This sounds like a great thing to have as part of the hackathon. Perhaps cover part of this at the start of each day? None of these things are specific to Beam but apply to all projects right?
On Tue, May 28, 2019, 12:09 Austin Bennett <whatwouldausti...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Rich, > > Great; sounds like we'll plan on a hands-on developing things *in*/*using* > Beam. What about contributing workshop? It sounds like a Hackathon space > might help people understand things like: specifics of getting Jira > username, finding issues, ?signing ICLA?, knowing to subscribe to dev/user > lists, etc? Many of us not having attended previous ApacheCon(s) are > unsure the audience, alternate tracks, etc etc. > > Cheers, > Austin > > > > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 5:35 AM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 5/27/19 6:11 PM, Austin Bennett wrote: >> > Great to hear this is coming together. I'm happy to help getting >> movement >> > from the Beam Community. >> > >> > Very interested to hear concrete plans for hackathon, it will inform the >> > rest of what content we offer in the Beam tracks. At prior beam summits >> > (ex: beamsummit.org), we've had intro to contributing workshops, and >> > working with (hands-on) beam. We think these things are good for >> people to >> > do, though it sounds like getting setup for contributing code would >> largely >> > be covered in a hackathon? What about getting something working -- >> hacking >> > on a project (ex: getting a beam pipeline or something like a spark ml >> job >> > running). >> > >> > Wanting to ensure that we don't unnecessarily have overlapping/competing >> > content. >> > >> > @rob, @Kevin, @Steve -- maybe let me know as you start to get this >> worked >> > out. Happy to attempt to listen in on history lesson, should you >> arrange >> > something with @rich. >> >> The kind of session you're talking about - hands-on, mentored workshops >> - are awesome and encouraged, and do not, in my opinion, conflict with a >> more passive "come join us" central hackathon space. Indeed, they >> complement one another, and each should promote the other. >> >> >> > >> > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 1:55 PM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: >> > >> >> Awesome. It sounds like we have the three hackathon leads/volunteers - >> >> Rob Tompkins, Steve Blackmon, and Kevin McGrail - which seems like the >> >> ideal number for a leadership group. Do feel free to recruit more >> >> volunteers to help with the work. I'll reach out every month for >> updates >> >> for my board report. >> >> >> >> And, of course, I'm very willing to share history, expectations, >> >> insight, advice, and so on. And you, in turn, are very welcome to take >> >> the reins and drive it in a new direction if you have the inspiration >> to >> >> do so. >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> On 5/27/19 1:35 PM, Steve Blackmon wrote: >> >>> I am willing to lead (or to assist) hackathon coordination. I have >> >> participated over the past several years and run similar local events, >> so I >> >> think I have a decent idea of what needs to happen on site, and >> believe I >> >> can do a decent job of motivating project participation. >> >>> >> >>> The more volunteers the better I suspect, as there will be a lot of >> >> threads to start and follow-up on. >> >>> On May 27, 2019, 9:37 AM -0500, Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com>, >> >> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>>> On May 27, 2019, at 7:50 AM, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>>> On 5/27/19 9:45 AM, Kevin A. McGrail wrote: >> >>>>>> Is the hackathon run all the days of the event? >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Yes. All day, every day, in Laughlin 3. Round tables. Power and >> >> network. Nothing else provided. >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> Happy to help on this one. As I haven’t owned anything like this, >> I’ll >> >> need guidance. >> >>>> >> >>>> -Rob >> >>>> >> >>>>>> -- >> >>>>>> Kevin A. McGrail >> >>>>>> Member, Apache Software Foundation >> >>>>>> Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project >> >>>>>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171 >> >>>>>>> On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 9:44 AM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> >> >> wrote: >> >>>>>>> I need 1 to 3 volunteers to own the Hackathon for ACNA. >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> The Hackathon has long been a central part of ApacheCon. However, >> the >> >>>>>>> success of the hackathon waxes and wanes over the years, due >> largely >> >> to >> >>>>>>> whether someone steps up to drive it. >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> The hackathon has multiple intertwined purposes: >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> * Attract and mentor new committers >> >>>>>>> * Strengthen personal bonds within project community >> >>>>>>> * Foster cross-project cooperation >> >>>>>>> * Knock out difficult bugs/features/documentation projects >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> For this to be successful, the following things need to happen >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> * Projects need to know about it >> >>>>>>> * They need to prepare ahead of time. In particular, they need to >> >> think >> >>>>>>> about what they will be working on >> >>>>>>> * The plan (ie, what we'll be working on) must be promoted both >> >> within >> >>>>>>> the project (so that core project members show up prepared) and >> >> outside >> >>>>>>> (so that curious people show up and play along) >> >>>>>>> * There needs to be great signage on-site, and we need to mention >> it >> >> at >> >>>>>>> every plenary >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> To this end, I need someone(s) to step up to own this. I do not >> have >> >>>>>>> time to be the point person on this. >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> I need someone who cares about building project communities, is >> >>>>>>> enthusiastic about working directly with projects to build their >> >>>>>>> hackathon plans, and who plans to attend ACNA to do the on-site >> stuff >> >>>>>>> necessary to support the above. I need someone who is willing to >> take >> >>>>>>> the reins on this and drive it without much direction from me or >> >> anyone >> >>>>>>> else, and just report back periodically on progress. >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Please let me know if you are willing to lead this effort. Thank >> you. >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> (Note: If you're on the other side of the pond, I expect that >> Myrle >> >> will >> >>>>>>> also be looking for someone to do this for ACEU, too.) >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> -- >> >>>>>>> Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com >> >>>>>>> http://rcbowen.com/ >> >>>>>>> @rbowen >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org >> >>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> -- >> >>>>> Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com >> >>>>> http://rcbowen.com/ >> >>>>> @rbowen >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org >> >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org >> >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >> >>>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com >> >> http://rcbowen.com/ >> >> @rbowen >> >> >> > >> >> -- >> Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com >> http://rcbowen.com/ >> @rbowen >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >> >>
