=========================== #teachingopensource Meeting =========================== Meeting started by mchua at 14:00:24 UTC. The full logs are available at http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/teachingopensource/2010-09-09/posse_south_africa_planning.2010-09-09-14.00.log.html . Meeting summary --------------- * LINK: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/teachingopensource/2010-09-02/teachingopensource.2010-09-02-17.49.html (mchua, 14:01:00) * Those are meeting minutes from last time. (mchua, 14:01:06) * Agenda (mchua, 14:01:08) * * Curriculum status (mchua, 14:02:30) * * Staffing and travel logistics status (mchua, 14:02:30) * * Budget status (mchua, 14:02:31) * * Enrollment/recruitment status (mchua, 14:02:31) * * Visitors and guest lecturers status (mchua, 14:02:31) * * PR status (mchua, 14:02:33) * Curriculum status (mchua, 14:02:43) * LINK: http://mchua.fedorapeople.org/posse/notes/posse-curriculum.JPG (mchua, 14:02:55) * ACTION: mchua turn this into a schedule with handouts for POSSE South Africa (mchua, 14:03:05) * Basically, we're making good progress on this front, and the TOS list is being kept in the loop with curriculum developments. (mchua, 14:03:19) * Staffing and travel logistics (mchua, 14:03:41) * Instructors confirmed - Mel Chua, Jan Wildeboer, Pierros Papadeas (mchua, 14:03:52) * All flights have been booked (mchua, 14:03:58) * ACTION: mchua make hotel reservations for instructors (mchua, 14:04:05) * ACTION: mchua figure out airport transit for instructors (we're all arriving at around the same time, so we'll just take a cab in together, I think (mchua, 14:04:23) * Budget status (mchua, 14:04:56) * We've currently spent $4168.78 on flights alone. (mchua, 14:05:32) * Our other remaining major expense is hotel rooms, which I'm budgeting $2500 for - this would put us at slightly under $6700. (mchua, 14:06:10) * This is running tight; we've got to stay under $7k absolute max, and still need to handle taxi rides to/from the airport, and food for the instructors all week, so I think we're at the end of our RH budget here. (mchua, 14:06:58) * ACTION: micadeyeye get a confirmation from the university next week on sponsoring Thursday's dinner (mchua, 14:09:14) * Enrollment/recruitment status (mchua, 14:10:34) * LINK: http://mchua.fedorapeople.org/posse/recruitment-materials/ (mchua, 14:10:39) * A poster/flyer has been made - it's not very pretty, but it's got all the information there. (mchua, 14:10:58) * LINK: http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE_South_Africa#Professors (mchua, 14:11:26) * We currently have 3 attendees with confirmed/completed applications (Michael Adeyeye, C. K. Ayo, Grant Hearn) (mchua, 14:11:59) * We're waiting on 3 applications (Boniface Kabaso, Kruben Naidoo, Wilhelm Rothman) (mchua, 14:12:12) * C.K. Ayo won't be able to join us after all, sadly (mchua, 14:13:34) * ACTION: micadeyeye to follow up with CPUT colleagues over email to get application info (mchua, 14:15:57) * Vistors and guest lecturers status (mchua, 14:18:31) * ACTION: mchua to follow up with visitors (Stefano, Antonie, et al) about scheduling (mchua, 14:19:18) * ACTION: mchua to ask visitors to help with attendee recruitment (mchua, 14:19:55) * ACTION: mchua ask C.K. Ayo if he'd like to join us remotely as a guest sometime during the week (mchua, 14:21:00) * a room has been reserved! (mchua, 14:21:53) * ACTION: mchua email attendees about bringing laptops (mchua, 14:23:03) * micadeyeye will help with badges for campus access, but the room is easily accessible and there are no restrictions on where we can/can't go. (mchua, 14:25:31) * PR status (mchua, 14:25:40) * Kara from Red Hat is drafting a press release right now, we'll send you the text when she's got a first version out (mchua, 14:25:54) * ACTION: mchua to send micadeyeye and kara some info on the event to make writing that press release easier (mchua, 14:26:15) * ACTION: micadeyeye to get micadeyeye the CPUT PR contact info to pass to Kara, so Red Hat and CPUT PR can interface directly (mchua, 14:28:40) * IDEA: one or two research students could join us (mchua, 14:30:19) * ACTION: micadeyeye send those students to mchua to coordinate them coming in as guests (mchua, 14:30:32) * ACTION: micadeyeye to check in on snacks/refreshments (mchua, 14:32:24) * Next meeting is next week, same time same place. (mchua, 14:33:35) Meeting ended at 14:33:53 UTC. Action Items ------------ * mchua turn this into a schedule with handouts for POSSE South Africa * mchua make hotel reservations for instructors * mchua figure out airport transit for instructors (we're all arriving at around the same time, so we'll just take a cab in together, I think * micadeyeye get a confirmation from the university next week on sponsoring Thursday's dinner * micadeyeye to follow up with CPUT colleagues over email to get application info * mchua to follow up with visitors (Stefano, Antonie, et al) about scheduling * mchua to ask visitors to help with attendee recruitment * mchua ask C.K. Ayo if he'd like to join us remotely as a guest sometime during the week * mchua email attendees about bringing laptops * mchua to send micadeyeye and kara some info on the event to make writing that press release easier * micadeyeye to get micadeyeye the CPUT PR contact info to pass to Kara, so Red Hat and CPUT PR can interface directly * micadeyeye send those students to mchua to coordinate them coming in as guests * micadeyeye to check in on snacks/refreshments Action Items, by person ----------------------- * mchua * mchua turn this into a schedule with handouts for POSSE South Africa * mchua make hotel reservations for instructors * mchua figure out airport transit for instructors (we're all arriving at around the same time, so we'll just take a cab in together, I think * mchua to follow up with visitors (Stefano, Antonie, et al) about scheduling * mchua to ask visitors to help with attendee recruitment * mchua ask C.K. Ayo if he'd like to join us remotely as a guest sometime during the week * mchua email attendees about bringing laptops * mchua to send micadeyeye and kara some info on the event to make writing that press release easier * micadeyeye send those students to mchua to coordinate them coming in as guests * micadeyeye * micadeyeye get a confirmation from the university next week on sponsoring Thursday's dinner * micadeyeye to follow up with CPUT colleagues over email to get application info * mchua to send micadeyeye and kara some info on the event to make writing that press release easier * micadeyeye to get micadeyeye the CPUT PR contact info to pass to Kara, so Red Hat and CPUT PR can interface directly * micadeyeye send those students to mchua to coordinate them coming in as guests * micadeyeye to check in on snacks/refreshments * **UNASSIGNED** * (none) People Present (lines said) --------------------------- * mchua (121) * micadeyeye (45) * zodbot (4) * Hellis_ (2) Generated by `MeetBot`_ 0.1.4 .. _`MeetBot`: http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot