Rogan, I'd be happy to help as well. I'm sorry if I've missed it, but have dates been selected?
Terran McCanna, PINES Program Manager ------------------------------ Georgia Public Library Service | University System of Georgia 2872 Woodcock Blvd, Suite 250 l Atlanta, GA 30341 (404) 235-7138 | tmcca...@georgialibraries.org http://help.georgialibraries.org | h...@help.georgialibraries.org <https://www.facebook.com/georgialibraries> <https://www.twitter.com/georgialibs> Join our email list <http://georgialibraries.org> for stories of Georgia libraries making an impact in our communities. On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 5:49 PM Rogan Hamby <rha...@equinoxinitiative.org> wrote: > Good afternoon, > > As many people know the Hack-A-Way has been around for about nine years > now and has been an event that has allowed developers to concentrate their > efforts as a group. A big part of that has been removing online barriers > by letting them interact face to face. Face to face is not such a great > idea right now. But we will keep calm and Evergreen on. > > So, the Hack-A-Way this year goes online. I'm hoping to solicit a few > additional volunteers. We will look at online meeting platforms and > evaluate them to try to find the following: > > 1) one that allows dynamic creation of meeting rooms/streams so that users > can gather together just as they could at physical tables at will > 2) supports moderated meetings so that presentations can be done with > question and input > 3) supports recording the meetings and presentations for archival on the > community Youtube channel > 4) scheduling so that we don't have to do it manually > > Then, this same group will organize the event, get it scheduled, and do > whatever it takes to make it happen. The requirements may change as we > look at platforms but they are a starting point. All of this will be with > an eye toward learning some lessons for the future. I hope to not only > find a strong platform for this year but a platform that can be used to > supplement the in-person Hack-A-Way in future years. > > Anyone interested, just let me know. We will work heavily by email but > have some online meetings, especially to test tools. > > > > Rogan Hamby, MLIS > > Data and Project Analyst > > Equinox Open Library Initiative > > phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) > > email: ro...@equinoxinitiative.org > web: http://EquinoxInitiative.org >
