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Technical FAD in Sao Paulo

About

Planned to happen close to the Fedora 19 Beta Release this Technical FAD is the event promoted by Brazilian contributors during the FY14.

Objectives

In this meeting we're going to have hands on sessions presented about how to get engaged and contribute with Fedora, with focus in requirements and process. This sessions are going to take part of FAD time and will be presented by Brazilian Fedora Contributors and Red Hat employees. The remaining time will be spent working in QA activities and bug reporting for Fedora 19 Beta.

Furthermore, our intention to create a mentorship program so that new contributors can have their progress assisted by other experienced volunteers.

Deliverable

There are some expected deliverable for this Fedora Activity Day:

  • Have new contributors properly enabled to collaborate, i.e with functional FAS accounts, personal wiki pages and enrolled with the sub projects
  • Determine mentors for each new contributors so that they work and progress can be followed
  • During part of FAD we're going to work in QA activities for Fedora 19 Beta
  • Find adopters for orphan packages in FAD
  • In the end of the event we're going to discuss the participation in other conferences during FY14

Organization Team

Date and Location

Date & Time

  • Date: Saturday, June 1st 2013
  • Time: 09:00 - 19:00 (1200 UTC - 2100 UTC)

Location

This FAD will take place at Red Hat Brazil Office in Sao Paulo, in a meeting room with capacity for 20-25 people. Tables, chairs, power chords and WiFi will be available in the place and participants just need to bring their laptops running Fedora.

Red Hat Brazil

Faria Lima, 3900 - 8º Andar

Itaim Bibi, Sao Paulo SP

Getting there

Parking

IMPORTANT: We don't encourage anyone to use the parking at the building where Red Hat Brazil is, because it's really expensive. It's possible to find affordable places to park in the neighborhood, such as the Gas Station in front of the Office. You've been warned! :)

Program

Schedule

Time Title Abstract Speaker(s)
09:00 Arrival and self introduction
11:00 Making things happen - How to contribute to Fedora A presentation about the several ways to contribute to Fedora Project Leonardo Vaz
12:00 Lunch Interval
14:00 Contributing to Fedora and Upstream A Red Hat developer explains how to contribute to Fedora and other Upstream projects Sergio Durigan Jr
15:00 Fedora Packaging How to become a Fedora Packager Itamar Peixoto
18:00 Fedora Meeting

Fedora Meeting Schedule

Activities planned for FY14

Event or activity Responsible Date Place Status
Collaboration FAD in Buenos Aires Leonardo Vaz TBA (possibly in June) Buenos Aires/Argentina Work in Progress
Fedora Booth at FISL14 Leonardo Vaz 3rd to 6th of July Porto Alegre/Brazil Work in Progress
Attendees at FudCon LATAM 2013 Peruvillian Ambassadors Team TBA Lima/Peru Work in Progress
Fedora participation in Latinoware TBA Foz do Iguaçu/Brazil Work in Progress
Fedora Activity Day in Sao Paulo Ramilton 9th of November Sao Paulo/Brazil Work in Progress

Attendees

Who can participate in this FAD?

Any Fedora contributor and/or Red Hat employee are invited to place their names in the list bellow.

Important: Only enroll if you alread have a valid account in Fedora Account System as well your own profile page in Fedora Users Wiki!!

# Participant City Affiliation Comment Show up?
1 Leonardo Vaz Sao Paulo Red Hat / Fedora Alive and kicking! Yes
2 Claudio Penasio Jr. Sao Paulo Fedora Ambassadors - Yes
3 Allan Roque Sao Paulo Red Hat fedora++ Yes
4 Rafael Dini Sao Paulo Red Hat No
5 Itamar Peixoto Uberlândia/MG Fedora Ambassadors Yes
6 Hugo Cisneiros Sao Paulo Fedora Ambassadors Long time no see! Yes
7 Mauricio Teixeira Sao Paulo Red Hat Talk to my lawyer Yes
8 Priscila Veiga Sao Paulo Red Hat Doh! Yes
9 Sergio Durigan Jr Campinas Red Hat / Fedora Yes
10 Leticia Canuto Uberlândia/MG Fedora Ambassadors No
11 Germán A. Racca São José dos Campos/SP Fedora Packager Yes
12 Aslan Carlos São Paulo/SP Fedora Show me the code! Yes
13 Marcelo Gigliotti São Paulo/SP No
14 Marcos Sungaila Sao Paulo Red Hat / Fedora Yes
15 Kleber Rocha Sao Paulo Fedora User No
16 Samuel Tauil Sao Paulo Red Hat Yes

Funding Required

Travel

Description Cost USD Cost BRL
Busfare for Itamar Peixoto US$ 125.00 R$ 250.00
Sandwiches and drinks for Lunch (25 people) US$ 100.00 R$ 200.00
Total US$ 225.00 R$ 500.00
  • Considering USD 1.00 = BRL 2.00

Status

Task Responsible Status Comments
Confirm the date and venue for FAD Leonardo Vaz Finished Date changed to suit it to adjust Fedora 19 Beta Release
Raise costs & budget Sergio Durigan Finished Ticket's opened
Define FAD program Leonardo Vaz Finished Program changed to fit in FAD guidelines
Provide information in the wiki Leonardo Vaz Finished
Allocate rooms for the meeting Leonardo Vaz Finished
Invite participants Leonardo Vaz Finished The invitation is going to be extended to fedora-users mailing

Reports