View source for POSSE 2013-06 2A Sunday Etherpad

<strong>POSSE 2013-06</strong><br>=============<br><br><strong>Participants</strong><br><br>Heidi Ellis, Western New England University<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Was an animal science major</li><li>Has chocolate stashed in her hotel room</li><li>Brought wet wipes (perhaps she predicted the desert)</li><li>Lives about midway between Western NE U and Trinity, in a town that does not allow drive-throughs</li><li>Most valuable course in educational career: Typing</li></ul>Greg Hislop, Drexel University<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Does not do sticky</li><li>Does do chocolate</li><li>Has five children, ranging in age from 12 to 24 or so.</li></ul>Samuel A. Rebelsky, Grinnell College<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Grinnell College is in Iowa</li><li>Sam has 3 wonderful boys</li><li>Commute was a little rough... lots of plane delays, but arrived at Drexel at the same time as the group</li><li>Interested in using Ushahidi</li><li>To relax spends time with family - plays board games</li><li>Likes to read</li><li>Finds work relaxing ... (workaholic??)</li><li>Is color deficient so this system is challenging</li><li>Wants to talk to Sebastian about algorithmically generated art</li></ul>Ruth Suehle, Red Hat<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Used to dance ballet (and belly)</li><li>Writing a book on hacks for Raspberry Pi</li><li>Danced with lightening in a Tesla cage a week or so ago.</li><li>Has a full set of MassEffect</li><li>has clutzy and transparent child and another one who is a spelling bee winner&nbsp;</li><li>knows how to spelll Claddagh (also spelling bee winner)</li><li>Does not do sticky</li><li>Writes at Wired as &quot;Geek Mom&quot; <a href="http&#x3a;&#x2F;&#x2F;www&#x2e;wired&#x2e;com&#x2F;geekmom&#x2F;author&#x2F;ruth&#x2F;">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wired.com&#x2F;geekmom&#x2F;author&#x2F;ruth&#x2F;</a></li><li>Likes lovefeast coffee and cake</li></ul>Monisha Pulimood, The College of New Jersey<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Studied middle school in Kenya</li><li>Father works in Steel (which is why she was in Kenya)</li><li>Considering Ushahidi as a project because it may fit with a broader social&#x2F;environmental justice project that is the focus of her class.</li><li>Actually makes the time to relax</li><li>Did a really cool project having middle school students do participatory journalism and write programs (in Scratch) as part of their reporting.</li></ul>Cam Macdonell, Grant MacEwan University<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Owns a kilt</li><li>Only person here from Canada (how do you know?)</li><li>Has done some work on Ushahidi</li><li>Has never had sweet potatoes with marshmallows before.</li></ul>Lori Postner, Nassau Community College<br><ul class="bullet"><li>part of the foss2serve team, one of the PI&#x27;s</li><li>has a brother and sister who have both lived in California</li><li>Loves shoe shopping</li><li>Not a big fan of sweet potatoes covered in marshmallows&nbsp;</li><li>Does not do sticky</li></ul>Sonal Dekhane, Georgia Gwinnett College<br><ul class="bullet"><li>From Bombay, India originally</li><li>Went to college here, Tulane University in New Orleans</li><li>Was there during Katrina, evacuated 2 days ahead of the storm.</li></ul>Ben Coleman, Moravian College<br><ul class="bullet"><li>We both know Laurie King - she was his advisor, I&#x27;m cochairing a conference with her</li><li>is a great cook (as per his grad school friend)</li><li>avid cyclist\, all around great guy</li><li>does sticky, all the time</li><li>bribed matt to write that he is a great guy ($20)</li></ul>Peter Bui, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire<br><ul class="bullet"><li>finds the freedom and human interaction parts of his job very rewarding</li><li>Managing a super computer project&nbsp;</li><li>Teaches an undergradute programming course in Python and is using mercurial and Bitbucket to have students submit their work</li><li>Refuses to teach us how to pronounce his name</li></ul>Nannette Napier, Georgia Gwinnett College<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Original member of founding faculty at Gwinnett</li><li>is a great leader</li><li>Does not do sticky</li><li>Is a Pretty pretty princess</li></ul>JoAnne Taormina: Nassau Community College<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Survived hurricane Sandy (as did her institution)</li><li>Probably using OpenMRS as the open source software.&nbsp; Teaching independent study to students who only know Java.&nbsp; A bit nervous, but aren&#x27;t we all.</li><li>Commute was smooth.</li><li>Can&#x27;t count - typed four facts about first interview (but so did her interviewer)</li></ul>Kiranmai Bellam, Prairie View A &amp; M University<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Coordinator for international collaborations with India</li><li>Going to my home state in a couple of months</li><li>Skydove (past tense?) last year from 14K feet</li><li>Was terrified of the brown bread</li></ul>Patricia (Patti) Ord&#243;&#241;ez, University of Puerto Rico R&#237;o Piedras<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Taking trapeeze lessons</li><li>She is some type of absent minded profeesor, but cannot remember what the word is. Stoney ftw - consummate</li><li>Does sticky</li></ul>Darci Burdge - Nassau Community College<br><ul class="bullet"><li>lived in at least four different states growing up</li><li>father was in military</li><li>Can&#x27;t remember her github username</li><li>Loves homemade popcorn with butter so she must do sticky</li></ul>Karl Wurst, Worcester State University<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Went to Lehigh for 1.5 years during undergrad</li><li>Actually took longer to get his Ph.D. than Heidi did</li><li>&nbsp;Likes drawing diagrams</li><li>Also teaches Python</li><li>Likes to write down random facts he knows about other participants</li></ul><br>Ellen Zimmer, Edinboro<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Come from a family of academics</li><li>Avid fisher</li></ul>Matt Lang, Moravian College<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Not a big fan of sweet potatoes covered in marshmallows&nbsp;</li><li>is a hockey playing cat loving cook</li><li>AKA &quot;Matt from Moravian&quot;s</li><li>is an all around great guy</li></ul>Sebastian Benthall, UC Berkeley<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Graduate student studying data science</li><li>originally from CT</li><li>doesn&#x27;t really like San Francisco very much; likes berkeley much more</li><li>working on algorithmically generated art</li><li>Thought that &quot;Amish Mafia&quot; was maybe true to life</li><li>Pronounces his last name the same way Peter does (&quot;However you want&quot;)</li></ul>Becka Morgan Western Oregon University<br><ul class="bullet"><li>She wants to be a skydiver and paraglide off cliffs in Hawaii</li><li>She was a stage manager for a syndicated TV series named Divorce Court</li><li>She was the production supervisor for one of the first HBP flm series - First in Ten</li><li>Does not do sticky</li><li>Started tenure track position while she was in school, graduated recently and will go up for tenure in a couple of years.</li><li>insprired sticky... because she was dying to go to wash hands after eating the dessert and stated she does not do sticky</li><li>likes to make up facts about other participants</li></ul>Stoney Jackson, Western New England University<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Commutes an hour to this job for love</li><li>Wrote code for 5 hours on the train with Karl</li><li>plays guitar and piano</li><li>Feels like a pretty, pretty princess today</li></ul>John Sener, Sener Knowledge<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Just bought a Ford C-Max</li><li>went hiking in the NJ Pine Barrens today</li><li>knows a guy who wrote a book about Kepler</li><li>saw a Northern Black Racer</li></ul>Bill Mongan<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Has Claddagh ring</li><li>Is a private pilot</li><li>is on the teaching faculty in the CS department and works closely with the iSchool</li><li>Gets lots of mail addressed to Morgan</li></ul>Sean P. GOggins<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Been at Drexel for 4 years</li><li>Has worked with students doing projects with Twitter&nbsp;</li><li>was mistaken for Kojak on the subway today</li></ul>Michelle Purcell, Drexel University<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Working on her research proposal about behaviors in open-source communities (it sounds really cool, and I&#x27;ve probably misrepresented it)</li><li>Has two children.</li><li>Greg let her out of the lab today</li><li>Threw out her first dissertation proposal</li></ul>Howard Francis, Universitty of Pikeville<br><ul class="bullet"><li>not present in Philly :(</li><li>Presenting at another workshop in Ferrum, VA</li><li>Collects Monopoly Games</li><li>Oldest daughter got married two weeks ago. Next oldest daughter getting married on Friday.</li></ul>Esmail Bonakdarian<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Dominican University</li><li>Stalked by Peter</li><li>Used to teach at Oberlin</li><li>Currently teaches as Dominican</li><li>Is an amateur astronomer</li></ul>Joanie Diggs<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Co-team lead of the GNOME Accessibility team with Alejandro Pinero</li><li>Works for Igalia which provide consulting services for open source projects</li><li>Likes her car so much she is going to bring it to Spain with her</li><li>Wrangles newbies to open source with great finesse</li></ul><br>IRC:&nbsp;<br><ul class="bullet"><li>Drexel guest network doesn&#x27;t support client-based IRC nor VPN</li><li>You&nbsp; may want to try the freenode Web IRC : <a href="http&#x3a;&#x2F;&#x2F;webchat&#x2e;freenode&#x2e;net&#x2F;">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;webchat.freenode.net&#x2F;</a></li><li>Is not a participant in POSSE</li></ul><br><strong>Communal Notes</strong><br><br><ul class="indent"><li>(rebelsky is going to town on IRC channel foss2serve on freenode.net: join using web based client: <a href="http&#x3a;&#x2F;&#x2F;webchat&#x2e;freenode&#x2e;net&#x2F;">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;webchat.freenode.net&#x2F;</a> )</li><li>IRC Log of Sunday night meeting: <a href="http&#x3a;&#x2F;&#x2F;meetbot&#x2e;fedoraproject&#x2e;org&#x2F;foss2serve&#x2F;2013&#x2d;06&#x2d;02&#x2F;foss2serve&#x2e;2013&#x2d;06&#x2d;02&#x2d;23&#x2e;41&#x2e;html">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;meetbot.fedoraproject.org&#x2F;foss2serve&#x2F;2013-06-02&#x2F;foss2serve.2013-06-02-23.41.html</a></li></ul><br><strong>Useful Links</strong><br><br><ul class="bullet"><li>Web-based IRC client: <a href="http&#x3a;&#x2F;&#x2F;webchat&#x2e;freenode&#x2e;net&#x2F;">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;webchat.freenode.net&#x2F;</a></li><li>Schedule: <a href="http&#x3a;&#x2F;&#x2F;foss2serve&#x2e;org&#x2F;index&#x2e;php&#x2F;Stage&#x5f;2&#x5f;Activities">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;foss2serve.org&#x2F;index.php&#x2F;Stage_2_Activities</a></li><li>Slides and stuff: <a href="http&#x3a;&#x2F;&#x2F;foss2serve&#x2e;org&#x2F;images&#x2F;foss2serve&#x2F;d&#x2F;da&#x2F;POSSE&#x5f;Stage2Materials&#x2e;zip">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;foss2serve.org&#x2F;images&#x2F;foss2serve&#x2F;d&#x2F;da&#x2F;POSSE_Stage2Materials.zip</a></li><li>Blog post: &quot;Why we won&#x27;t call you a &#x27;user&#x27;&quot;: <a href="http&#x3a;&#x2F;&#x2F;www&#x2e;kitware&#x2e;com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;home&#x2F;post&#x2F;263">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.kitware.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;home&#x2F;post&#x2F;263</a></li><li>50 ways to be a FOSSer: <a href="http&#x3a;&#x2F;&#x2F;xcitegroup&#x2e;org&#x2F;softhum&#x2F;doku&#x2e;php&#x3f;id&#x3d;f&#x3a;50ways">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;xcitegroup.org&#x2F;softhum&#x2F;doku.php?id=f:50ways</a></li><li>Producing Open Source Software: <a href="http&#x3a;&#x2F;&#x2F;producingoss&#x2e;com&#x2F;">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;producingoss.com&#x2F;</a></li><li>The Open Source Way: <a href="http&#x3a;&#x2F;&#x2F;theopensourceway&#x2e;org">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;theopensourceway.org</a></li><li>OpenSource.com: <a href="http&#x3a;&#x2F;&#x2F;opensource&#x2e;com&#x2F;">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;opensource.com&#x2F;</a></li></ul><br><br><br>

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