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This is the main page for the FAD UVCE Banglore 2017, which is a [[FAD]] (a mini-conference) focused on recruiting (and enabling the recruitment of) new testers and contributors to Fedora via the Fedora QA and various other DevOps projects like Ansible.  
This is the main page for the FAD UVCE Banglore 2017, which is a [[FAD]] (a mini-conference) focused on recruiting (and enabling the recruitment of) new testers and contributors to Fedora via the Fedora QA and various other DevOps projects like Ansible.  


*'''Location:''' UVCE , Bangalore
*'''Location:''' [https://goo.gl/maps/f4sgnnpSod42 UVCE , Bangalore]
*'''Dates:''' Feb 25, 2017  
*'''Dates:''' Feb 25, 2017  



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This is the main page for the FAD UVCE Banglore 2017, which is a FAD (a mini-conference) focused on recruiting (and enabling the recruitment of) new testers and contributors to Fedora via the Fedora QA and various other DevOps projects like Ansible.

Purpose

  • To introduce participants to Pagure , Fedora QA , Fedora infra .
  • To help them find the paths to their first contributions


Primary Goals

  1. Mentoring students to understand how they can start contributing and developing application on Fedora.
  2. Hands on on how to solve issues marked as wishful in Pagure
    • Engage New Contributors: Engage more contributors in Fedora testing (manual and automated)

Impact

The completion of these goals will create the following positive change within the project:

  • New contributions to QA and Bug Squash-ers
  • Establishing outreach within an academic institution to plan for a calendar of events
  • Explore the possibility of a SIG like structure to continue the work on Fedora


Attendees

Name Core Tasks Confirmed avail?
Sumantro Mukherjee Planning, Speaking Y
Kanika Murarka Planning, Speaking Y

Planning Prerequisites

  • Work out with college to provide basic infra
  • Write up wiki page with all the data
  • Creation of a signup sheet for the students
  • Opening CFP and announcing on mailing list
  • Finalize the speakers
  • Formalize Talks and workshops
  • Re-announcing on FedoraComm Blog and social channels
  • Report back with the data post event
  • Ask the storyteller for a final report on the event ( to be published on relevant channels like Fedora Planet , commblog and G+ group)
  • Follow up hangout call after 2 weeks.

Plan & Sessions

  1. Location: UVCE , Bangalore
  2. Date: 2017-02-28 , 10:30am - 4:30pm [Date and Timings are in IST]
  3. Schedule
  4. Room 1 (Classroom)
    • Talk on Pagure
    • Talk on Ansible
  5. Room 2 (Lab)
    • Workshop on OpenQA
    • Workshop on Fedora QA (covering release validation , update testing and writing test cases)
  6. Rest of the session depends on the CFP and local speakers interest.

Budget

Note that this event doesn't have any budget. If speakers are willing to pay for their own travel and accommodation, they are welcome.