carrboro
  • "F" bus stops in front of Weaver St. Market
  • Live map of bus routes.

Directions to KRS ("Kitware Really South")

• Weaver St Market Building, 101 East Weaver St, Suite G4, Carrboro, NC 27510
• Google Map
• Directions for "locals": Park in the lot next to Weaver St Market. Access to the lot is from Main St., and the lot is located across the street from Armadillo Grill. Enter the east end of the Weaver St Market building (glass door nearest the parking lot). Kitware offices (Suite G4) are on the third floor, at the far end of the building (follow the hall).

Misc.

• Weaver St. Market is in the same building as KRS and a great place to visit
• KRS is in Carrboro, NC
• Learn the language