<div>As you may have seen, there will be a full-day hackergarten (hackfest / workshop) at Devoxx 2012 [1]. I saw in the logs that you were discussing it at the end of today's meeting. I'd definitely like to see the Forge project represented there. It's a great opportunity for attendees to get hands on with Forge and to get more people interested in contributing.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm looking for a few things:</div><div><br></div><div>- thumbs up that you want Forge involved</div><div>- a list of people that would like to be mentors (looking for 1 to 3 people)</div><div><br>
</div><div>To make the event successful you should perhaps create a wiki (or website) page that has:</div><div><br></div><div>- a link to a setup guide so participants are ready to start hacking</div><div>- a list of ideas / goals to accomplish; the starter tasks are good for this, or perhaps tutorials (to build experience)</div>
<div><br></div><div>As far as Forge is concerned, I think the focus of the event should be to get people familiar with using Forge and either writing plugins (easier goal) or hacking the core (more lofty goal).</div><div>
<br></div><div>Btw, the hackergarten is a good opportunity to give out mini-cards, buttons or whatever else you have to distribute.</div><div><br></div>-Dan<div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="http://www.devoxx.com/display/DV12/2012/09/25/More+Space+and+Content">http://www.devoxx.com/display/DV12/2012/09/25/More+Space+and+Content</a><br clear="all">
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