[Debconf-team] DC15 - Sprints during DebCamp (and DebConf)

[Margarita Manterola <margamanterola@gmail.com>]

Hi all,

This is something that we've talked about with a lot of people, but
possibly not on this list, so I'm sending this to make sure that we
are all on the same page about this.

For DebConf15 we would like to try something new regarding DebCamp.
Instead of asking each person to come up with a "DebCamp plan", we'd
like to make a "Call for Sprints" together with the "Call for Talks",
encouraging people to think on things that they would like to work on
that will benefit from more people working together on the same thing.
Then, later on, publish the list of sprints and let people sign up for
them.

The goals are many:
 * Ensure people come to DebCamp with something to do
 * Encourage team work, which is what makes DebCamp more valuable than
just staying home, working alone.
 * Encourage people to think of tasks that they can give others, so
that more people can get involved.
 * (Hopefully) achieve great things during DebCamp.

The sprints don't need to last the whole DebCamp, we could have
sprints that ar 1 or 2 days long.  They also are not exclusive to
DebConf, if there's a team that knows they'd benefit more from having
sprints during DebConf, we could also make that happen.

This is not a silver bullet to avoid people coming to DebCamp on
vacation.  But we think it's something that will help many people make
the most of that time.

What we would need to do:
 * Publish the call for sprints and coordinate submissions (content team).
 * Schedule rooms and days for the sprints (scheduling team).
 * When evaluating the DebCamp plan, take into account if people have
signed up for sprints (bursaries team).

Are there any concerns with this plan?

-- 
Besos,
Marga