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Planning Notes

Agenda for August 25

• Pre-Codeathon Training for Facilitators
• Day of - Facilitator Logistics
• Pre-codeathon outreach
• Codeathon Project

Tasks from 8/25 meeting

• Launchpad cookbook (Jen, Pat)
• Python training wiki (Jen, Pat, Avni)
• Eden training wiki (Pat, Avni, Fran) <- printable Slides with Notes ok?
• Downloadable vdi (Pat, Fran): InstallationGuidelinesVirtualMachine
• Flash drives for vdi distribution
• Materials for facilitators (Avni)
• Remote participation / IRC info (Jen)
• Codeathon participant mailing list
• IRC channel for participants
  • #sahana-meeting on freenode is a logged channel -- we can "reserve" it.
  • Or could set up a logged GHC2010-specific channel.
• Participant experience survey (Avni, Jen)
• Identify bugs and cleanup items appropriate for beginners (Fran, Pat)
• Test install before facilitator training (Jen, Avni)
• Project descriptions (9/1)
  • Bug fixing, polishing, feature adding (Pat)
  • Maitri (Louiqa)
  • Tweak the tweet (Louiqa)

Pre-Codeathon Training for Facilitators - Content and Logistics

• Meeting schedule:
  • 9/8
  • 9/22
  • Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 13:00-15:00 EDT, @GHC Learning Resources Room
• Python intro
• Eden / Web2py intro
• Facilitating at a barcamp
• Teamwork, human factors
  • Simplified agile (incremental development, short cycles, partner programming,...)
  • Watching out for people getting "left behind", frustrated

Pre-Codeathon Preparation for Participants

• Python intro
• Eden / Web2py intro
• Download / install Dev environment
• Documents, flash drives, vdi?
• What to expect at a barcamp, CrisisCamp, etc.
• Remote participation in FOSS development
• Survey participants software development experience
• Advance signup for projects, tables
  • Use Eden vol for this?? ;-)

Codeathon Agenda

In advance or at the table

• Download/install
  • Virtual Machine & Virtual box from Flash Drive
  • Sahana documentation
  • DeveloperGuidelines
• Set up version Control (LaunchPad)
  • ​http://www.slideshare.net/AidIQ/sahana-sharing-your-work-with-others
  • ​https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/CreatingAnSSHKeyPair
  • One branch per participant (or pair - need to accept that some machines may not be got working & best to give up the fight if so)

Lecture

• Overview of Sahana (10 minutes) (Louiqa)
  • Could describe Haiti or Pakistan deployment http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki/Pakistan
• Introduction of code and frameworks and libraries for Eden (20 minutes) (Fran)
  • with printed guides
• Walk through of fixing a bug and committing it (10 minutes?) (Pat?)

Work

• Projects (60 minutes)