[awards-program] Meeting Notes: Community Awards 12/18/07

[Jesse Silver]

Today, reading back James' suggestion gets me really excited. I think we 
may have one hell of a program here. The money quote: "problem statement 
framed around a business proposition". Really a great way of framing an 
innovation contest.

Teresa Giacomini wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Here are my notes from today.  Let me know if I missed or misrepresented 
> anything.  In tomorrow's meeting we will review the legal document and 
> start trying to fill it in.  Should be fun!
>
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> Meeting Notes:  17 December 2007
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>
> *ATTENDEES*
> Alta Elstad
> Teresa Giacomini
> Joey Guo
> Jim Grisanzio
> James Liu
> Jesse Silver
>
> *ACTION ITEMS*
> Joey - work on wish list for device drivers over the break
>         - category, level of difficulty, priority level, manufacturer 
> data sheet available
>
> *UPDATE BY AREA*
>
> *Documentation*
> - note sent to the docs community
> - will globalization and internationalization count as documentation - 
> will we have reviewers for this?
> - one person suggested a drawing tool
> - Alan Coopersmith wrote a long reply with lots of ideas
> - Alta talked to Mike Pogue is trying to work on some tools to go from 
> wiki to xml
>
> *Device Drivers*
> - sent messages to Chris and James asking them to join the call
> - had a discussion with Glynn - thinks that drivers are doable but messy
> - rules in a few days, daunting at best
> - talked to several people in Beijing, ready to participate, and 
> creating a wish list for different areas, there is one
>   for the network drivers already, they want to provide more details, 
> but it will take some time
>
> *Apps & Packages*
> - Teresa still needs to talk to Vincent
>
> *Student Research*
> - will send overview tomorrow
>
> *Wild Card*
> - done some emails, but no replies
> - called several professors
> - from the outside community, it is very hard to generate innovation 
> without ?????
> - Sun needs to give direction or guidance
>
> *Program Structure Ideas*
> - three prizes within each category, not everyone who contributes will 
> get a prize, just the best
> - we should not pay people to do specific tasks
> - change the categories a bit.  Things like:  kernel, usability
> - instead of having fixed categories, maybe provide a list of ideas to 
> get people started
> - code does not necessarily need to be complete, could just be a paper
> - how would we structure large numbers of smaller awards - more 
> community minded
> - can't be smoke and mirrors
> - porting is key
> - segregate professionals and academics
> - bar higher for professionals
> - more prizes should go to the academics
> - may encourage people to build teams
>
> I believe we came to the following agreement.  Please correct me if I am 
> wrong!
> - May or may not have a specific list of categories (aside from the 
> Student Research program)
> - May have a list of ideas instead
> - People/teams will submit an entry which will be reviewed by a panel of 
> judges.
> - If the criteria are met, a prize is awarded.  Amount TBD.
> - Some number of larger prizes which may include more cash, travel, cool 
> boxes James mentioned etc. will be granted.
>
> *Submissions and Judging Criteria*
> - problem statement framed around a business proposition
> - develop a proof of concept using only OpenSolaris and publicly 
> available retail parts
> - includes man-page (some documentation)
> - has to build
> - basic packaging
> - submit as a source package
> - judges will run a configure script to do a make and a make install or 
> equivalent using packaging
> - straightforward initialization routine that should take no more than 5 
> minutes
> - will be judged on: innovation, quality, usability, etc etc
>
> *Concerns*
> - Is it a problem if Sun are working on something and someone else is 
> too?  What if it is better/more efficient to work together?
> - What if we do not get enough submissions to qualify?
> - If it is completely wide-open, will we be able to get qualified 
> judges/reviewers for all?
> - We are not going to get very much innovation in just a few months.
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