1. Open Help Conference 2012 Hackfest
Cincinnati, OH, USA; August 13-15, 2012
Organizational contact: Shaun McCance <shaunm@gnome.org>
Secondary contact: Tiffany Antopolski <tiffany.antopolski@gmail.com>
1.1. Relevant GNOME team
1.2. Description
The Open Help Conference is a gathering of various people working on open source documentation. There are rooms available for post-conference hackfests.
1.2.1. Agenda, goals
1.2.1.1. Developer Docs
- Go over the Beginner Tutorials work done so far.
- Discuss design of developer.gnome.org.
- Continue work started by Phil Bull on Platform Overview.
Continue work on Platform Demo Tutorials (possibly updating current platform demos (bug 675003), depending on availability of GtkApplication Wizards in Anjuta (bug 675001).
1.2.1.2. User Docs
- Look at GTG and GTranslator work done by Radina.
- Jim mentioned Seahorse docs and rhythmbox docs.
- gnome-help: topic audit for 3.6
- gnome-help: contacts-* pages are all orphans... they need a home.
Contacts and Online Accounts help needs improvement: bug# 678112.
- games, evince.
1.2.1.3. Sys Admin Docs
1.2.2. Attendants
Name |
Arrive |
Depart |
Confirmed |
Need room? |
Flight cost |
Shaun McCance |
local |
local |
Y |
N |
$0 |
Tiffany Antopolski |
Aug.10 |
Aug.16 |
Y |
Y |
$500 |
Ryan Lortie |
Aug.10 |
Aug.16 |
Y |
Y |
$500 |
Jeremy Bicha |
Aug.10 |
Aug.16 |
Y |
Y |
$400 |
Mike Hill |
Aug.10 |
Aug.15 |
Y |
Y |
$500 |
Radina Matic |
Aug.12 |
Aug.16 |
Y |
Y |
$600 |
Taryn Fox |
Aug.10 |
Aug.16 |
Y |
Y |
$200* |
Jim Campbell |
Aug.10 |
Aug.14 |
Y |
Y |
$100** |
* Taryn lives in the southeastern United States and can take the bus instead of a flight
** Jim will be traveling by car. This cost represents the cost of gas to go from/to Chicago.
1.2.3. Current sponsors
<list of confirmed sponsors>
1.3. How to get there
The primary airport for Cincinnati is the Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). The airport is actually in Kentucky, not Ohio. It's about a 15-minute drive. There are shuttle services available. See the location page on the conference site for details.