[Open-bio-l] [Cloud BioLinux Community] [Bosc] BOSC 2010 Request for Input

[Mark A. Jensen]

count me in, somewhere! MAJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad Chapman" <chapmanb at 50mail.com>
To: <open-bio-l at lists.open-bio.org>
Cc: <bosc at open-bio.org>; <community at cloudbiolinux.com>
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Cloud BioLinux Community] [Bosc] BOSC 2010 Request for Input


> Kam and Open Bio folks;
> It's great to see planning for BOSC 2010 going on already. Lots of
> exciting ideas.
> 
>> --Mini-hackathon either before, during, or after the 2-day BOSC.  The 
>> subject of the hackathon would need to be organized by the individual 
>> project leaders/teams.  Some suggestions would be adding/extending support 
>> for next-gen sequencing; organizing bugs/tasks so that new beginners can 
>> start contributing to the project easily and working on some of those 
>> bugs/tasks; organizing some type of contest like the Genome Annotation 
>> Assessment Project (GASP) where solutions from different projects compete 
>> on arriving at some type of goal.  Would you be willing to organize/lead 
>> this type of session?
> 
> I can help organize a hackathon at Mass General Hospital, which is
> located fairly to close to Hynes Convention Center, where the conference
> is on. I booked conferences rooms for dates surrounding BOSC (July
> 6-8th and 11th) that will accommodate up to 30 developers from various
> projects.
> 
> This could be a fairly informal get together for developers who can
> spare time before or after BOSC. If we could get a show of hands
> from people who might be interested, this would help gauge the size
> and scope. As you suggest above, we can hone in on specifics for the
> work based on the interests of attendees. 
> 
>> --Organizing/creating a LiveCD or Debian download of Bio* projects with 
>> documentation to support outreach to the larger bioinformatics 
>> community.  Would you be willing to organize/lead this type of session?
> 
> A cloud version of this goal is up and coming here:
> 
> http://www.cloudbiolinux.com/
> 
> I cc'ed in the mailing list for folks there who aren't on the open
> bio mail servers and might be interested.
> 
> Brad
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