FAD Fedora Talk 2009

Purpose

 * 1) To code-sprint our way to a better Fedora Talk system, complete with the following primary goals:
 * 2) * On-demand recording and publishing (or at least dumping into a holding pen)
 * 3) * Streaming capability for live events (it completely works + documentation on exactly how to set it up and operate at a live events)
 * 4) In addition, we will attempt to complete the following secondary goals as time allows:
 * 5) * On-demand conference room setup and teardown
 * 6) * More control over conference room details (moderation, muting, etc.)
 * 7) * Better web interface for some limited functionality
 * 8) To spread knowledge and awareness of the Asterisk system's capabilities among a pool of people empowered to continue improvements in the future.
 * 9) Document configuration of various clients.  Jared will bring a suitcase full of different phones to assist in documenting configuration of clients.
 * 10) Clean up all the FedoraTalk tickets in the Infrastructure Trac queue by:
 * 11) * adding a current status to all the tickets with go forward plan(s)
 * 12) * closing as many tickets as possible

Detailed Work Items & Final Attendees

 * See FAD_Fedora_Talk_2009_game_plan

Planning 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:  Fredericksburg, VA
 * 2) Date: Oct 23-25 (Fri-Sun)
 * 3) Schedule
 * 4) * Participants arrive Day 0 (Thu)
 * 5) * Hack on Day 1-2 (Fri/Sat)
 * 6) * Participants leave Day 3 (Sun)
 * 7) Important skills (one or more)
 * 8) * Asterisk
 * 9) * Python
 * 10) * TurboGears
 * 11) * GStreamer
 * 12) * Planning/design
 * 13) Personnel (people who might fit the bill)
 * 14) * Jared Smith (VA)
 * 15) * Paul Frields (VA)
 * 16) * Jeff Ollie (IA)
 * 17) * John Poelstra (OR)
 * 18) * Ian Weller (KS)
 * 19) * Mike McGrath (IL - going to be remote if that's ok)
 * 20) * Jon Stanley (NY)
 * 21) * others?
 * 22) Other considerations
 * 23) * Jared needs as much advance notice as possible. His October is much busier than September right now.
 * 24) * Jared is better able to do Friday/Saturday than Saturday/Sunday
 * 25) * May need to bring this in very cheaply, meaning minimize travel costs overall: play it by the numbers.
 * 26) * Jeff Ollie can't do September, period, only second weekend in October or later.
 * 27) * Need to coordinate airport arrivals for everyone. RIC is preferred due to traffic from/to IAD and WAS.

Logistics
Snacks/Beverages: The office co-working site we're using has goodies available for $0.50 (honor system).

Lunch: We'll order from a nearby vendor and have lunch delivered, to keep the activity and momentum going.

Dinner: We'll head out to Fredericksburg at least one night for dinner. There is a possibility of a homemade dinner from Mrs. FPL one night, but if that falls through we'll have no trouble finding a second dinner location. ;-)

Budget

 * 1) Airfare:  $1,343
 * 2) Hotel:  ~$330  ((~$91/night + tax) * 3 nights * 1 dbl occupancy rooms)
 * 3) * Hilton Garden Inn Fredericksburg
 * 4) Space: We're using the BusinessPlayce office's small conference room on Friday and Saturday.  Any night-time gatherings will be at Paul's place, or location TBD. (cost, $250)

Total budget: $1923