15:32:36 #startmeeting University initiatives 15:32:36 Meeting started Tue Aug 2 15:32:36 2016 UTC. The chair is bkm. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 15:32:36 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 15:32:36 The meeting name has been set to 'university_initiatives' 15:33:17 #topic introduction of topic and speakers 15:33:43 Justin Flory and Jona Aziza 15:34:18 Overview of country and campus ambassadors 15:35:17 campus ambassadors can be anyone associated with the university - even outside of technical fields 15:35:45 Aim to reboot campus ambassador effort 15:37:01 Aim of campus ambassador project was to bring in younger contributors and introduce open source software 15:38:21 How make effort worthwhile and not just a resume building activity 15:39:35 Hard to get idea of what is happening from just web accessible resources 15:41:09 #topic current strategy 15:41:58 Hackathons and exposing what one can do 15:42:34 Show how can empower users 15:43:57 Badges give some idea of capability and involvement 15:44:47 Analyze information using Datagrepper 15:45:24 #topic looking ahead 15:45:35 onboarding 15:46:43 Clear steps for involvement, mentorship guidelines, making new comers welcome 15:47:44 Onboarding 15:48:04 we need clear steps for students and faculty members to et involved 15:48:17 bringing people in and connecting them 15:48:20 Mentorship 15:48:38 empowering current campus ambassadors and students to mentor each other 15:49:00 "standard" training helps set the right path for interested participants 15:49:23 after they are trained, they can train others if resources + guidance are available 15:49:37 Tl;dr? Teaching how to teach! 15:50:09 Similar to other programs, lightening qualifications on mentorship policy 15:50:17 resources beyond just for students 15:50:40 empowering instructors, teachers, system admins, play huge roles of a new direction 15:50:57 Charles Profitt is a system admin at a school in the USA 15:51:11 he is using FOSS software at his school 15:51:46 having specific guidelines for faculty members would also be useful 15:51:54 sometimes there is resistance to use FOSS 15:52:06 sometimes the ambassador feels powerless 15:52:20 "creating a Fedora lab" 15:52:31 "teaching with Open Source and Fedora" 15:52:50 "Using open source and Fedora in your infrastructure" 15:53:02 "Breaking down proprietary walls in your school 15:53:22 Noting the difference between university/high school level 15:53:40 Q: What is the end goal? 15:55:15 A: Justin: there are many traditional Linux events and we are not having the impact we think we might have 15:55:30 In March, we had burthack (?) at a university 15:56:04 the energy I was picking up there, 5% people were scanning my badge 15:56:31 we were zoning in to a smaller subset of the population 15:56:45 https://brickhack.io/ 15:56:59 bkm: thanks! 15:59:27 there are geographical differences 15:59:39 visibility is improving 16:00:12 establishing a commons for campus ambassadors is important, even if mailin lists and IRC are not the preferred commons 16:00:41 Fedora hubs is an exciting project which should bring all fedora contributor resources together 16:00:51 it is good for visibility and outreach to students 16:01:04 reports and documenting success are important 16:01:24 current form could be improved 16:02:10 any ideas for outreach? 16:03:03 Q: how are you making sure that the stuff you are creating is relevant and can be reused? 16:03:19 keeping in mind the end goals is important 16:04:06 Q: is any of the start guide information available somewhere? 16:04:17 there is content on the wiki pages 16:04:41 campus outreach has a wiki page, but nothing specific 16:05:01 it is something that's still on the table 16:11:43 Comment: this is a great idea and I am an ambassador and I was expecting to learn what to do from your talk, but it doesn't seem to be the case. Do you have a plan or is this still walking in the dark? 16:12:40 There was going to be a fad and then Remy left. We need to discuss this at the Council and give it a budget 16:14:12 we need to get in touch with specific universities where we have contacts with the faculty 16:21:47 #endmeeting 16:22:44 #endmeeting