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This is the main page for the Fedora Council 2024 Hackfest. The purpose of the 2024 Council Hackfest is to forge a path forward for the Fedora 2028 Strategy.
At a glance:
- Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Red Hat Amsterdam office)
- Dates: 6-9 February 2024
- Travel itinerary:
- Participants arrive on Monday, 5 February
- Participants leave on Saturday, 10 February
Participants
| No | Name | FAS | Role | Origin location funded from/to | Remote? | Day 1 (Tue, 6 Feb) | Day 2 (Wed, 7 Feb) | Day 3 (Thu, 8 Feb) | Day 4 (Fri, 9 Feb) |
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| 1 | Justin W. Flory | jflory7 | Community Architect | Brussels, BE | no |  |
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| 2 | Matthew Miller | mattdm | Project Leader | Brussels, BE | no | |
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| 3 | Aoife Moloney | amoloney | Operations Architect | Brussels, BE | no | |
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| 4 | Sumantro Mukherjee | sumantrom | Elected Representative | Kolkata, IN | no | |
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| 5 | Akashdeep Dhar | t0xic0der | Elected Representative | Kolkata, IN | no | |
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| 6 | David Cantrell | dcantrell | Engineering Representative | Boston, MA, US | no | |
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| 7 | Alberto Rodríguez Sánchez | bt0dotninja | Mindshare Representative | N/A | yes | |
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| 8 | Jona Azizaj | jonatoni | DEI Advisor | Tirana, AL | no |  |
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| 9 | Fernando Fernandez Mancera | ffmancera | Initiative Co-Lead | Brussels, BE | no | |
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| 10 | Smera Goel | smeragoel | Initiative Co-Lead | N/A | yes | |
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Schedule
All times in local time (CET / UTC+1).
Monday, 5 February 2024
Travel and arrival day. Welcome!
- 19:00: (optional) Welcome dinner and catching-up conversations before starting on the next day
Tuesday, 6 February 2024
- 09:00: (Holiday Inn Express) Departure, walk to RH Amsterdam office
- 09:15: Arrival at RH Amsterdam office, Young Meeting Room (need RH badge for entry)
- 09:30: High-level refresh: goals for hackfest and current day schedule
- 10:00: Primary Goal 1
- 12:30: Lunch
- 14:00: Primary Goal 1
- 17:00: Quick retrospective, re-confirm next day schedule
- 17:30: Depart from RH Amsterdam office
Wednesday, 7 February 2024
- 09:00: (Holiday Inn Express) Departure, walk to RH Amsterdam office
- 09:15: Arrival at RH Amsterdam office, Fleury Meeting Room (need RH badge for entry)
- 09:30: High-level refresh: goals for hackfest and current day schedule
- 10:00: Primary Goal 2
- 12:30: Lunch
- 14:00: Primary Goal 2
- 17:00: Quick retrospective, re-confirm next day schedule
- 17:30: Depart from RH Amsterdam office
Thursday, 8 February 2024
- 09:00: (Holiday Inn Express) Departure, walk to RH Amsterdam office
- 09:15: Arrival at RH Amsterdam office, Fleury Meeting Room (need RH badge for entry)
- 09:30: High-level refresh: goals for hackfest and current day schedule
- 10:00: Primary Goal 3
- 12:30: Lunch
- 14:00: Primary Goal 3
- 17:00: Quick retrospective, re-confirm next day schedule
- 17:30: Depart from RH Amsterdam office
Friday, 9 February 2024
- 09:00: (Holiday Inn Express) Departure, walk to RH Amsterdam office
- 09:15: Arrival at RH Amsterdam office, Fleury Meeting Room (need RH badge for entry)
- 09:30: High-level refresh: goals for hackfest and current day schedule
- 10:00: Parking Lot (leftover topics from Primary Goals, Secondary Goals as time allows)
- 12:30: Lunch
- 14:00: Parking Lot (leftover topics from Primary Goals, Secondary Goals as time allows)
- 17:00: Final retrospective and summary of hackfest
- 17:30: Depart from RH Amsterdam office
Saturday, 10 February 2024
Travel and departure day. Safe travels home!
Purpose
The purpose of the Fedora Council 2024 Hackfest is accomplish the following:
- Example 1
- Example 2
- Example 3
Impact
- Vision: An abstract idea of where we want to go.
- Mission: A more concrete picture of how we get to the vision.
Why this vision and mission?
- Supporting evidence 1
- Supporting evidence 2
- Supporting evidence 3
Primary goals
Primary goals are our most urgent tasks that set the minimum bar for what we want to accomplish.
Example Goal 1
- Goal: One-sentence summary of what we want to accomplish.
- Success metric: The metric we use to know whether we accomplished this goal or not.
Descriptive text to provide more details about the goal and why it is important.
Example Goal 2
- Goal: One-sentence summary of what we want to accomplish.
- Success metric: The metric we use to know whether we accomplished this goal or not.
Descriptive text to provide more details about the goal and why it is important.
Example Goal 3
- Goal: One-sentence summary of what we want to accomplish.
- Success metric: The metric we use to know whether we accomplished this goal or not.
Descriptive text to provide more details about the goal and why it is important.
Secondary goals
Secondary goals are other important tasks that are valuable to discuss in person, but are not defined as "mission critical" for the success of the hackfest. How much time we get to cover secondary goals depends on how much ground we cover with the primary goals.
Example Goal 1
- Goal: One-sentence summary of what we want to accomplish.
- Success metric: The metric we use to know whether we accomplished this goal or not.
Descriptive text to provide more details about the goal and why it is important.
Example Goal 2
- Goal: One-sentence summary of what we want to accomplish.
- Success metric: The metric we use to know whether we accomplished this goal or not.
Descriptive text to provide more details about the goal and why it is important.
Logistics
Logistics and event execution details for the hackfest.
Budget
This table represents the total event budget. Note that the amount proposed below is final, i.e. a sponsored attendee will NOT be reimbursed for more than what is written below.
Please estimate all prices in USD. Use latest market rates for approximate conversions from EUR to USD on xe.com.
| No | Name | FAS | Airfare and/or rail ($USD) | Hotel ($USD) | Incidentals¹ ($USD) | Total ($USD) | Comments |
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| 1 | Matthew Miller | mattdm | N/A | $805 | $TBD | $805 | |
| 2 | Aoife Moloney | amoloney | N/A | $805 | $TBD | $805 | |
| 3 | Sumantro Mukherjee | sumantrom | $1350 | $805 | $300 | $2455 | |
| 4 | Akashdeep Dhar | t0xic0der | $1367 | $805 | $300 | $2472 | |
| 5 | David Cantrell | dcantrell | $761.10 | $805 | $TBD | $805 | |
| 6 | Jona Azizaj | jonatoni | $450 | $805 | $TBD | $1255 | |
| 7 | Fernando Fernandez Mancera | ffmancera | $TBD | $805 | $TBD | $805 | |
| Totals | -- | -- | $3928.10 | $5635 | $600 | $9402 | -- |
¹ — Taxi, meals, visas, travel insurance, other minor incidentals. Confirm other expense types with Community Architect before proposing here.
Q&A
- Is this realistic to accomplish?
- Answer here.
- Does everyone need to be in the same room for this to happen?
- Answer here.
- What happens if this hackfest does not happen?
- Answer here.
External links
- Issue #469: Fedora Council Hackfest 2024 - tickets - Pagure.io
- Fedora-Council/tickets ticket #469: Fedora Council Hackfest 2024 - Fedora Discussion