[FM Discuss] Winter Camp Agenda
Edward Cherlin
echerlin at gmail.com
Fri Feb 27 09:40:18 PST 2009
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:24 AM, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
> i'll be in town from sunday
ditto
> adam
>
>
> On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 14:52 +0000, mick at mcin.net wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I'm wondering if anyone else is going to be around for Monday in A'dam
>> next week.
>>
>> I'm going to be in town and up for making a bit of start on some of
>> the docs that I've been meaning to do recently, but if anyone else is
>> around then maybe it would be good to set a place with wifi that we
>> could meet and work?
>>
>> Also what is the deal on Monday night? Should the people that are in
>> town maybe meet up for a meal somewhere?
>>
>> Mick
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 2:18 PM, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net>
>> wrote:
>> dear all,
>>
>> So, the FM Summit is next week and its shaping up to be
>> exciting. I
>> think its time to talk a little about the schedule and what we
>> have to
>> achieve. As far as it goes, we need to fit into the Wintercamp
>> plan :
>> http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/wintercamp
>>
>> That means we can break into roughly 3-4 hour sessions, twice
>> per day on
>> Wednesday, Thurs, and Fri. I have asked if we can also work
>> Saturday but
>> so far no response, so I am guessing we will be in plenaries
>> on
>> Saturday.
>>
>> I think the overall plan Winter Camp has is a good one, and it
>> will be
>> great for us to mix with the other groups. Those that followed
>> the
>> discussion on the wintercamp list between me and Geert will
>> know I have
>> expressed my reservations about the structure. However if
>> Network
>> Cultures aren't going to change the schedule then we should
>> make the
>> best with what we have. They are doing us a great favor by
>> putting this
>> on so I'm prepared to go with their flow.
>>
>> So there are two things we need to get on top of. The first is
>> that we
>> need to look at the topics, the second is that we need to
>> agree on a
>> process.
>>
>> As an overall theme I think we need to work on concrete
>> results, at the
>> same time I think we also need to talk about the bigger
>> picture - where
>> are we going, how etc...
>>
>> We should decide on these topics either online this week or
>> within the
>> first hour or so at the event. I have talked to Anne and Zita
>> about how
>> this could be shaped and we all agree that it is important
>> that we open
>> the floor to anyone to put forward their ideas about what
>> should be
>> discussed. At the same time there are several things that I
>> would like
>> to bring forward as important issues. So, I will outline these
>> here and
>> then we should discuss these and any other ideas on the list
>> and finish
>> this discussion in Amsterdam.
>>
>> So, the five areas I think we need to address include :
>> Sustainability and Structure
>> Booki & FM Design
>> The Reading Context
>> Book Sprints
>> Admin training
>>
>> Sustainability and Structure
>> We need to look at the current structure of FM and workout how
>> we are
>> going to distribute the capacity for current and future
>> operations. We
>> also need to look at how to push book sales to generate
>> revenue, and
>> strategies to get more writers involved. I would like it if we
>> set
>> specific goals for book sales, identified areas in FM that
>> needs more
>> attention, strategise some outreach initiatives (to writers),
>> and
>> outline steps to address these issues.
>>
>> Booki and FM Design
>> The coders should produce as much code as possible and align
>> their
>> thinking on how Booki should work. We should decide on what a
>> good goal
>> is for the code by the end of the week. Additionally, Lotte
>> has already
>> done the design for the new FLOSS Manuals. It would be good to
>> get
>> feedback about this and the implement the new design in the
>> existing
>> platform by the end of the week.
>>
>> The Reading Context
>> I think we need to decide on what what the readers experience
>> should
>> be. How do we engage with our readers and what social and
>> technical
>> processes do we need to establish? This topic could also
>> include
>> strategies for identifying audiences, how do we know what
>> readers want,
>> getting the word out to more readers and what we would need to
>> do to
>> improve the structure of content (for manuals, educational
>> content
>> etc). We need to identify these issues and outline a specific
>> strategy.
>>
>> Book Sprints
>> How do we extend and improve the concept of the Book Sprint?
>> Is it
>> possible to have mini-sprints on a frequent basis organised
>> locally? How
>> do we fund sprints? Is there improvements we can make with the
>> methodology? How can we make the remote contribution
>> experience richer?
>> What tools do we need to assist sprints?
>>
>> Admin Training
>> I would like to train as many people as possible on basic
>> Admin tasks to
>> ensure these requests are dealt with quickly by more people
>> than just
>> me.
>>
>>
>>
>> So, those are the issues I think need to be addressed. If
>> there
>> are thoughts on these or thoughts on other topics then lets
>> discuss
>> them on the list and continue the conversation in
>> Amsterdam.Its
>> important we try and pre-organise as much as we can now so we
>> can
>> maximise the use of our time on site.
>>
>> The people attending (with a brief intro from me) include:
>>
>> Adam Hyde FM
>> Founder. Coming from Berlin, Germany.
>>
>> Aleksandar Erkalovic
>> Programmer for FM. Aleksandar (Aco) has been responsible for
>> not just
>> the code, Aco has considerably influenced the ideas and
>> architecture
>> behind FM. Aco will demo a little of the new FM platform
>> (booki) at the
>> camp. Aco is coming from Zagreb, Croatia.
>>
>> Andy Oram
>> Andy is one of the Advisory Board to FM and has been involved
>> a lot in
>> discussions about the future of FM. Andy is coming from
>> Boston, USA.
>>
>> Anne Gentle
>> Anne came to FM via the OLPC project. Anne is now the manager
>> of the
>> OLPC and Sugar docs (the official docs for these projects are
>> done by FM). Anne also organised the Sugar/OLPC Book Sprint.
>> Anne is
>> coming from Austin, Texas.
>>
>> Ali Kolahi Ahari
>> Ali is the manager of the Farsi (Persian) FLOSS Manuals. Ali
>> is coming
>> from Christchurch, NZ.
>>
>> David Farning
>> David approached FM about doing the docs for Sugar. David is
>> on the
>> Sugar Board. David is coming from Wisconsin.
>>
>> Douglas Bagnall
>> Douglas has just joined FM and will be working on the code for
>> Booki
>> and is currently working on testing the PDF generation and
>> editor for
>> language support of Myanmar (Burmese), Farsi, Arabic and
>> Chinese.
>> Douglas is coming from Wellington, New Zealand.
>>
>> Ed Cherlin
>> Ed was at the Bypassing Internet Censorship Book Sprint. Ed is
>> coming
>> from San Francisco, California.
>>
>> Janet Swisher
>> Janet was at the OLPC/Sugar sprint and is leading the workshop
>> for FM
>> at the Doctrain West event. Janet is coming from Austin Texas.
>>
>> Lotte Meijer
>> Lotte designed the FM site. Lotte has also considerably helped
>> secure
>> the initial funding from Digital Pioneers for FM to have the
>> initial
>> plugins developed and the design done. Lotte designed the
>> wonderful FM
>> logo and all you see at the FM site (including the book
>> design).
>>
>> Martin Kean
>> Martin recently joined FM and is relearning javascript inorder
>> to
>> contribute to the Booki project. Martin is coming from
>> Dunedin, New
>> Zealand.
>>
>> Mick Fuzz
>> Mick has written a lot of the FM docs about video editing.
>> Mick is
>> coming from Manchester, UK.
>>
>> Minna Taarka
>> Minna is taking the lead on the development of the Finnish
>> FLOSS
>> Manuals. Minna will be at the event for the last 2 days only.
>> Minna is
>> coming from Helsinki, Finland.
>>
>> Patrick Davison
>> Patrick co-organised the FLOSSify Book Sprint in NYC. Patrick
>> is coming
>> to be a part of the Booki code team. Patrick is coming from
>> New Yrok,
>> USA.
>>
>> Zita Joyce,
>> Zita managed the development of the Farsi FM community and
>> site, Zita
>> is also on the FM PR team. Zita is coming from Christchurch,
>> NZ.
>>
>>
>> Also, on the first night the FM Board will attend which
>> includes :
>> Eric Kluitenberg, Rene Post, Sacha van Geffen.
>>
>>
>> As for the schedule. We have a limited time, so I was thinking
>> the first
>> full day (Wednesday) I will walk through the story so far,
>> then we get
>> into it.
>>
>> If we looked at the current topics I would imagine the break
>> up on the
>> first day could look something like this :
>>
>>
>>
>> DAY ONE:
>> FIRST SESSION :
>> *Introductions
>> Adams FM update and overview
>>
>> SECOND SESSION:
>> *Booki and Design
>> Aco demo of code so far
>> Discussion of features and uses
>>
>> Then the coders (Aco, Douglas, Martin, Patrick) code, and the
>> rest of us
>> follow this :
>> Admin Training :: Creating and Maintaining Manuals
>>
>>
>> DAY TWO
>> Coders code all day and the rest follow this:
>>
>> FIRST SESSION:
>> *Readership Context
>> Intro by Adam
>> How do we develop the readership context?
>>
>>
>> SECOND SESSION:
>> *Book Sprints
>> Intro by Anne
>> How to make these community events?
>> Raising $
>> Texts to be FLOSSified
>>
>> Admin Training :: Publishing Manuals (html + books)
>> Adam + everyone (in a 1 hr session at the end of the day)
>>
>>
>>
>> DAY THREE
>> Coders code all day and the rest follow this:
>>
>> FIRST SESSION:
>> *Structure and Sustainability
>> Intro by Zita
>> Capacity
>> Fund raising
>> What do we want to do, and what do we need to do it
>>
>> SECOND SESSION:
>> *Work Groups
>> Work towards practical goals set in previous days.
>>
>> Admin Training :: Translation
>> Adam + everyone (in a 1 hr session at the end of the day)
>>
>>
>>
>> The last day of the event (Saturday) is meant to be for public
>> presentations. My recommendation is that the coders continue
>> that day,
>> those that choose to work on topics should, and then the rest
>> FM attend
>> the public presentation.
>>
>>
>> Sound ok?
>>
>> adam
>>
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>>
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