Loco community involvement in App Development

Registered by Daniel Holbach

Meeting agenda and possible work items to think about:
- Complete course material.
- Schedule Ubuntu Global Jam early.
- Actively reach out to LoCo teams and existing app developers and give instructions on how to tutor new app devs.
- Follow up with teams to get feedback.
- train the trainers session? -- NOT INITIALLY
- involvement at UOW/UADW?

Blueprint information

Status:
Not started
Approver:
Jono Bacon
Priority:
Undefined
Drafter:
Daniel Holbach
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
Daniel Holbach
Definition:
New
Series goal:
Accepted for trusty
Implementation:
Unknown
Milestone target:
None

Related branches

Sprints

Whiteboard

A little coment: as soon as the materials are done, we need to promote the translation of the materials.

Notes:
 - guidelines
 - identify a couple of teams in the beginning, work with them closely
 - identify key app developers, ask if they'd be interested in leading a session
 - have a call to **app developers** on the G+ community
 - take pictures, etc.
 - promote event on developer.u.c

Required materials:
- Full day workshop
- Short (2h) workshop
- VirtualBox image
- Offline tutorial

(?)

Work Items

Work items for ubuntu-13.12:
[dholbach] write doc to explain how to prepare an app dev school (download virtualbox, iso, the presentations, etc.) to not depend on the net: TODO
[dholbach] prepare content for USB stick (http://people.canonical.com/~dholbach/tmp/apps-presentations/): DONE
[dholbach] get workshop slides ready for general consumption: DONE
[jonobacon] identify set of developers to run first five events: TODO
[dholbach] write up instructions for the event, reminder to take pictures, collect feedback: TODO

Work items for ubuntu-14.01:
[ubuntu-lococouncil] Assist initial developers in coordinating with local leadership for planning events: TODO
[mhall119] post confirmed events to developer.ubuntu.com: TODO
[ubuntu-lococouncil] cross-post confirmed events to the LoCo Council blog: TODO
[ubuntu-lococouncil] Assist local teams and initial developers in posting confirmed events to LoCo Portal: TODO
[dholbach] collect feedback: TODO
[dholbach] send mail to LoCo list about weekend of DocumentationString Freeze for UGJ (22/23 Mar): TODO