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BrickHack Hackathon, 2016

In progress
This event is still being reviewed and not yet official.

Dates/Location

Saturday, March 5th and Sunday, March 6th, 2016
Rochester Institute of Technology
1 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623-5603
Google Maps: Rochester Institute of Technology
Air to Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC)

Event Description

BrickHack is an annual hackathon event at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where students from around the country flock to RIT for a weekend of programming and contest. They create things, solve practical problems, compete for prizes, and interact with sponsors. As of January 28th, 2016, there are over 500 people confirmed and registered to attend. There is still another month of registration.

Google's definition of a hackathon: an event, typically lasting several days, in which a large number of people meet to engage in collaborative computer programming.

Why attend this event? RIT is a school known for its participation in open source and is one of the only schools in the country to have a Free and Open Source Software minor. At this event, there are possibly more than five hundred students from around the country who are passionate and interested in programming or development. This event also has an open source category, giving students a chance to either become more exposed to open source software or share their enthusiasm with others. This is a great opportunity for Fedora to make an impact at a university level, following along with the University Involvement Initiative set forth by the Fedora Council.

Justin W. Flory is a student at RIT and can help support the event as a locale.

Event Owners

Justin W. Flory

Fedora Representatives

Justin W. Flory (local)
Charles Profitt (local) [not confirmed]
Remy DeCausemaker [not confirmed]
Corey Sheldon
Mark Terranova

More to come… (?)

Event Schedule

Saturday, 5th: Morning, check-in
Sunday, 6th: Evening, check-out

Detailed schedules to come closer to the event.

Ideas / Brainstorming

Sponsorship slots run at $500 or $1000 slots, also higher tiers
- Negotiated price: $1,200 for a table, branding on BrickHack merchandise, and permission to bring BrickHack mentors (to help troubleshoot and give advice on coding)
- Part of deal includes being the sponsor of the Open Source category at the event
Mentors welcome and encouraged (if you can code, there are ways for you to help represent Fedora as a knowledgeable programmer)
We need an event box
Swag to give out: pens, stickers, media?
Ideas to specifically appeal to college students to open source / Linux / Fedora?

Important Deadlines

2016-02-07: Final deadline for sponsorships (can be flexible…)
Logo authorization?

Event Budget

Item	Cost	Comments
Sponsorship	$1,200	Trac Ticket, Sponsorship Info
Shipping of event box	$TBD
Swag, media, flyers	$TBD
Travel subsidies	$75+

Travel Subsidy Requests

Travel Subsidy Requests
Each attendee requesting travel subsidies for the event should be listed here including the information requested in Sponsoring Event Attendees.

Corey Sheldon: $75
Mark Terranova: $TBD

Event Report

N/A

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 = BrickHack Hackathon, 2016 =
-{{admon/important | Not approved | This event is not approved and is not official. The current form of this event is as a proposal. }}
+{{admon/important | In progress | This event is still being reviewed and not yet official. }}
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 == Fedora Representatives ==
-* [[User:Jflory7|Justin W. Flory]]
+* [[User:Jflory7|Justin W. Flory]] (''local'')
-* [[User:Decause|Remy DeCausemaker]] (not confirmed)
+* [[User:Cprofitt|Charles Profitt]] (''local'') [not confirmed]
+* [[User:Decause|Remy DeCausemaker]] [not confirmed]
+* [[User:Corey84|Corey Sheldon]]
+* [[User:Markdude|Mark Terranova]]
 More to come… (?)
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 == Ideas / Brainstorming ==
 * [https://brickhack.io/assets/BrickHack_Sponsorship_Information-e005e439586be8be1728b75dba60cda1bb037c65ef20576c3736272ee794f877.pdf Sponsorship slots] run at $500 or $1000 slots, also higher tiers
-** Tables cost $3000+ sponsorship level, but this can be negotiated down (in process of trying to confirm table at $1000 level)
+** Negotiated price: $1,200 for a table, branding on BrickHack merchandise, and permission to bring BrickHack mentors (to help troubleshoot and give advice on coding)
-* Discussed with BrickHack organizer that there will be an open source category; a sponsor can "sponsor" a category, so Fedora could sponsor the open source part of the hackathon
+** Part of deal includes being the sponsor of the '''Open Source''' category at the event
 * Mentors welcome and encouraged (if you can code, there are ways for you to help represent Fedora as a knowledgeable programmer)
 * We need an event box
 * Swag to give out: pens, stickers, media?
+* Ideas to specifically appeal to college students to open source / Linux / Fedora?
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 ! Item !! Cost !! Comments
 |-
-| Sponsorship || $500 / $1000+ || [https://fedorahosted.org/famna/ticket/131 Trac Ticket], [https://brickhack.io/assets/BrickHack_Sponsorship_Information-e005e439586be8be1728b75dba60cda1bb037c65ef20576c3736272ee794f877.pdf Sponsorship Info]
+| Sponsorship || $1,200 || [https://fedorahosted.org/famna/ticket/131 Trac Ticket], [https://brickhack.io/assets/BrickHack_Sponsorship_Information-e005e439586be8be1728b75dba60cda1bb037c65ef20576c3736272ee794f877.pdf Sponsorship Info]
 |-
 | Shipping of event box || $TBD ||
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 | Swag, media, flyers || $TBD ||
 |-
-| Travel subsidies || $TBD ||
+| Travel subsidies || $75+ ||
 |}
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 == Travel Subsidy Requests ==
 {{admon/note|Travel Subsidy Requests|Each attendee requesting travel subsidies for the event should be listed here including the information requested in [[Sponsoring_event_attendees|Sponsoring Event Attendees]].}}
+* [[User:Corey84|Corey Sheldon]]: $75
+* [[User:Markdude|Mark Terranova]]: $TBD
 == Event Report ==

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