[IAEP] November conference (meeting notes)

[Marco Pesenti Gritti]

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:53 PM, Mel Chua <mel at laptop.org> wrote:
>> Saturday is taken by SL planning... :/
>
> It's also the start of Thanksgiving week, which is a holiday that many US
> folks (myself included) may be taking off to celebrate with family and such.
>
> Also, I think the 17th is basically the *perfect* time to have this event,
> because it's when new/potential volunteers will *hear about the project.*
> We're going to get a lot of people on that date who want to help. And we
> should help them help us.
>
> I'm willing to be masochistic and make the arrangements for a "new Sugar
> coders hackfest" evening on the 17th, if there are at least 2-3 experienced
> Sugar/Activity developers who would be willing to be there, answer
> questions, run impromptu tutorials, and make tools/patches as needed to ease
> the entry route for new coders. (I can't be one of those developers - I /am/
> a new Sugar coder, and want this evening for partially selfish reasons - I
> also want to learn!)
>
> What I can do: I can make sure that we have a location with wifi,
> projectors, and ready access to food (I probably won't be able to find food
> sponsors in 3 weeks), make invitations that we can all send out to people,
> keep track of the guest list (including setting an attendance cap if we have
> a small location). I can keep track of time/schedules if we have them, and
> find some way for everyone to get a nametag. I can make sure that the
> location gets set up (chairs, tables, etc.) and taken down/cleaned-up
> afterwards, and send thank-you follow up emails after the event encouraging
> people to come to the rest of Sugarcamp.
>
> I think that this is all we need, other than people (most importantly the
> Sugar devs who can be mentors for the evening). Are there any other things
> that would make this hard for Monday?

Sounds like an *excellent* plan to me! I'd be certainly glad to
participate and I'm sure will be the same for Tomeu. We can also
involve some Boston local activity authors to help out mentoring.

Thanks!
Marco