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* Join the [http://lists.openhatch.org/mailman/listinfo/events events mailing list] and say who you are and how you want to contribute. We'll get you plugged in.
* Join the [http://lists.openhatch.org/mailman/listinfo/events events mailing list] and say who you are and how you want to contribute. We'll get you plugged in.


== Pseudo-random facts ==
== Doing a P2PU run ==


* It has been suggested that the curriculum be available as online videos
It has been suggested that the curriculum be available as online videos. Also, I want the co-instructors for in-person events to be able to base their lectures/instruction on online videos, so they know ''exactly'' what I would teach in their situation.

* I want the co-instructors for in-person events to be able to base their lectures/instruction on online videos, so they know ''exactly'' what I would teach in their situation
One thing we've learned is that practice makes perfect; with the [[Boston Python Workshop]], for example, the more we run it, the more we know how to run it well.

Therefore, I think we should do a run of the course on the web -- let's say on P2PU, since that's everyone's favorite online learning place.

We would plan the P2PU course to use the curriculum materials used by the in-person event. This way, we're forced to write them, and we also get feedback before we use them in the in-person events.

I estimate the course would take 7 weeks (with 8 "meetings", due to the fencepost problem):

* Day 0: Introductions (why people are here, what they expect to get out of the course)
* Day 7: Linux and the command line (tar, cd, ls)
* Day 14: Communication tools (IRC, mailing lists)
* Day 21: The ethics and history of the movement; and the economics and licensing that support it.
* Day 28: Getting, modifying, and verifying open source software (getting code; local patching)
* Day 35: Project organization (getting, building, modifying source code)
* Day 42: Practice contributing to a project
* Day 49: Wrap-up


== Probable places we can take the tour ==
== Probable places we can take the tour ==