Wikimedia Engineering/WMF Tech Days 2013

WMF Tech Days is an annual meeting of Wikimedia Foundation engineering staff and contractors, held next to the Wikimedia Foundation all-staff meeting. All Wikimedia Foundation employees and most engineering contractors will participate.

Due to limited space, this is an invitation-only event, but we'll aim to document things in public as much as possible.

To mitigate people's exhaustion and stress level, this event will not be held on a weekend, and the second day will be less meeting-focused and structured more like a hackathon.

What, when, and where, summary

 * Tue, Sep 10
 * Location: The SPUR SF - 2nd Floor: 654 Mission St and WMF HQ: 149 New Montgomery St. 3rd Floor
 * Official start at 10 AM.
 * Wed, Sep 11:
 * Location: WMF HQ - 149 New Montgomery St. 3rd Floor
 * Official start at 10 AM.

Web references

 * Use this very wiki page for schedule and clean, readable information about the event.
 * Use the brainstorming subpage to help organize potential topics/sessions.
 * Use for event meeting notes.

September 10 agenda
Day 1 (Sept 10):

(9am – 10am: Onsite prep)

10:00 - Start; team introductions

The SPUR SF - 2nd Floor: 654 Mission St

12:30 - Lunch

13:30 (1:30) - WMFHQ - 149 New Montgomery St. 3rd Floor

18:00 (6:00) - Dinner, Drinks and Music

The SPUR SF - 4th Floor: 654 Mission St

20:30 (8:30) - Drinks/Social event ends

September 11 agenda
Day 2 (Sept 11):

(9am – 10am: Onsite prep)

10:00 - Start.

10:00 - 17:00 - Hackathon (all day). WMFHQ - 149 New Montgomery St. 3rd Floor
 * PDF rendering hacking (Matthew Walker)

10:00 - 12:30: 6th floor collab space: Appreciative inquiry session to share agile team practices (optional! ScrumMasters, Product Managers and others have been specifically invited)

10:00 - ?: Volunteers. This is a merge from different proposals: Lessons learned re. mentorship programs, Local FLOSS communities and How can we successfully engage volunteers.

10:00 - 17:00 - More discussions and other collaborations. WMFHQ - 149 New Montgomery St. 3rd Floor
 * to schedule a room, Rachel has put up a schedule in the south side of the 3rd floor, reserve the use there
 * e.g. skillshare (marked tables/rooms indicating what you want to learn or teach)

12:30 - Lunch

17:00 (5:00) - Pizza, drinks & Music @ WMF 3rd Floor (south side) - people can continue working if preferred (north side)

General logistics to know

 * The SPUR SF is less than two blocks walking from WMF.