[WMF-outreach-staff] Current state of Wikimania hackathon organizing (and stepping up as lead)

[Asheesh Laroia]

Excerpts from James Hare's message of Fri Jun 22 18:57:24 -0400 2012:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Asheesh Laroia <asheesh at asheesh.org> wrote:
> > I notice that on https://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizing_team
> > there's no specific people dedicated to organizing the hackathon. I want to
> > step up to be the lead organizer, but I don't want to step on anyone's toes.
> 
> By all means!

Cool!

> > From what I gather, looking at
> > https://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon , no one has invited
> > people to give specific tutorials yet, or created a concrete schedule.
> > That's fine for a free-form hackathon.
> >
> > I'm interested in adding a lot more structure to things -- including finding
> > and training volunteers to help make that work -- so that people who show up
> > have a lot more clarity on what they can do that helps push the
> > Wikimedia/MediaWiki tech world forward.
> 
> I will get you a list of room assignments that will be at your disposal.

Rocking. It'd be great to know how big the rooms are, too, and if you can
link to a map of the campus to get a sense of where the rooms are, that
would rule as well.

-- Asheesh.