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This page documents upcoming conferences and our goals + commitments for them.
This page documents upcoming conferences and our goals + commitments for them.

== May ==

* May 12, [http://mitwebmakinginstructorconf.eventbrite.com/ WebMaking Instructor Community Conference], Cambridge, MA
** Style: Unconference?
** Theme: Webmaking and bottom-up teaching
** Our goal: Explain the Boston Python Workshop strategy and learn what others are up to in this space
** Status: Wondering if we can attend

* May 7-12: [http://uds.ubuntu.com/ Ubuntu Developer Summit], Oakland, CA
** ?


== June ==
== June ==


* Saturday June 2, [http://mitwebmakinginstructorconf.eventbrite.com/ WebMaking Instructor Community Conference], San Francisco, CA
* June 26-29, Open Source Bridge
** See above Boston edition (:

* June 26-29, [http://opensourcebridge.org/ Open Source Bridge], Portland, Oregon
** Status: Karen will be attending


== July ==
== July ==
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** Goal: Represent the OpenHatch Way in FLOSS organizing and diversity outreach; and hear from other active FLOSS communities
** Goal: Represent the OpenHatch Way in FLOSS organizing and diversity outreach; and hear from other active FLOSS communities
** Status: Interested in attending (Asheesh)
** Status: Interested in attending (Asheesh)

* Wikimania 2012: Tue 7/10 and Wed 7/11 Hackathon

* Wikimania 2012: Main conference


* Mon 7/16 - Fri 7/20: [http://www.oscon.com/oscon2012 OSCON], Portland, OR
* Mon 7/16 - Fri 7/20: [http://www.oscon.com/oscon2012 OSCON], Portland, OR
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** Theme: Open source in absolutely any fashion
** Theme: Open source in absolutely any fashion
** Goal: Represent OpenHatch to, and hang out with, the wide variety of exciting speakers at OSCON (and attendees too)
** Goal: Represent OpenHatch to, and hang out with, the wide variety of exciting speakers at OSCON (and attendees too)
** Status: Karen and Asheesh's "Open source project growth as a user experience problem" talk accepted!

== October ==
* October 3-6: Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2012, Baltimore, MD
** Theme: Women in tech, with a sizable open source track
** Karen is part of a proposed panel on women in FOSS w. Pam Selle; iirc Deb had a proposal as well?
** I honestly can't tell from [http://gracehopper.org/2012/ GHC's website] whether or not male-identified people are allowed to attend...

Latest revision as of 19:11, 14 May 2012

This page documents upcoming conferences and our goals + commitments for them.

May

  • May 12, WebMaking Instructor Community Conference, Cambridge, MA
    • Style: Unconference?
    • Theme: Webmaking and bottom-up teaching
    • Our goal: Explain the Boston Python Workshop strategy and learn what others are up to in this space
    • Status: Wondering if we can attend

June

July

  • Sun 7/8 - Sat 7/14: Debconf12, Managua, Nicaragua
    • Style: Week-long Debian fest
    • Theme: Debian
    • Our goal: Represent OpenHatch and discuss community organizing among Debian participants
    • Status: Planning (but not committed) to attend and speak (Asheesh)
  • Sat 7/14 - Sun 7/15: Community Leadership Summit, Portland, OR
    • Style: Weekend unconference
    • Theme: Community organizing, mostly in open source but also largely in commercial web forums around a brand (e.g. Zappos)
    • Goal: Represent the OpenHatch Way in FLOSS organizing and diversity outreach; and hear from other active FLOSS communities
    • Status: Interested in attending (Asheesh)
  • Wikimania 2012: Tue 7/10 and Wed 7/11 Hackathon
  • Wikimania 2012: Main conference
  • Mon 7/16 - Fri 7/20: OSCON, Portland, OR
    • Style: Week-long corporate megaconf
    • Theme: Open source in absolutely any fashion
    • Goal: Represent OpenHatch to, and hang out with, the wide variety of exciting speakers at OSCON (and attendees too)
    • Status: Karen and Asheesh's "Open source project growth as a user experience problem" talk accepted!

October

  • October 3-6: Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2012, Baltimore, MD
    • Theme: Women in tech, with a sizable open source track
    • Karen is part of a proposed panel on women in FOSS w. Pam Selle; iirc Deb had a proposal as well?
    • I honestly can't tell from GHC's website whether or not male-identified people are allowed to attend...