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, 12:40, 5 November 2008New page: == Details == * Monday, November 17, 2008 * Evening (starting at perhaps 6:30 with dinner, and continuing until 10 or however late the space we get is open) * We're still looking for a sp...
== Details ==
* Monday, November 17, 2008
* Evening (starting at perhaps 6:30 with dinner, and continuing until 10 or however late the space we get is open)
* We're still looking for a space. Can you host? Email mel at laptop dot org!
== About ==
This is a "new Sugar coders hackfest" evening, where people can come to learn about making Activities - bring a project you want to work on, and we'll have people from the core Sugar team around to help, teach, answer questions, run impromptu tutorials, and make tools/patches as needed to ease the entry route for new coders.
== Attendees ==
Sign up if you're coming, so we know how many to expect. Put a
* Marco (on-site mentor)
* Tomeu (on-site mentor)
* [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] (hackathon coordinator, working on Larry, a language-learning Activity)
== To do ==
Let [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] (mel at laptop dot org) know if you can help!
* Get a location with wifi, projectors, and ready access to food (which probably means "order pizza, then ask everyone if they can chip in a few dollars when it comes).
* make invitations and send them out
* find some way to make nametags for everybody
* make sure that the location gets set up (chairs, tables, etc.) and taken down/cleaned-up afterwards
* send thank-you follow up emails after the event encouraging people to come to the rest of Sugarcamp
* Monday, November 17, 2008
* Evening (starting at perhaps 6:30 with dinner, and continuing until 10 or however late the space we get is open)
* We're still looking for a space. Can you host? Email mel at laptop dot org!
== About ==
This is a "new Sugar coders hackfest" evening, where people can come to learn about making Activities - bring a project you want to work on, and we'll have people from the core Sugar team around to help, teach, answer questions, run impromptu tutorials, and make tools/patches as needed to ease the entry route for new coders.
== Attendees ==
Sign up if you're coming, so we know how many to expect. Put a
* Marco (on-site mentor)
* Tomeu (on-site mentor)
* [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] (hackathon coordinator, working on Larry, a language-learning Activity)
== To do ==
Let [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] (mel at laptop dot org) know if you can help!
* Get a location with wifi, projectors, and ready access to food (which probably means "order pizza, then ask everyone if they can chip in a few dollars when it comes).
* make invitations and send them out
* find some way to make nametags for everybody
* make sure that the location gets set up (chairs, tables, etc.) and taken down/cleaned-up afterwards
* send thank-you follow up emails after the event encouraging people to come to the rest of Sugarcamp