#teachingopensource Meeting

Meeting started by mchua at 19:03:37 UTC (full logs).

Meeting summary

    1. Order of business for today: we're skipping more meta-level program design stuff and jumping straight to the list of upcoming POSSEs and walking them through a checklist. (mchua, 19:06:23)

  2. Checklist for each upcoming POSSE (mchua, 19:06:59)
    1. http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Tentative_POSSEs (mchua, 19:08:24)
    2. http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/HOWTO_plan_a_POSSE (mchua, 19:08:33)
    3. http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/HOWTO_plan_a_POSSE#The_short_version (mchua, 19:09:49)
    4. Main planner: A single point of contact who is ultimately responsible for the logistics of the workshop; having a team to help is highly encouraged. (mchua, 19:21:49)
    5. Date: Pretty self-explanatory. Needs to be 5 consecutive full days. (mchua, 19:21:52)
    6. Location : Pretty self-explanatory. Requirements are listed at http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/HOWTO_plan_a_POSSE#Find_space (basically, "chairs, tables, wifi with ssh and irc ports open, and the ability to leave things in the room overnight.") (mchua, 19:21:56)
    7. Focus What will your POSSE focus on, be it regional, disciplinary, institutional, or some other goal? (code, QA, documentation, design, liberal arts institutions, Spanish-speaking contributors, etc?) (mchua, 19:22:00)
    8. Project: Which open source community will you be working with? This must be a community at least one instructor has experience in, and the community the tech guru comes from. (mchua, 19:22:05)
    9. Instructors: At least 2 instructors and 1 tech guru; at least 1 instructor must have prior POSSE experience (attending or instructing). See http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE_Instructors for more details. (mchua, 19:22:09)
    10. Sponsorship: How will expenses for this POSSE be covered? At a minimum, instructor and tech-guru travel/expenses (and possibly a stipend) will be needed, as well as graduation dinner for all POSSE attendees and a handful (3-10) of local FOSS contributors on the 4th night. (mchua, 19:22:13)
    11. Attendees: We need a minimum of 5 attendees to run a POSSE. (mchua, 19:22:18)

  3. What's the list of tentative POSSEs? (mchua, 19:23:00)
    1. http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Tentative_POSSEs (mchua, 19:23:21)
    2. 1 South Africa (mchua, 19:24:12)
    3. 2 Kernel (mchua, 19:24:13)
    4. 3 Malaysia (mchua, 19:24:13)
    5. 4 Philippines (mchua, 19:24:13)
    6. 5 EMEA (mchua, 19:24:13)
    7. 6 Design (mchua, 19:24:15)
    8. 7 China (mchua, 19:24:18)
    9. 8 California (mchua, 19:24:20)
    10. 9 Kansas (mchua, 19:24:22)
    11. 10 Arizona (mchua, 19:24:25)
    12. 11 Embedded (mchua, 19:24:28)

  4. POSSE South Africa (mchua, 19:24:32)
    1. Point Person - yes, Michael Adeyeye. (mchua, 19:24:53)
    2. Date - October 3-8, 2010 (mchua, 19:25:11)
    3. Location - Cape Peninsula University of Technology (hosted by the department of information systems) (mchua, 19:25:26)
    4. Focus - CS, and being the first POSSE in Africa (building capacity to teach other POSSEs in the region) (mchua, 19:25:56)
    5. Project - Fedora (mchua, 19:26:03)
    6. Instructors - Jan Wildeboer, Mel Chua, and a Fedora tech guru in the process of being identified. (mchua, 19:26:16)
    7. ACTION: micadeyeye and mchua select a tech guru for POSSE South Africa (mchua, 19:26:31)
    8. Sponsorship - Instructor expenses have been requested from Red Hat, and CPUT is sponsoring Thursday's dinner, so if we have attendees the sponsorship will be approved and we'll be all set. (mchua, 19:27:08)
    9. Attendees - need 5 applications (and hopefully more than 5 attendees!) (mchua, 19:27:36)

  5. POSSE Kernel Hacking (mchua, 19:28:24)
    1. Point Person - Matthew Whitehead (mchua, 19:28:40)
    2. Date - Not yet chosen; we're looking into Fall 2010 as a possibility, and our go/no-go date for that is June 1st. If it is no-go, we'll bump to Spring or Summer 2011. (mchua, 19:28:53)
    3. Location - Not yet chosen, U of Alabama at Huntsville proposed due to proximity to potential instructors. (mchua, 19:29:04)
    4. Project - Linux kernel (mchua, 19:29:11)
    5. Instructors - not yet arranged (mchua, 19:29:21)
    6. Sponsorship and Attendees - not yet arranged (mchua, 19:29:45)

  6. POSSE Malaysia (mchua, 19:30:34)
    1. Point person - Izhar Firdaus, Inigo Consulting (mchua, 19:30:52)
    2. Date - December 13-17, 2010 (mchua, 19:31:02)
    3. Location: KPerak (http://www.kperak.com.my/) (mchua, 19:31:15)
    4. Project - not yet arranged, dependent on instructors. (mchua, 19:31:30)
    5. Instructors - tentatively, Harish Pillay and Mel Chua (which would imply a Fedora-centered POSSE). No tech guru yet. (mchua, 19:31:55)
    6. Sponsorship and attendees - not yet arranged. (mchua, 19:32:09)
    7. ACTION: KageSenshi figure out instructors and sponsorship for POSSE Malaysia; confirm availability of Harish and a tech guru and we'll be set. (mchua, 19:33:09)

  7. POSSE Philippines (mchua, 19:33:29)
    1. Point person: Magie Antonio, Bluepoint (others interested in helping: Engels Antonio, Heherson Pagcaliwagan, Ray Baquiran) (mchua, 19:35:38)
    2. Date - Not finalized; proposed date range is sometime in October 2010, but this is starting to no longer look realistic - during the Filipino summer break in April/May may be best. (mchua, 19:35:41)
    3. Location: Not yet arranged, proposed locations are UPD, ADMU, or APC. (mchua, 19:35:45)
    4. Project: Not yet arranged, dependent on instructors (mchua, 19:35:49)
    5. Instructors: Not yet arranged. (mchua, 19:35:51)
    6. Sponsorship: Not yet arranged. (mchua, 19:35:54)
    7. Attendees: No count yet (need at least 5). (mchua, 19:35:56)

  8. POSSE EMEA (mchua, 19:36:24)
  9. POSSE Design (mchua, 19:37:24)
    1. Point person - Sebastian Dziallas (mchua, 19:39:25)
    2. Date - June 2011, final date not set (mchua, 19:39:25)
    3. Location - Olin College, Needham MA USA (mchua, 19:39:25)
    4. Focus - Design/HCI/UI (mchua, 19:39:25)
    5. Project - Fedora (mchua, 19:39:25)
    6. Instructors - Not set, but Mo Duffy would be one instructor (need a professor as well, several candidates available) (mchua, 19:39:28)
    7. Sponsorship - Not set, but plan to request from Red Hat (mchua, 19:39:31)
    8. Attendees - None yet (mchua, 19:39:34)
    9. ACTION: sdziallas figure out instructors, hosting for POSSE Design (mchua, 19:39:48)

  10. POSSE China (mchua, 19:39:58)
  11. POSSE California (mchua, 19:40:26)
    1. Point person - Karsten Wade (mchua, 19:42:24)
    2. Date - June 2011, final date not set (mchua, 19:42:24)
    3. Location - Not finalized, but University of Santa Cruz or nearby is target, Red Hat Mountain View office as backup. (mchua, 19:42:24)
    4. Focus - Either CS or CMS (mchua, 19:42:27)
    5. Project - If CS, Fedora. If CMS, Drupal. (mchua, 19:42:29)
    6. Instructors - If Fedora, Karsten Wade and one other person (Mel Chua as backup) with a local tech guru. If Drupal, instructors still need to be identified. (mchua, 19:42:32)
    7. Sponsorship - Not set, but plan to request from Red Hat (mchua, 19:42:34)
    8. Attendees - None yet (mchua, 19:42:37)
    9. ACTION: quaid pick a focus for POSSE California and find instructors (mchua, 19:42:43)

  12. POSSE Kansas (mchua, 19:42:45)
    1. Point person - Ian Weller (mchua, 19:43:51)
    2. Date - June 2011, final date not set (mchua, 19:43:52)
    3. Location - University of Kansas (needs to be confirmed) (mchua, 19:43:52)
    4. Focus - CS (mchua, 19:43:52)
    5. Project - Fedora (mchua, 19:43:52)
    6. Instructors - Tech guru Ian Weller, instructors TBD (mchua, 19:43:54)
    7. Sponsorship - Not set, but plan to request from Red Hat (mchua, 19:43:56)
    8. Attendees - None yet (mchua, 19:43:59)
    9. ACTION: ianweller confirm hosting, find instructors, and set a date for POSSE Kansas (mchua, 19:44:05)

  13. POSSE Arizona (mchua, 19:44:08)
    1. Point person - Ryan Rix (mchua, 19:44:24)
    2. Date - June 2011, final date not set (mchua, 19:44:24)
    3. Location - Arizona State University (needs to be confirmed) (mchua, 19:44:24)
    4. Focus - CS (mchua, 19:44:24)
    5. Project - Fedora/KDE (mchua, 19:44:24)
    6. Instructors - Tech guru Ryan Rix, instructors TBD (mchua, 19:44:27)
    7. Sponsorship - Not set, but plan to request from Red Hat (mchua, 19:44:29)
    8. Attendees - None yet (mchua, 19:44:32)
    9. ACTION: rrix confirm hosting, find instructors, and set a date for POSSE Arizona (mchua, 19:44:38)
    10. Point person - Jeff Osier-Mixon (mchua, 19:48:46)
    11. Date - Not yet set (mchua, 19:48:46)
    12. Location - Not yet set (probably "somewhere in California") (mchua, 19:48:47)
    13. Focus - Embedded development (mchua, 19:48:47)
    14. Project - Beagleboard (mchua, 19:48:47)
    15. Instructors - Jeff Osier-Mixon, need tech guru and instructor OR 2 instructors if Jeff decides to serve as tech guru (mchua, 19:48:49)
    16. Sponsorship - Not set (mchua, 19:48:52)
    17. Attendees - None yet (mchua, 19:48:55)
    18. ACTION: Jefro figure out a target date and instructors as the first thing to focus on - I'd suggest either winter break or summer 2011 as good targets. (mchua, 19:48:57)

  14. Overall POSSE status (mchua, 19:49:01)
    1. It looks like South Africa is in good shape to happen in October. (mchua, 19:49:19)
    2. I'm also optimistic about Malaysia. (mchua, 19:49:24)
    3. I have high hopes for Kansas (eventually), Arizona, Design, and California. (mchua, 19:49:50)
    4. However, they (and other POSSEs) have a lot of planning to do. ;) (mchua, 19:50:03)
    5. Prospect of targeting a LATAM POSSE at some point? (mchua, 19:50:14)
    6. There was interest from FUDCon Chile in having a POSSE at the host location there, will investigate. (mchua, 19:50:43)

  15. open floor (mchua, 19:51:53)


Meeting ended at 19:57:18 UTC (full logs).

Action items

  1. micadeyeye and mchua select a tech guru for POSSE South Africa
  2. KageSenshi figure out instructors and sponsorship for POSSE Malaysia; confirm availability of Harish and a tech guru and we'll be set.
  3. sdziallas figure out instructors, hosting for POSSE Design
  4. quaid pick a focus for POSSE California and find instructors
  5. ianweller confirm hosting, find instructors, and set a date for POSSE Kansas
  6. rrix confirm hosting, find instructors, and set a date for POSSE Arizona
  7. Jefro figure out a target date and instructors as the first thing to focus on - I'd suggest either winter break or summer 2011 as good targets.


Action items, by person

  1. ianweller
    1. ianweller confirm hosting, find instructors, and set a date for POSSE Kansas
  2. mchua
    1. micadeyeye and mchua select a tech guru for POSSE South Africa
  3. rrix
    1. rrix confirm hosting, find instructors, and set a date for POSSE Arizona
  4. UNASSIGNED
    1. KageSenshi figure out instructors and sponsorship for POSSE Malaysia; confirm availability of Harish and a tech guru and we'll be set.
    2. sdziallas figure out instructors, hosting for POSSE Design
    3. quaid pick a focus for POSSE California and find instructors
    4. Jefro figure out a target date and instructors as the first thing to focus on - I'd suggest either winter break or summer 2011 as good targets.


People present (lines said)

  1. mchua (165)
  2. ianweller (6)
  3. rrix (6)
  4. zodbot (3)


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