[Engineering] WMF Participants at Wikimedia Hackathon 2016 (Jerusalem)

[Rachel Farrand]

Hello Engineering,

I am reminding people to please talk with you managers and register for
this event ASAP if you are planning to attend.

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2016

Please keep in mind that as usual, while it will not be mandatory, we are
asking staff to share rooms as this even is taking place at a newly built
hostel (which is completely rented out for this event). Volunteers will be
sharing rooms with each other as well. If we run out of space for single
rooms at the venue we will work on finding an off-site location.

Please refer to my last email below for more info on the hackathon focus.

Thanks!
Rachel


On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 9:39 PM, Rachel Farrand <rfarrand at wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> Hello WMF Product and Technology,
>
> This year space for WMF staff and contractors at the Wikimedia Hackathon
> 2016 (Jerusalem) <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2016>
> will be limited. This number is not yet finalized, but it is looking like
> we will have space for approximately 50 WMF staff. Registration will be
> opening tomorrow!
>
> Developer Relations will not be managing the travel budget for this event.
> Travel budgets will be approved by the managers of the individual teams.
>
> There is some coordination needed between teams to make sure the WMF is
> represented by a diverse group who can really make an impact at the
> hackathon. So we recommend that Product and Technology managers coordinate
> with each other before starting with travel approvals.
>
> The Hackathon in Jerusalem will focus on the Community Wishlist backlog
> <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/community-wishlist-survey/> and
> other priorities defined by the local organizers and other Wikimedia
> groups. Developer Relations and community Tech encourage all WMF teams to
> look at the projects proposed and pick among those related to your areas.
> Let’s contribute to community-driven goals. We have the rest of the year to
> focus on WMF goals and experiments.
> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119703
>
>
> We are also very interested in working with you to help mentor and onboard
> newcomers. We will have optional mentor / newcomer pairings, sessions aimed
> at newcomers, and would like to hear your new ideas for newcomer support
> <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T122274?workflow=120092>.
>
>
> Thanks for reading, please continue this discussion here:
> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T121788
>
> From your friendly Developer Relations team
>
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