[math4] RIT and the Fedora Developers XO Program

[Mel Chua]

> My hope is once we have a working example it will be easier to tap the 
> collegiate resources. 

There are working examples of hackathons/sprints which included college 
students (see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Jams, the first one was 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Game_Jam_Boston_June_2007)

Jerome Gotangco and I are working on what we're calling an Activity 
development sprint, http://sugarlabs.org/go/Activity_development_sprint, 
which is 4 weeks, part-time, with regular feedback loops between 
teachers and developers (think of it as a mini-Scrum) and has training 
built in. Ideal for uni classes.

We're making a process that will work for the deployment (his half of 
the project, in the Philippines) and the developers (my half of the 
project, uni students in the US) in this specific case. We're not 
focused on the process; we'll do whatever it takes to get that first 
project out the door and successful. Inasmuch as what we do ends up 
being useful to others, great - and we're happy to share / help people 
run their own in parallel, if others are interested, just ask.

--Mel