MusicBrainz Summit/13

Summary

MusicBrainz Summit 13 will happen between the 20th and 23rd September, 2013 at Wikimedia Germany in Berlin.

Tentative Schedule

People planning to attend should aim to arrive in time for dinner on the 20th (Friday), though it seems that people will arrive mid-day. We'll meet all day Saturday and Sunday at Wikimedia Germany. Plan to return home on the 23rd (Monday), or as late as possible on Sunday if you need to leave earlier.

Meals

Meals will be provided for: Breakfast and lunch with be crowd-sourced from a local supermarket. Dinner will be at local establishments. More details will be posted here as we get closer to the event.

Lodging

We've rented a flat that has space for 10-12 people on Weimarische Straße (OSM). We have the flat from Friday 2pm to Monday 11am. If you'd like to stay at the flat, please add yourself to this list:

ruaok, ianmcorvidae, nikki, CatCat, kepstin, Mineo, reosarevok, LordSputnik, warp, navap, Freso, ocharles

People confirmed to be attending

NOTE: We have a limit of 20 people who can attend, based on available capacity at Wikimedia Germany.

(times are for Friday/Monday except where otherwise noted)

	Arriving		Leaving		Notes
	Time	Details	Time	Details
JonnyJD	(lives in Berlin (Köpenick), I'm basically free Friday to Monday)
fractalizator	(lives in Berlin (Schöneberg))
nikki	06:38	DB CNL457	13:48	DB ICE556	via Berlin Hbf
ianmcorvidae
reosarevok	10:15	Air Baltic BT211	10:40	Air Baltic BT212	via TXL
navap	11:15	Brussels Airlines 2581	06:40	Brussels Airlines 2592	via TXL
kepstin	11:30	British Airways BA0982	11:00	British Airways BA0991	via TXL
ocharles			12:20	British Airways 983	via TXL
LordSputnik	11:35	EZY5409	21:05	EZY5416	via SXF
ruaok	12:55	Lufthansa 168	18:40	Swiss 971	via TXL
Mineo	13:32	DB IC2355	12:26	DB IC2356	via Berlin Hbf
ijabz	16:20	EZY6237	16:50	EZY6238	via SXF
CatCat	20:45	Ryanair FR8903	21:10 (Sun.)	Ryanair FR8904	via SXF
Freso	22:25	EZY4558	07:15	EZY4553	via SXF
warp	22:45	EZY4568	19:35 (Sun.)	EZY4567	via SXF
luks	(arrives by car, not decided on the exact time yet)
Anders Arpteg (Spotify)	TBD
(corporate sponsor #2)
(corporate sponsor #3)

People who might attend

• ianweller (would like to go, but can't pay for airfare)
• kloeri
• Wizzcat
• Leftmost
• KRSCuan if my schedule allows
• Dupuy Although I've not been active in MBz for quite some time, I am now living in Berlin, and would love to attend if there's space. We have a large apartment in Wilmersdorf and I might be able to provide accommodations for some participants.
• noobie I'm living in Berlin and will probably pop in for a beer in the evening ( if the weather allows in the park or whatever plans there are for the evening :) )

Agenda

Saturday 21 September:

• Genres
• DiscIDs
• Viewer-friendly site: MusicBottle, mbjs
• Sub-entities

Sunday 22 September:

• (add more here)

At some point, with no assigned day (yet):

• Box Sets
• Beginner-Friendliness
• Promotion
• More visiblility for/work on NES?/NES update
• Videos
• Internationalization (i18n) (including multi-lingual wiki)
• Classical Support
• Official Cross-Platform Awesome MusicBrainz Player
• WavePlot Scanning + Tagging
• How to make voting a less tedious experience and get more people to do it!
• Making Relationships easier to use, add and edit
• Master and Performance Entities (+ relationship inheritance?)
• Geordi update
• mb-style reform
• Homepage Design
• Site Target Audience (analytics?)

See also: Google Doc with previous unresolved summit topics (LordSputnik's -- not editable by others)

Important things to not forget, but that will be forgotten anyway

• Napkins

Public Transportation in Berlin

From Tegel Airport (TXL)

Tegel in the north west is the more central of the airports (zone B). There are no train connections, so you will need to take a bus to the city centre. The bus route TXL runs every 6-7 minutes to Berlin Hauptbahnhof and takes about 22 minutes. The bus route X9 runs every 10 minutes to Zoologischer Garten and takes about 20 minutes.

From Schönefeld Airport (SXL)

Schönefeld in the south east is just outside Berlin (zone C). There are two direct train routes to Berlin Hauptbahnhof, the RE7 running hourly at 23 minutes past the hour and the RB14 running hourly around 48 minutes past the hour. Both take about 28 minutes to reach the Hauptbahnhof. There are also buses and S-Bahn trains running more frequently, but they do not connect directly with the Hauptbahnhof and the journey takes about twice as long.

Tickets

Tickets for zones A and B cover the whole city area including Tegel Airport, but not Schönefeld Airport. A single ticket costs €2.60 and you can travel on the S+U-Bahn trains, RE/RB trains, trams and buses for 2 hours in one direction. A short trip ticket is €1.50 and you can go 3 S+U-Bahn stations or 6 bus stops (without changing buses). A day ticket costs €6.70.

For travelling to/from Schönefeld, you need a ticket which includes zone C. A single ticket for zones A+B+C costs €3.20. A day ticket costs €7.20.

Other information

There is a map with the main trains (S-Bahn + U-Bahn). You can search for times and routes.

Some of the main trains also run (quite frequently) in the night. To other places you can get with night busses (starting with N). If you feel lost, try to find out where you are and call a taxi at +4930202020.

For the trains, you should buy your tickets up front at the station from the ticket machine and then stamp it to validate it in one of the stamping devices (which will probably be next to the ticket machines). On buses you can also buy tickets when entering. Tickets are only checked randomly and not when entering stations or trains (you are supposed to show your ticket when entering a bus).

Wikivoyage has a relatively well-populated page on Berlin as well, though much of the information duplicates the above.

TL;DR

Use BVG.de (English version) to plan you route. Locations like "Tegel Airport" are also supported.

Don't trust Google Maps! It supports only S-Bahn and regional trains, and most of the time says "take a taxi, take a train, take a taxi".

Update: Google Maps should also work starting from the 3rd of September.