FAD Fedora Talk 2009

Purpose

1. To code-sprint our way to a better Fedora Talk system, complete with:
   • On-demand recording and publishing (or at least dumping into a holding pen)
   • On-demand conference room setup and teardown
   • More control over conference room details (moderation, muting, etc.)
   • others?
2. To spread knowledge and awareness of the Asterisk system's capabilities among a pool of people empowered to continue improvements in the future.
3. Document configuration of various clients. Jared will bring a suitcase full of different phones to assist in documenting configuration of clients.

Prerequisites

• Need at least one subject matter expert
• Possibly a publictest instance for testing
• A venue to host (Fredericksburg, VA!)
• A couple O'Reilly Asterisk books sent to participants 30 days ahead, with reading recommendations

Plan

1. Location possibilities
   • Chicago, IL
   • Fredericksburg, VA
2. Date possibilities
   • Next to Summit, in Chicago, August 29-30 (Sat-Sun)?
   • Week after, in F'burg, Sept 11-12 (Fri-Sat)?
3. Schedule
   • Participants arrive Day 0
   • Hack on Day 1-2
   • Participants leave late Day 2 or 3
4. Important skills (one or more)
   • Asterisk
   • Python
   • TurboGears
   • GStreamer
   • Planning/design
5. Personnel (people who might fit the bill)
   • Jared Smith (VA)
   • Paul Frields (VA)
   • Jeff Ollie (IA)
   • John Poelstra (OR)
   • (infrastructure person?)
   • others?
6. Other considerations
   • Jared needs as much advance notice as possible. His October is much busier than September right now.
   • Jared can better do a weekend if he's out of town.
   • May need to bring this in very cheaply, meaning minimize travel costs overall: play it by the numbers.