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This page is under construction. For now, see the recruitment page, the POSSE 2011 applicants who will be attending, and the POSSE Basics Raleigh 2011 bid in addition to the budget below.
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[edit] Schedule
Our schedule will consist of the following sessions, that might be interrupted by sessions with community members.
- public profile exercise
- vital stats & 5 minute intro
- timeline merge sheet
- skill identification & how to move forward
- reflection goes here
[edit] Introduction, Culture and Communication
Quick round introducing our objectives for the day, introducing who's here, then dive straight into learning IRC, wikis, and collaborative text editing -- this includes the public profile exercise (experienced profs will be paired up with newcomers!)
[edit] Project Introduction
An overview of the community and project you'll be making your first contribution to this afternoon -- this includes Mel's 5 minute Intro to FOSS exercise. Heidi emailed Sebastian a sample spreadsheet for July! (FOSS scavenger hunt)
Learning objectives: Take the "vital stats" of an unfamiliar project - how do you assess the pulse of a project community before deciding to dive into it?
- Break into small groups and hand out "vital stats" worksheet; have teams go over it with instructors roaming.
- In small groups, apply the vital stats worksheet to a likely project.
End deliverable: Identification of a likely project to be used in your class and associated "vital stats" sheet for that project.
[edit] Project Timeline and Mapping
- Have faculty members lay out their syllabus
- Have faculty members identify the major "time events" in a FOSS project. Place these on the timeline merge sheet. These events may include:
- Release dates
- Freeze dates
- Beta test dates
- Hackathons or other meetings
- Map projected assignments from the syllabus into the timeline merge sheet
- Identify any communication, resources or other requirements needed by students at any given point in the semester.
- Evaluate the mapping between the FOSS project and your syllabus
- Are there topics that could be rearranged to better fit the FOSS schedule?
- Are there additional deliverables that would fit the FOSS schedule?
- Project the impact of a change in a time event in the FOSS schedule. What would happen if the project schedule slips? What modifications could you make to accomodate this?
[edit] Skill Identification
- Create a list of tools:
- Used for installation
- Support development
- Used by the community
- Create a learning plan for yourself to learn the tools.
- Include in your learning plan the download and installation of the project as well as the development environment.
- Identify a simple bug that you could fix.
- Sign up for POSSE Modules.
- Make sure to take your worksheets with you.
- Consider checking in with other POSSE attendees.
[edit] Budget
| Expense | Granted | Spent | Remaining | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instructor Flight | 2000 | 2168.5 | -168.5 | |
| Rental Car | 400 | 305.84 | 94.16 | |
| Community Member Flight | 150 | 124.70 | 25.30 | |
| Community Member Housing | 150 | 134.17 | 15.83 | |
| Breakfast on Saturday | 0 | 10.66 | - 10.66 | Not planned, but had budget buffer-room so got it; used $20 gift card from Max too |
| Lunch on Saturday | 250 | 247.60 | 2.40 | |
| Snack on Saturday | 0 | 45.26 | - 45.26 | Not planned, but had budget buffer-room so got it. LocoPops -- it was hot! |
| Dinner on Saturday | 1000 | 516.00 | 484.00 | |
| Breakfast on Sunday | 0 | 23.68 | - 23.68 | Not planned, but had budget buffer-room so got it |
| Lunch on Sunday | 200 | 185.00 | 15.00 | |
| Special Swag | 1500 | 1447.16 | 52.84 | |
| Stickers | 100 | 95.40 | 4.60 | |
| Printing Materials | 100 | 85.73 | 14.27 | |
| Total | This column inaccurate. See POSSE costs for info; estimate was $5300 but $6000 was granted. | $5389.70 | $610.30 ($6000 - 5389.70) |
[edit] Special guests
- Jared Smith, the Fedora Project Leader, will be hanging out in Raleigh on Friday night and would love to meet members of the cohort.
- Mary Ann Bitter from opensource.com will be coming on Saturday morning to meet past opensource.com authors and pass out some opensource.com swag.
- Bryan Behrenshausen from opensource.com will be coming on Saturday to interview cohort members and discuss PR/publishing opportunities in the FOSS world.
- Mo Duffy from the Fedora Project will be present on Saturday for those interested in the Fedora Design Team, Fedora Events, or the Fedora Project more generally.