[Ambassadors] Fedora Activity Day at SCaLE!

Scott Williams vwfoxguru at gmail.com
Wed Jan 8 22:43:37 UTC 2014


If enough would rather do mod_python, I'm totally fine with that as well.
That way we could utilize https://github.com/lmacken/photobooth.py for a
backend.  If we agree on the concept, we can handle the technical details
along the way.  If no one has any dissent, let's plan on this.

Scott


On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Clint Savage <herlo1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I prefer the latter, but that's because I think the goal of a FAD is to
> accomplish something directly beneficial to the Fedora Project. Building an
> interface that could help us better interact with the community could be
> fun and useful at more and more conferences. I'm not so adept at php/js but
> I can help build the backend pieces and would actually prefer to do
> something in Python+JS. However, even at that, I'd be interested in hooking
> up webcams to systems and ensuring they work for whatever kind of interface
> we build.
>
> Cheers,
>
> herlo
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Scott Williams <vwfoxguru at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> We're bringing back Fedora Activity Day at SCaLE!  My opinion is we have
>> two routes we can go:
>>
>> Traditionally, we expect a low technical curve.  This means that a
>> documentation project would be ideal.  I'd like this to be something we can
>> actually use and publish by the end of the day.  I can setup a github
>> repository for the collaboration point if we end up using something like
>> Publican, otherwise this will likely be a wiki ordeal.  For reference, in
>> the past we tackled Google Summer of Code:
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code
>>
>> The other option is we could allow for some technical chops and build
>> something for the Ambassadors.  One such idea would be to hack out a PHP+JS
>> web application for events as a kiosk for people who are interested in
>> becoming an ambassador (given the low attention span at an event, this may
>> be better than telling them to google our wiki) or would like someone from
>> our group to present at their college.  As a bonus pony, we could build
>> webcam integration so we can match a name to a face afterward.  Hopefully
>> there might be enough content and testing work for those who aren't web
>> coders.
>>
>> I'd like to push for the latter scenario, but would like to hear the
>> thoughts from the group.  Please let me know by end of week, so I can get
>> it published with the SCaLE group.
>>
>> Scott (vwbusguy)
>>
>>
>>
>>
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