POSSE 2009 Done

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Completed tasks from POSSE Planning.

Task Owner Details Status Target Date
Set start locations for each day ctyler Today I'd like to spend a moment discussing the day-starts: when/where we're meeting on Sunday night and when/where we're meeting to start each day on the weekdays. to discuss July 18
Make sure profs are set for next month Mel Everyone's travel plans are cool? Everyone's survey is in? Questions? Did Cameron Seay send in his survey? July 1
Get a server for VMs Mel We need a machine that can carry VMs. See POSSE_Planning#VMs. Sent to mmcgrath, are you folks set? (This should be done, but need to check.) July 1
Nail down guest speakers Mel We need guest speakers for various times. See POSSE_Planning#Guests, We are completely set (but last-minute BBQ invites can definitely be sent if people think of more folks. Done. June 15
Migrating POSSE wiki-stuff Mel POSSE should be under (I assume) the TOS brand/webspace. Let's get it there. Done, moved to TOS. June 1
Prepare infrastructure of ongoing participation Mel We will need wiki, IRC, mailing lists, etc., etc., which means we will also need to consider how we want to interact with our professors in the future, how large we expect to scale, and so on. Wiki is TOS, IRC is #teachingopensource-posse on freenode, mailinglist is posse2009@ on the TOS space. Also see POSSE 2009#Participation_infrastructure. June 1
Identify Mozilla community contact Humph If Humph wants a Mozilla community guru to be present, we need to locate him/her and close on travel. No Mozilla person on-site, no need to book hotel room. June 15
Review and send out pre-event materials Chris The students need to see the schedule, they need to know what we expect them to bring, they need to meet each other "virtually" before the event. Done (May 29) June 1
Confirm participants Greg 8 participants confirmed. This is the final number. See POSSE 2009#Participants. Done. June 1
Confirm room/wifi availability Greg Make sure we're all set in terms of rooms/wifi @ RH. We have reserved the Picasso/Rembrandt room, which we can configure any way we like. Wifi is coming. Done. July 1
Questions about Canadians working in the US for money! Max What prep do those guys need to do in order to get paid? And are there any magic incantations at the border? Done. June 1
RH/POSSE sponsor/leader relationship Greg How to denote Red Hat's sponsorship/leadership of POSSE, relationship between RH/POSSE/TOS. TOS is hosting POSSE materials; RH website etc. branding will (maybe?) happen - nothing is blocking POSSE. June 1