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Line 10: == Venue logistics == Moved to [[../#Logistics\|parent page]] ~~How to get there, '''by public transit''':~~ * Bus Routes 286 and 87 come up to campus through downtown Troy. * The 90 can be used from UAlbany main campus; you can get of on the stop close to 15th and Sage and take it from foot the rest of the way. * 280 and 289 come down close to campus from up Congress/Pawling; get off around 15th and Congress and walk down 15th until you reach the campus (you'll see a sign on a foot bridge) * From Downtown Albany you can take the 22 express to downtown troy and come up on the 280, 289, 286, or 87. ~~You can also call the CDTA (cdta.org) and they will generally be able to tell you how to get where you want to go.~~ ~~How to get there, '''by car, or for more details''': FIXME~~ ~~Rooms reserved:~~ * Sage 4101 * Sage 5101 == Concept behind the weekend == Line 42 ⟶ 28: == People involved == * Sat + Sun: Asheesh Laroia (585 506 8865) is formally running the event, so he's the personal fundamentally responsible for making things succeed. Also responsible for opening ceremonies, playtesting, history+ethics discussion, ordering food, sending pre-event reminder email to attendees. * Sat + Sun: Alex Gaynor is the primary local contact, can help with anything else as necessary. * Sat + Sun: Christopher Schmidt (from Nokia) will be a co-instructor. Nokia is an event sponsor, also! * Sat and/or Sun: Justin Azoff * Sat + Sun: Attendance unconfirmed: Luis Ibáñez * Sat: Moorthy * Sun: Graylin Kim. * Sat + Sun: Matt McCormick - open source contributor, TA. == What it means to be a module lead instructor == Line 63 ⟶ 54: == Other essential links == ~~For staff:~~ * [[Open Source Comes to Campus/Curriculum/Saturday\|Curriculum]] details * [[Open_Source_Comes_to_Campus/~~UMD~~RPI/Laptop_setup\|Laptop setup]] info ~~For attendees:~~ * FIXME: Signup link == Saturday schedule == Line 81 ⟶ 66: ** Led by Asheesh * 10:45 - 11: More laptop setup (if you are done early, you can Q&A with instructors) * 11 - 11:3040 AM: Communicating as a user: finding the community and getting help ** Led by ??Alex Gaynor * 11:3040 - 12:10 PM: History and ethics of free, open source software ** Led by Asheesh * 12:15 PM: ~~Break~~Split into groups, in preparation +for ~~lunch~~modules. * 12:30 PM: Lunch * 1:15 PM: Split into groups of max size 10, with 2 staff in each group. Students stay put; staff rotate between rooms. * 1 PM - 2 PM: Module 1 (1h) * 21:0515 PM - 2:5515 PM: Module 21 (~~50min~~1h) * 32:0020 - 3:4510 PM: Module 32 (~~45min~~50min) * 3:4515 PM- 4:05 ~~Come back into~~PM: ~~the~~Module ~~full~~3 ~~group~~(50min) * 34:5510 PM: ~~Wrap-up:~~Come back ~~feedback,~~into ~~and~~the ~~next~~full ~~steps~~group * 4:10 PM: Wrap-up: feedback, and next steps Students rotate between the following three modules: * More about the command line, taught by Luis * Getting, modifying, and verifying open source software, taught by Asheesh * Project organization (bug trackers; git format-patch; github; people's roles in a project), taught by crschmidt == Sunday == Line 111 ⟶ 97: To do: * We should come up with a hand-selected list of good bite-sized bugs across projects. * https://etherpad.mozilla.org/sunday-rpi has that list, in progress -- add bugs from your project if possible! == Outreach == Line 116 ⟶ 103: Places we should email: [https://etherpad.mozilla.org/rpi-signup sample signup email] * RCOS - Alex sent a note * All CS undergrads - Alex sent a note * All CS grads - ?? * Albany.edu women in computing: http://www.albany.edu/cci/cciwit.php (Asheesh pinged Jennifer Goodall here on Thu Apr 12; on Fri she replied saying someone had sent a note to their mailing list already) * UAlbany American Society for Information Science and Technology: http://ualbanyasist.drupalgardens.com/ -- Graylin sent a note * RPI Women in tech point people: Asheesh pinged Barbara and Sehrish at http://www.eng.rpi.edu/wmp/contactNew.cfm * Union college CS department -- Asheesh pinged [http://cs.union.edu/~barrv/ Dr. Barr] Instructors I've tried to reach: * Justin Azoff (no response) * James Toy (unavailable) * Friends of Mo's * Slash Root folks (no reply) * David Czarnecki of Agora Games (no reply) * Nathan Fixler via Github * Zachary Bedell via Github