[Pycon-sprints] Notes from today's meeting and alias for mentors

Tue May 9 13:53:42 EDT 2017

Great, thanks for the mega quick response! I'll plan accordingly.

On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 10:44 AM, Kushal Das <kushaldas at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Asheesh Laroia via Pycon-sprints
> <pycon-sprints at python.org> wrote:
> > Hi all! What if we don't have anyone at the table past noon Tuesday?
> >
> That is okay, most people will need help on Monday morning.
>
> Kushal
>
>
>
> > Rationale:
> >
> > - It looks like I might have to abandon table duty on Tuesday noon, due
> to
> > some work commitments.
> >
> > - Also presumably mostly people will have their questions answered by
> then.
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Only if it is Reese candies ;)
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> Ewa
> >> Director of Operations
> >> Python Software Foundation
> >> Cell: 415-319-5237
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 12:14 PM, Chalmer Lowe <chalmer.lowe at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> wow.
> >>> just wow.
> >>> ewa, can you be in all my meetings?
> >>> i can send you schedule.
> >>> i bring candy.
> >>> = )
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 6:50 AM Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi all,
> >>>>
> >>>> Below are the notes from today's call. Sorry if some are in such short
> >>>> form :)
> >>>>
> >>>> To summarize: We will do the Intro to Sprints Workshop over two days.
> >>>> Sunday evening for two hours for interactive lectures and Monday
> morning for
> >>>> 1.5 hours for answering any questions and having sprinters practice
> what
> >>>> they learned.
> >>>>
> >>>> Alias for mentors to use:  sprint-mentors at python.org. They can sign
> up
> >>>> here: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/sprint-mentors
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------------
> >>>> Notes from April 18, 2017 Call
> >>>>
> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------------
> >>>>
> >>>> Chalmer: Expand on what we have done the past two years
> >>>>
> >>>> Chalmer thinks that there was a lack of:
> >>>> Hands on during the sprints intro
> >>>> There was no presentation for visual learners
> >>>> Some people had prepped material but it was not in one place for
> people
> >>>> to access
> >>>>
> >>>> Chalmer suggests starting with:
> >>>> https://github.com/chalmerlowe/intro_to_sprinting
> >>>> Walk through presentation and do hands on, repeat
> >>>> Have mentors in the room to help answer questions
> >>>> Give them an hour to 1.5 hours to practice the skills and ask as many
> >>>> questions as possible
> >>>> 2 hours of interactive lectures and then 1.5 hours of practice
> >>>> After they finish that, they have the take away and they have links to
> >>>> references to learn more
> >>>> They tried it at PyOhio and then in Hawaii for the second time. They
> are
> >>>> trying it for the third time at a meet up in Hawaii
> >>>> Virtual env, packages in your ve, GitHub, forking projects, copy onto
> >>>> hard drive, committed, pushed, troubleshooting, merge and pushing it
> back
> >>>> up, pull request, since lather and repeat
> >>>> Asheesh: asked about material
> >>>> Asheesh: small groups thing instead of one large group
> >>>> Kushal: repo is good material, not too much info but has most relevant
> >>>> detail. Kushal is happy that it has been tried. Two major important
> points:
> >>>> it’s ok to walk out of a sprint and check out other sprints. Don’t be
> afraid
> >>>> to ask questions during the sprints.
> >>>> Chalmer: third item to add to that: The sprint leader is there to help
> >>>> you so don’t feel shy to ask help from them
> >>>> Chalmer: nuance for technical part: did not re-create documentation
> for
> >>>> everything and wanted to keep things small scale. Have pointers to
> learn
> >>>> more.
> >>>> Ewa: logistical needs: tables for typing. Maybe move to open space
> room?
> >>>> How many mentors do we need?
> >>>> Chalmer: what if we do it on Monday morning?
> >>>> Kushal: Sprint leaders may start in the morning and some people only
> >>>> stay for one day
> >>>> Chalmer: half of the workshop on Sunday and half of it on Monday.
> >>>> Ewa: good idea
> >>>> Asheesh: good idea. We will have monitors available on Sunday but less
> >>>> so on Monday because mentors will be working on sprints.
> >>>> Group decision to split between two days
> >>>> Chalmer: how do we get mentors? Blog/tweets? Request that we want them
> >>>> there for both parts (Sunday and Monday).
> >>>> Chalmer will create google form. Kushal will add it to his blog. Will
> >>>> get blog updated by EOD US time. Anything else we need to add?
> >>>> Chalmer: Kushal to add link to GitHub in blog post
> >>>> Ewa: to get space for both parts ironed out
> >>>> Chalmer: alias for mentors so we can send out updates?
> >>>> Ewa: ML?
> >>>> Chalmer: Separate ML for mentors, Ewa to create.
> >>>> Kushal: we can ping local python folks with blog?
> >>>> Asheesh: taking on table duty Monday and Tuesday
> >>>> Kushal: helping table duty on Monday
> >>>> Sprint Ambassador stickers again this year? Asheesh asks what was the
> >>>> value of this in 2016? Chalmer says it was announced at the intro
> workshop.
> >>>> Chalmer: we will be adding more pictures to the material to help
> people
> >>>> visualize.
> >>>>
> >>>> Best regards,
> >>>>
> >>>> Ewa
> >>>> Director of Operations
> >>>> Python Software Foundation
> >>>> Cell: 415-319-5237
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> >>>
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