[Xerte-dev] Re: FW: [apereo-projects] Unconference: Nature and Timing

[Smith, Bradley]

The only thing I have to add for now is that if the conference is held in a Skype/Hangouts-friendly way, I'd gladly stay up past my bedtime to attend virtually from the US. :)

-Brad

From: Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>>
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Date: Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 9:42 AM
To: "For Xerte technical developers (xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>)" <xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>>
Subject: [Xerte-dev] FW: [apereo-projects] Unconference: Nature and Timing

Does anyone have any views on this: it would possibly be a good opportunity for us to get together, either remotely, or face to face: partly to advance our own plans / partly to build relationships with the wider Apereo community. We've tended to meet face to face about once a year over the last few years, I think if we continue to do so, then coinciding that with this would be sensible. Probably the biggest issue is funding for a US trip, which I know I would personally find difficult. I have wondered if we could attract sponsorship somehow, to allow a couple of us to attend events like this / the main Apereo conference / European events, but that idea doesn't have any traction in reality at the moment...

I'll happily relay any feedback to Ian.

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From: projects at apereo.org<mailto:projects at apereo.org> [mailto:projects at apereo.org] On Behalf Of Ian Dolphin
Sent: 18 December 2014 11:35
To: projects at apereo.org<mailto:projects at apereo.org>
Subject: [apereo-projects] Unconference: Nature and Timing

I have continued to discuss the nature and timing of the 2015 unconference with interested members of our community.

The following suggestions have emerged from those discussions. It would be very valuable to have feedback from software community, project governance bodies and regional groups before we proceed with further planning.

1] it was felt that a face to face event had genuine value, but that the event should be re-focussed to more closely serve the needs of software developer communities within Apereo. The emphasis would be on providing space for working project meetings, and accompanying the space with essential infrastructure (good WIFI, beer and pizza were all mentioned).
There would be an allowance of time for an element of cross project communication on topic/s that were agreed in advance or arose at the meeting, but this would be minimal, and the focus would be on allowing projects to set their own agendas and meet their own needs. To make the nature of the event clear, it would be rebranded either as Apereo Developer Community Days, North American Apereo Developer Community Days or similar.

2] The event would continue to be located at a higher ed institution, to keep costs as low as possible. Locations with rich telepresence facilities would be preferred, to allow remote participation - particularly for those outside North America.

3] We want to get the timing right for as many software communities and projects as possible. February-May is usually crowded with a series of events organized by software communities and projects, or by national or regional groups. It was felt that to keep sufficient distance from the June Open Apereo Conference, the following timeframes should be considered -

Early November
Early December
Mid January

There was a substantial lobby for the event to be somewhere warm. I'm very open to alternative suggestions and rationales.

I'd be very grateful if you could discuss on your PMC or other governance body and provide feedback. We want this event to work for you and your community, but we do need that feedback to accomplish this.


Best


Ian


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