MeetingAgenda

Current Tasks

Amit

• Task	Status	Due
  ULT handout	Done	Sep 3
  ULT workbook	in-progress	Sep 3
  ULT slides	in-progress	Sep 15
  Review App	in-progress	Sep 11

Puneeth

• Task	Status	Due
  FOSSEE Flier	Done	Sep 5
  Advanced Python Handout	in-progress	Sep 15
  Quick Ref for Workshops(first cut)	in-progress	Sep 7

Nishanth

• Task	Status	Due
  Scripts of spoken tutorials	in-progress	Sep 8
  Videos of first two spoken tutorials	Not Started	Sep 10
  Advanced Python handout	in-progress	Sep 15
  Advanced Python workbook	Not Started	Sep 15
  Advanced Python slides	Not Started	Sep 30

Madhu

• Task	Status	Due
  TDD HandOut	In-progress	Sept 3
  TDD Workbook	In-progress	Sept 3
  TDD slides	Not started	Sept 15
  SciPy.in CfP	In progress	Sept 10
  PyCON	As it comes	--

Anoop Jacob Thomas

• Task	Status	Due
  Live Python 10.09	Done	Sept 1
  Basic Python Hand-out	In-progress	Sept 10
  Basic Python Workbook	In-progress	Sept 10
  Basic Python slides	Not started	Sept 15

Meeting Notes for [2010-09-03 Fri]

Attended by

• Amit
• Anoop
• Bhanukiran
• Madhu
• Nishanth
• PR
• Puneeth

Time

• [2010-09-03 Fri 12:30]--[2010-09-03 Fri 14:15]

Amit

• Update the events page.
• Review App

  • done with JavaScript

  • working on the builder [2010-09-11 Sat]
    • document your process
• ULT
  • Handout - DONE
  • Workbook - [2010-09-06 Mon]

Anoop

• SEES - [2010-09-15 Wed]
  • Handout
  • Workbook
  • Slides

• LivePython

  • Done
• Sage Days wrapping up [2010-09-10 Fri]
  • sending out DDs
  • get the addresses and stuff
  • payments
  • Report

Bhanu

• Video conversion

Madhu

• New strategy for workshops
  • Discuss about workshop structure when Asokan
• SEES
  • Nose vs. unit test framework
    • too many options?
  • Handout - DONE
  • Workbook - [2010-09-03 Fri]

Nishanth

• Spoken Tutorials
  • Reviews
  • We want level 0 published.
  • What is the feedback
    • User feedback
    • Integrated into spoken-tutorials site
  • All the scripts ready by [2010-09-08 Wed]
  • 2 videos should be ready [2010-09-10 Fri]
  • Ideas
    • We need a promotional video
    • Make a spoken tutorial on making a spoken tutorial.
    • What to do for dubbing? How?
• SEES
• Sage Server
  • Take a machine and try it out.

Puneeth

• Get FOSSEE handout ready [2010-09-03 Fri]
• Workshops
  • Confirm who is going to Next workshops
• Quick refs - first cut [2010-09-07 Tue]
  • plotting
  • arrays
  • scipy stuff
  • additional help
• Advanced python along with Nishanth

Misc

• New Web structure
  • central site with common stuff.
  • py.fossee.in, sage.fossee.in, scilab.fossee.in
    • check if something intelligent do-able w.r.t redirection
      • from old pages.
  • Discuss this when Asokan is here.

• Have a help@fossee.in mailing list

  • any questions can be discussed here.
  • questions can be redirected to appropriate lists
• Hiring Pradeepto?
• RMS event
  • FOSSEE handout
    • one page
    • what are we
      • who is funding this project?
    • where are we
      • logos
      • fossee, scilab
      • links to each of those.
    • what we do?
      • workshops
      • conferences
      • spoken tutorials
      • sprints
    • what we can do for you?
      • workshops
      • we'll courier you dvds
    • uesful links.
    • Quick ref
    • jobs, info, #fossee
  • SAGE handout
  • DVD
• What license are we using?
  • Needs to be discussed next week.

MoM: 20 Aug, 2010

• Hiring - Punch
  • Check with IRCC about advertisements
  • Check with Asokan - hiring mail, advertisements
• Textbook Champion - Anoop
  • Work to be delegated to Banukiran
  • Coordinate with Banukiran
  • Help him set up things
  • Chalk out a plan
  • Decide upon the courses
  • Figure out honorarium for contributors/students
  • Create a standard document for the entire process
  • Try to get interns at their own cost
  • Honorarium can be paid
• Hiring Banukiran
  • Tansa room is blocked
  • Tansa room will be available from this Sunday
  • Banukiran is joining on 1st September
• Test App - Amit
  • Done
  • Needs to be tested
  • There should be interface to add, delete and edit questions
  • Should be testable
  • If the test is to be manual evaluated, app should give interface
    • to do it
  • Needs to be up for next workshop
  • Deadline - 1st of October
• Review app
  • Deadline - 10th of September
  • Has to be deployable with Documentation
  • Make it a release
• Wiki - Punch
  • Update schedules
  • ACL for FOSSEE group for these schedules
  • PR should create a login
• Spoken tutorials - Nishanth
  • Get the first version ready by getting it reviewed from PR
  • Deadline - 27th August
• Sage server
  • Get a machine
  • Run the Sage server on it

MoM: 17 Aug, 2010

• Review app - Amit
• Test app - Amit

• LivePython DVD - Anoop

  • Install Java for running 3D plots in Sage
• Textbook - Anoop
  • Bunch of text books to be converted in the campus
    • 2 day crunched up workshop for IIT-B students
    • Contact instructors of courses
    • Get students to convert the text books
    • Get the work reviewed by the instructor
    • Organize sprints once in a fortnight
    • Pay the students
    • Contact Banukiran
• SEES - Madhu
  • Plan the course of action for SEES
  • Target for Winter vacation
  • Talk to students
  • Sprints with Sage
    • Should involve using hg as exercise
    • Chose a bug and fix it or solve a text book problem
    • Use hg to create the patch
    • Upload to trac too
• Sage workshop - Madhu with PA
  • Restructure entire workshop to use Sage notebook than IPython
  • Discuss with Asokan sir about it and make a plan
• Blog post about "Why it is cool to work at FOSSEE?" - Nishanth
• Spoken Tutorials - Nishanth
  • Plan the course of action
  • Report the status of workshop spoken tutorials
• Sage Champion - Nishanth
  • Setup a Sage server for IITB
  • Maintain it
  • Help others setup server

• PyTasks - Nishanth

  • Ask Ganesh to take one text book and convert it to Sage
  • Go through this entire process on paper (meaning mails)
  • Document the process

  • Restructure PyTask to simulate this process

• Hiring - Puneeth
  • Wide circulation of mails
    • All possible mailing lists
    • People who have shown interest previously
  • Hiring should be based type of the work
    • Writers/Editors - preferably people with BA degree
    • Event Manager
    • Project Manager
    • Instructional Designer
    • Graphic Designer
  • Check with IRCC with Deepak's help as to how we can hire Diploma
    • holder's and people who don't hold a degree
  • When can we see new faces?
  • Check with Ganesh as to how he can help
• Quickref - Puneeth
  • For everything covered in the workshop

  • Must be package based - Matplotlib, NumPy, SciPy

• Organizing and managing workshops - Puneeth
  • Re-initiate all the requests
• Miscellaneous
  • Honorarium to be paid to Kamal for Logo design - PR and Madhu
  • Kamal can't be hired since he doesn't hold a degree
  • Review hiring write-up - PR and Puneeth