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We have scheduled a field trip to Massachusetts to visit some technology sites and learn and work with people there.
We have scheduled a field trip to Massachusetts to visit some technology sites and learn and work with people there.
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This page is a collaborative planning site for this trip.
This page is a collaborative planning site for this trip.


==Rough Schedule==
==Rough Schedule (getting polished)==
# Leave Rochester on 10 August for the Boston area to collect or meet up with Eric, Tyler, Dave and stay in a youth hostel, [http://bostonhostel.org/about.shtml Hostelling International-Boston].
Adjustments or additional suggestions welcome.
# Work in Boston area
## Gardner Academy
## Sugar Camp sessions
### How to interact with Community
### Affordances we can provide for new developers and contributors
### School Server deployment and development issues (I've invited Dave Bauer to join us, if he can come, a School Server track would be very valuable for all.)
# Tour in the Boston area
## MIT Media Lab
## Computer History Museum
## MIT Museum http://web.mit.edu/museum/
# Return to Rochester 16/17 August
# 17-18 August RIT visits


* Dave Farning could make (perhaps less expensive roundtrip) flights to & from Rochester or fly to Boston and return with us to Rochester to stay with me for a couple of days to visit RIT and meet the available faculty.
===Monday 10 August===
* Rochester area folks would take a 1 or 2 cars (depending on the number joining from Rochester) and proceed to hostel site.
* Drive to Boston (Fred, Wesley, & Karlie from Rochester; David arriving separately)
* Adam Holt may drive back with us to Rochester.
* ~5 pm - Check in to Hostel, http://bostonhostel.org/about.shtml
* 6:00 pm - [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=12+Hemenway+St,+Boston,+MA+02115&daddr=33+Dunster+Street+Cambridge,+MA+02138&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&dirflg=r&date=08%2F10%2F09&time=6:00pm&ttype=dep&noexp=0&noal=0&sort=&tline=&sll=42.360066,-71.090727&sspn=0.090694,0.133381&ie=UTF8&z=14&start=0 Bus to Harvard Square] (25 minutes)
* 7:00 pm reservations - Dinner out with Mel Chua at [http://www.johnharvards.com/locations.shtml#ma John Harvard's Brew House], learn the '''[http://www.mbta.com/ T]''', etc.
** Pre-dinner - Introductions and Reintroductions
** Dinner and post-Dinner topic - "What we've learned as OLPC/Sugar Labs students about working in the FLOSS environment as RIT students, co-ops, and associates"  (a small group self-evaluation session, with Mel Chua as sole guest beyond the 6 in our group)&mdash;''A serious topic for dinner, so we will punctuate the discussion with food and drink to ease our inhibitions and anxiety.''
**# Why we enrolled
**# Questions we haven't asked
**# Difficulties we've encountered
**# Personal learnings, such as dealing with our own and other's lack of knowledge or skill.
**# How we would change the experience based on all the above
*:This should give us a good sense of our expectations, limitations, and potentials for the time ahead of us.


Please add more specific suggestions.
See [http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/RIT this Teaching Open Source wiki page] for a report of our Friday workshop that followed up on the ideas raised in this discussion.
 
===Tuesday 11 August===
* 10 am - Visit MIT Museum, http://web.mit.edu/museum/
* 1 pm - lunch on or near campus
* 2 pm - Review field trip plans and schedule
* 2:30 pm - Conference room session, or classroom or administrator session with Caroline.
* 5 pm - Quit for dinner & evening plans (TBD)
===Wednesday 12 August===
* 9:30 am -  Museum of Science, Cahners Computerplace exhibit, http://www.mos.org/exhibits_shows/current_exhibits&d=232
** see Keith Simmons, RIT alumnus, and [http://flagship.computerclubhouse.org/ Flagship Computer Clubhouse].
* 12:30 am - Lunch at museum or nearby
* 2 pm - Conference room sessions, "Our projects - let's help each other.  Problems we've had and need help with" (guests welcome)
** Community Interactions - David Farning
* 5 pm - Quit for dinner & evening plans (TBD)
===Thursday 13 August===
* 11 am - Return to [http://flagship.computerclubhouse.org/ Flagship Computer Clubhouse] with kids (open 12 to 3 pm) for workshop with Caroline and Sugar on a Stick session
** [[Math4Team/Projects/MathQuest|Math Quest]] review with clubhouse children - Eric Mallon & Tyler Bragdon
* 5 pm - Quit for dinner & evening plans (TBD)
* Evening: [http://www.neaq.org/index.php New England Aquarium] (time permitting)
 
===Friday 14 August===
* 10 am - Red Hat visit in [http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=42.4043461,-71.159089+to:314+Littleton+Rd,+MA+01886+(Red+Hat+Inc)&geocode=%3BFfoJhwIdzzLC-ykbTRBPsnfjiTGhasWHz4cREw%3BFXxWiQIdoNC9-yFfxnYEp11Rtw&dirflg=&saddr=12+Hemenway+Street,+Boston,+MA.+02115.&f=d&dq=Red+Hat,+loc:+Westford,+MA&sll=42.567759,-71.42827&sspn=0.030613,0.043435&cid=13209442153970189919&ie=UTF8&ll=42.49539,-71.265564&spn=0.660196,1.117859&z=10&via=1 Westford, MA] with Luke Macken and Mel Chua
** Peek at working life at Red Hat in Westford
** Technical discussion - ''Author's tour of Live USB Creator''
** Lunch nearby
* afternoon
** workshop tasks,
** 2 pm - Witness Adam Holt <CanoeBerry> hosting the [[olpc:Contributors program|OLPC Contributors Program]] weekly [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program/August_14,_2009 project review meeting].
** <s>casual visits with OLPC/Media Lab/OLE/Others</s>
 
See [http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/RIT this Teaching Open Source wiki page] for a report of our Friday workshop.
 
* evening plans - open
===Saturday 15 August===
* 10:30 am - [[Teotwawki Net]] demonstration - William Schaub (remote) & Fred Grose
* Free time
* evening plans open
 
===Sunday 16 August===
* Return home
===Monday 17 August===
* Wesley, Fred, David, Karlie back in Rochester (Adam Holt welcome to join, if available)
* Rest and visit Genesee River falls and pier, Abbotts, etc.
===Tuesday 18 August===
* RIT visits with Professor Jacobs (Adam Holt welcome to join, if available)
 
== Possible Adjunct meetings ==
* While in Boston, perhaps we (David and I) could have a short visit with Ed McNierney and Stefan Unterhauser to discuss infrastructure plans or system administration projects for OLPC/Sugar Labs, for example, http://vig.laptop.org/wiki/index.php/Recipe:migratewiki and http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sysadmin/2009-July/000324.html.
*# Stefan joined us for dinner on Tuesday evening and again for our trip to Red Hat on Friday.
*# Henry Hardy joined us at the Computer Clubhouse on Wednesday




Hoping others can offer some suggestions and support.
Hoping others can offer some suggestions and support.


===Participants===
==Participants==
* Frederick Grose, Rochester, 10 - 18 August, room for 3 others at my house in Rochester, room for 3 others in my car.
* Frederick Grose, Rochester, 10 - 18 August, room for 3 others at my house in Rochester, room for 3 others in my car.
* David Farning, Wisconsin, , room with Fred in Rochester
* David Farning, Wisconsin, , room with Fred in Rochester
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* Project teams may be uncertain of the benefits of "hosting" a short-term 'work & tour' party or crew in a project that is still forming a stable base.  It may not be a good idea and turn out to be a distraction because it's hard to define expectations.  Not knowing what practical service or resource we could provide in a few days of service, makes it hard to generate interest.  We would look at it like campground trail maintenance or kitchen patrol--an indirect learning and load-sharing opportunity.
* Project teams may be uncertain of the benefits of "hosting" a short-term 'work & tour' party or crew in a project that is still forming a stable base.  It may not be a good idea and turn out to be a distraction because it's hard to define expectations.  Not knowing what practical service or resource we could provide in a few days of service, makes it hard to generate interest.  We would look at it like campground trail maintenance or kitchen patrol--an indirect learning and load-sharing opportunity.
==Questions from those who can't attend==
* Will you be encouraging people to record/photo/video what they see?
*: Wes will bring his digital camera and help with documentation.
* Will there be field survey tools used, ''i.e.'', a prepared questionnaire for those running labs, etc.?
*: We will bring this up with Keith Simmons at the [http://flagship.computerclubhouse.org/ Flagship Computer Clubhouse].
* Does everyone have business cards?
* Is the success of the trip measured by fun or productivity? If productivity, how will that be measured?
*: By learning, which we categorize as both fun and productive.  Watch for growth in knowledge, character, and resources for the community.
* How many instances will you be able to observe of young/naive users of Sugar / OLPC?
* Will anyone be blogging/vlogging the trip? If so, will they post their links here?
*: There will be some kilogging here on the wiki.
: Thanks for your contributions.
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