<div class="gmail_quote">Ubuntu North Carolina Local Community Team Location: #ubuntu-classroom Date: 01/30/2009 - 7:00am ET NC Team Members present: - CitizenJoeFriday - Misterdasher - ArepaKing Others: 103 users world wide. Proceedings: * dholbach - IRC Channel administrator - He talked about preparing some Explanatory Materials by giving us a website which contains also how a bug jam session is structured. The website is: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RunningBugJam#Material" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RunningBugJam#Material</a> - This website explains the process of the session that we intend to hold. That being said, the structure goes like this: <div style="margin-left: 40px;">a) Selecting the Venue:  The venue for the Bug Jam can be anywhere where you can fit a bunch of geeks, allow them to plug in laptops and preferably get an internet connection. This could be a house, a university room, a pub, a LUG nearby or anywhere else. In terms of sourcing a venue, speak to your local <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCo" target="_blank">LoCo</a> team to determine who might be able to help. The majority of venues that people tend to run jams in are typically available for free (someone works somewhere that can offer a space). For more information please refer to the website above. b) Promoting the Jam: i) blog about it! This is particularly important if your blog is on Planet Ubuntu or other planets. (Check out <a href="http://ubuntuweblogs.org/" target="_blank">Planet Ubuntu Users</a>                                  ii) tell your local LUG about the event - encourage them to attend!                                  iii) post to the <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts" target="_blank">loco-contacts</a> mailing list about the event.                                  iv) put posters up in your local town in computer shops.                                  v) post to the <a href="http://www.ubuntuforums.org/" target="_blank">Ubuntu Forums</a> about the event.                                  vi) add it to the Fridge calendar                                  vii) get in Touch with your local media outlets to do stories on the event also. c) Asking people to prepare for the Jam: the website above shows more detailed information about this. d) Running the Jam: These are the prerequisites and workflow: <ul style="margin-left: 80px;"> <li>Start out getting everyone set up, introductions, etc. </li><li>Check the infrastructure (projector, network connectivity, etc.) </li><li> Ensure everyone who wants to participate has a Launchpad account.</li></ul></div><div style="margin-left: 160px;">Workflow: <ul><li>As people triage bugs keep track of the amount of bugs touched. This can be done with tomboy notes, a marker on a whiteboard, or some other means. It is important that you have some number so that you can measure improvement and progress as you have more Jams. </li><li>Try to group people who have similar interests in groups of four, so they can try to work on bugs together and answer questions in a group. </li></ul> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><div style="margin-left: 120px;">For more information about Holding the session and After the Jam, please visit the website above. </div></div>- dholbach will work on a screencast about bug triage and also a presentation about launchpad. He said when it is done it will be posted here: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RunningBugJam#Material" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RunningBugJam#Material</a> - Some videos will be uploaded to <a href="http://videos.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">videos.ubuntu.com</a> as well. - The main idea of having a session like this are: Having Fun and work on bugs. For people without experience fixing bugs exists other alternative that can contribute to this session. You may find more details about this activities here: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/EasyTasks" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/EasyTasks</a> . Some examples are but not limited to: check for bugs reported in Hardy or revious distros and re-ask info whether they still occur in intrepid for further info if the package has had updates,  Find bugs without packages, assign those. Add more information, etc... - During the event the channel #ubuntu-bugs will be open for any questions and support. For a complete transcript of the meeting held. Please refer to the attached file. Minutes submitted by ArepaKing. </div>