<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Good stuff, but really the same-old, same old <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24pt; ">P<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24pt; ">l</span>a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20pt; ">n</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20pt; ">A</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">h</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">e</span>a<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 8pt; ">d!</span><br><br><div>And, I might add one thing... find ways to make sure you reach those who might need a little extra encouragement to get them to attend... women and people of color. Check the photos of their otherwise well attended event to see what I mean.<div><br></div><div>It is nice to have a framework to start with. Thanks Christoph! And, sorry for the small soap-box rant.</div><div><br></div><div>Caryl</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:58:18 +0200<br>From: christoph.derndorfer@gmail.com<br>To: Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org<br>Subject: [IAEP] Useful resource about organizing future OLPC / Sugar hackathons<br><br>Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I just stumbled across an article called "Hosting Hackathons: The Organizer's Checklist" (<a href="http://alexeymk.com/hosting-hackathons-the-organizers-checklist" target="_blank">http://alexeymk.com/hosting-hackathons-the-organizers-checklist</a>) and it contains some great information which could be very helpful for the organization of future OLPC / Sugar related events.</div> <div><br></div><div>Please also note the first article in that series which focuses on the team required for setting up such events: <a href="http://alexeymk.com/hosting-hackathons-the-team" target="_blank">http://alexeymk.com/hosting-hackathons-the-team</a></div> <div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Christoph</div><div><br>-- <br>Christoph Derndorfer<br>co-editor, olpcnews<br>url: <a href="http://www.olpcnews.com" target="_blank">www.olpcnews.com</a><br>e-mail: <a href="mailto:christoph@olpcnews.com">christoph@olpcnews.com</a><br> </div> <br>_______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</div></div> </body> </html>