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== Brainstorming for the event ==

* Maxwell Dworkin, Science Center?
* Rehearsal, or force teachers to have a lesson plan
* Teachers?:
* Module Topics?:
** MUST KNOW:
*** Bug reporting and tracking
*** Version control for developers AND non-developers – understanding the process, unreleased software 
*** Teach them about open source software that they can use, not just about things they can work on *** if people want to install an open OS, give a tutorial (for CLI and GUI)
*** Online resources – teach people how to answer their questions and find help
editing wikis
** Cool stuff:
*** more about history, political stuff
*** download and install the latest unreleased version of something
*** what the hell is standard-in and standard-out?
* Constraints from last time:
** not able to build on what people have done previously – different method of changing groups
** liked having different teachers all day
* breaking one hour modules into teaching section and then exercise section
* get people to know each other – altogether interaction at beginning, middle and end of day
* Choose your own adventure model:
** multiple modules going on at once, with tracts that people can follow → starts to get more into a conference model
* Scheduling: a week or two before Thanksgiving
* instead of going out to lunch, which was super expensive, get good catering 
* Felice: ask around about good rooms and look into reserving them – 1 big room and a bunch of small rooms, if possible
* How to deal with the second day:
** structured time! Get people to get into groups or commit to working together on something specific the next day
* Size of event:
** room for 40, realistically 60-80
** 8-16 teachers