[Cialug] CIALUG Group project?-- flying e-book... DUCK!!!

[Josh More]

I just ran a project like this and it went extremely well.  However, the
trick is to have an in-person kickoff and to pre-create an outline so
people can volunteer to fill in their specific areas of interest.

I ran the project for 1.5 weeks out of my house, leading the people through
a research sprint, a writing sprint, and an editing sprint. We all
negotiated the length of each sprint, but managed to get through about two
cycles per day.

We ended the project with just over 80 pages.  I have to add about 20 more
pages on my own and we'll be done.

So the model can work.  You just really need a strong workflow manager and
good initial structure first.

-Josh More

On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 2:22 PM, Barry Von Ahsen <vonahsen at gmail.com> wrote:

> The lug does have funds if needed.  We've never really had a method to
> define distribution of those funds though, but we can overcome that
>
>
> -barry
>
>
>
> On 5/10/18, 14:19, "Cialug on behalf of Kyle H" <
> cialug-bounces at cialug.org on behalf of khamil8686 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     No volunteers quite yet unfortunately. Does anyone on the list want to
> help
>     get this going with researching ideas? I'm going to check in with a few
>     people i know. Does anyone have any ideas, or want to do some digging
> on
>     the interwebs?
>
>     Thank you
>
>     On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 2:11 PM Danielle Brommer <
> dbrommer at leantechniques.co>
>     wrote:
>
>     > Just wanted to say- very cool!  Hope you find some people to help
> out!
>     >
>     > Danielle Brommer
>     > 515-208-5490
>     >
>     > > On May 9, 2018, at 11:50 AM, Kyle H <khamil8686 at gmail.com> wrote:
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > This was said by me in slack recently. I wanted to get a feel for
>     > interest from people, see if anyone would like to volunteer skills.
> I'm
>     > happy to help organize, but would appreciate a co organizer. I know
> one Dr
>     > who works a lot with brain injuries had a lot of ideas when i asked
> him
>     > about something like this before. We could build small devices to
> run code
>     > and pcs with raspberry pis, etc that could help people in some way,
> shape,
>     > or form.
>     > > I'm sure many others suffer from this too, but it's an extremely
> helpful
>     > project That would be personally life changing for me. I have a brain
>     > injury with short term memory loss. I like ios because i don't like
> to mess
>     > with my phone much, if at all, because it takes me awhile to adapt.
> Ever
>     > since i left android phones and had my task list on my home screen
> there i
>     > have had a horrible time keeping up with my list of tasks. I grow
> used to
>     > the reminder sound even if i regularly change it. so i never hear
>     > notifications in my pocket from reminders i set. I usually get
> alarms but
>     > those are more forceful and time consuming, when you are out and
> about.
>     > Since i can't rely on the sound, i use alarms for some but it's
> annoying to
>     > change with how it's set up. I would LOVE to be able to place my
> reminders
>     > screen on my home screen. Right now it probably requires a jail
> break, but
>     > this is an example so we can branch off more ideas.
>     > > Here's the original message. It's a grand project but it would be
>     > amazing if we could use code and tech, which we play with on a daily
> basis,
>     > for something to give locally, or beynd. Rather than just lining the
>     > pockets of corporations with your work and never seeing the end
> results,
>     > you would see direct results on the people.
>     > >
>     > > Proposition 42:
>     > > Could we as a nerdy group come up with a devops solution that could
>     > positively benefit someone,a group, or society?
>     > > Doesn't matter how small or large the benefit, or project, is. It
> would
>     > require some thought and research, something that comes easy for
> this group
>     > of smart nerds. We could use meeting time for work on it, or we
> could have
>     > people demonstrate skills to the public that they worked with
> recently on
>     > the project. This could keep the group material updated and fresh.
> Ex: How
>     > a specific api works, wtf is git?? svn? Perl? Php? Lxde? Does gnome
> really
>     > suck? How do i use kali Linux? The meaning of life?? (the answer to
> that
>     > last one is a combo of #42, and Linux) :)
>     > > We wouldn't do it for recognition or money. This could keep the
> group
>     > fresh with material, encourage new members to join, be fun as hell,
> and
>     > positively effect society. I know it's a grand scheme, but i think
> it could
>     > really work.
>     > >
>     > > -How about we vote 1 - yay or 0 - nay?
>     > > if enough are interested...
>     > > -Volunteers? Please let me know what skills you can help with
>     > > -Think we would need funding at all? Should we even ask for
> sponsors so
>     > we could possibly have some funding to work with? We don't want to
> turn it
>     > into being about money though.
>     > > -I'd need a volunteer or two to help organize everything as well.
>     > >
>     > > Let me know if anyone has any questions, or better ideas?
>     > > Kyle
>     > >
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