[FM Discuss] [IAEP] Book sprint aug 16-23

[Edward Cherlin]

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 10:24 PM, Seth Woodworth <seth at laptop.org> wrote:
> Perhaps it would be best to slice up what exists and have a phone conference
> before the end of the week on what said -quick- manual would look like, what
> it should cover.  I believe that parts of the learning team would like to be
> involved in that conversation if we have time for them.
>
> Who's up for a phone conference thursday?  OLPC to host.

I have a call at Noon PST and a meeting at 7:30 PM PST. Otherwise, fine.

> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 1:21 AM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Seth Woodworth <seth at laptop.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:38 PM, David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Seems like we have support for the idea of a book sprint.
>> >>
>> >> Considerations:
>> >> Time - Version .82 will be released Aug 10th. Is it worth it to try to
>> >> hit that release date?  As much as I would like to say yes, we should
>> >> not push things too fast.  My key goal in setting up the sprint is to
>> >> create a _concrete_ event where people can come together to and help
>> >> OLPC.  Let's take our time and use this as a test run at community.
>> >
>> > As much as I would like a complete set of documentation for Sugar, if we
>> > can
>> > get the event done sooner it can ship on thousands of G1G1 machines.
>> >  This
>> > is an important consideration.  Can we make a list of who could make it
>> > to
>> > Boston in a very short period of time for a Sprint and decide from
>> > there?
>>
>> Let's look at it another way. How much needs to be done to get
>> something ready for this release and shipment? How inaccurate is the
>> current manual?
>>
>> Can we do that task online, starting right away, and then have the
>> sprint for whatever is appropriate after that? I can rearrange my own
>> schedule somewhat to accommodate an important rush project.
>>
>> >> Location - Seth mentioned the availability of space at the OLPC's
>> >> offices.  That would be great if it were possible.  The marketing angle
>> >> of volunteers coming together to olpc's offices for a sprint would be
>> >> great.
>> >
>> > One way or another, locations will be had here in Boston.  Kim approved
>> > support for the event at the 1cc office so long as both conference rooms
>> > aren't booked.  And even spilling over onto MIT isn't that big of deal.
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> The Big question is would Adam and Anne feel comfortable running the
>> >> sprint on OLPC's turf.  Adam and Anne are the domain experts.   We need
>> >> to give them the room to leverage the OLPC effort and enthusiasm
>> >> against
>> >> FM's experience.
>> >>
>> >> Participantes -
>> >> Anne Gentle - Texas
>> >> Adam Hyde  - Netherlands
>> >> David Farning - Wisconsin
>> >> Walter Bender - East coast
>> >> Greg Dekoenigsberg - ?
>> >> Others - ??
>> >
>> > Might I also add Benjamin Mako Hill [Boston] (author of the Official
>> > Ubuntu
>> > book and sometime OLPC employee), and Ron Hale-Evans [Seattle]
>> > (technical
>> > author via O'Reily, Fellow OLPC/Sugar nut and Linux Foundation
>> > Employee).
>> > Personally I've been the editor of my college newspaper and am familiar
>> > with
>> > explaining Sugar internals in a non-technical way.
>> >
>> >>
>> >> I will gladly step aside to let a better writer take my spot;)
>> >>
>> >> Funding - Between $500 - $1250 per person.
>> >> I'll do the leg work, but cold calls from dfarning won't be worth
>> >> much;(
>> >>
>> >> Talking to book publishers-- Is FM interested in going that direction?
>> >>
>> >> How about setting a tentative date for Aug 16-23?
>> >
>> > I would still like to consider *some* event sooner with the expectation
>> > of
>> > getting it into the 8.2 build.
>> >
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