Open Source Hackathon

Open-Source Hackathon is a two-day event to improve the diversity of the open-source community.

<p>Open-Source Hackathon is a two-day event in which participants of all skill levels learn about Open-Source Software while contributing to projects along with mentors from those open-source projects.</p><p>The goal is to kickstart involvement in the OSS community and foster an environment for contributions and increase the diversity of the OSS communities.</p><p>Open-Source Hackathon is an opportunity for people of all skill levels and backgrounds to collaborate and make a big impact by creating code that benefits the OSS. The goal of the hackathon is to promote Open-Source contributions by people from diverse backgrounds.</p><p><strong>Why?</strong></p><p>It’s a painful truth diversity in the Open-Source community is worse than diversity in tech overall. A study by tech talent site TopTal analyzed active GitHub profiles and found that just 6% of the randomly sampled profiles and 5.4% of profiles with over 10 contributions belonged to women and while 37.8% of professional computer programmers in the U.S. workforce identified as ethnic or national minorities in <a href="https://opensourcesurvey.org/2017/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">2017</a>, only 16% did in Open Source. With GitHub profiles a growing part of the hiring process and acknowledging that a diverse community is an effective and innovative one, it is vital we start to move the needle in open source. </p>

<h2>Agenda</h2><p>Day 1	(PDT)</p><p>08:00 AM - Overview of the Hackathon</p><p>11:00 AM - Community Talk – Apache NiFi</p><p>02:00 PM - Community Talk – Apache Accumulo</p><p>02:30 PM - Lightning Talk</p><p>Day 2	(PDT)</p><p>08:00 AM - Lightning Talk</p><p>09:30 AM - Community Talk – Helm</p><p>12:00 PM - Community Talk – GNU Radio</p><p>01:00 PM - Check-in</p><p>02:30 PM - Closing</p><p></p><h2>Projects</h2><ul><li>Apache NiFi: <a href="https://nifi.apache.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://nifi.apache.org/</a></li><li>Apache Accumulo: <a href="https://accumulo.apache.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://accumulo.apache.org/</a></li><li>GNU Radio: <a href="https://www.gnuradio.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.gnuradio.org/</a></li><li>Helm: <a href="https://helm.sh/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://helm.sh/</a></li></ul><p></p><h2>Mentors</h2><p>Mentors will get the chance to help our Hackathon participants build their technical confidence, unblock them for possible issues and answer questions. Hackathon participants come from all skill levels and backgrounds; some have little to no experience with OSS at all. Mentors have the opportunity to help them gain new skills and provide the encouragement needed to succeed — at Hackathon and beyond.</p><p>Contact<strong> hackathonoss@gmail.com</strong> if you want to mentor.</p><p></p><h2>Contribute</h2><p>All skill levels and contribution levels are welcomed. No prior open-source contribution experience is required.</p><p>All the participating open-source projects will have a starting guide and a few items to start contributing along with mentors to support you!</p><p>Registered participants will get Microsoft Teams invite to join the virtual event.</p>

<h2>Speakers</h2><h3>Billie Rinaldi - Apache Accumulo</h3><p>Billie is a Principal Engineering Manager in the Azure Global organization at Microsoft. She is a member of the Apache Software Foundation and a committer and Project Management Committee member for Apache Hadoop, Apache Accumulo, and a number of other projects in the Hadoop ecosystem. Billie holds a Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.</p><p></p>

<h3>Jeremy Dyer - Apache NiFi</h3><p>Growing up in an extremely remote area of North Georgia technology was not something I envisioned for my future. However, I was a builder at heart enjoying rebuilding dirt bike motors, cars, welding, wood working, etc. After a rather serious dirt bike wreck that left me bed bound for several months I discovered the joys of software “building”/coding. Things were never the same from that point. After healing I attended the Univeristy of Georgia where I received my BS in computer science and started my career immediately after graduating. Since starting my career there has been a heavy focus on Linux, C++, and Java with most of the focus around streaming systems. I have worked on the largest healthcare transaction clearinghouse in America to some of goofiest small projects you can imagine. I love it all and truly enjoying building and creating new things every day.</p><p><strong></strong></p>

<h3>Derek Kozel - GNU Radio</h3><p>Derek started as a user of GNU Radio at university and then said yes to enough volunteer opportunities that he currently serves as President of the project. With a background in electrical and computer engineering, he found Software Defined Radio to be the perfect overlap of software, hardware, and the fun of directly manipulating one of the four fundamental forces of physics. He's worked on wireless communications at SpaceX, NI, and Range Networks and is currently pursuing a PhD at Cardiff University's Centre for High Frequency Engineering. He's active in Amateur Radio, plays folk violin, enjoys gardening, and lives in Cardiff, Wales.</p>

<h3>Bridget Kromhout - Helm</h3><p>Bridget Kromhout is a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft Azure, focusing on the open source cloud native ecosystem. Her CS degree emphasis was in theory, but she now deals with the concrete (if 'cloud' can be considered tangible). After years on call for production (from enterprise to research to startups) and a couple of customer-facing adventures, she now herds cats and wrangles docs on the product side of engineering. In the wider tech community, she has done much conference speaking and organizing, and advises the global devopsdays organization after leading it for over five years. Living in Minneapolis, she enjoys snowshoeing in the winter and bicycling in the summer (with winter cycling as a stretch goal).</p>

<h2>Code of Conduct 
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</p><p>Our hackathon is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of hackathon participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery are not appropriate for any hackathon venue, including talks, Teams, and other online media. Hackathon participants violating these rules may be expelled from the event at the discretion of the event organizers.
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</p><p>If you believe you are being subjected to inappropriate conduct, believe someone else is being subjected to inappropriate conduct, or have any other concerns, please do not hesitate to contact OSS Hack event staff who can resolve the situation. Email concerns to hackathonoss@gmail.com.
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</p><p>If a participant engages in behavior that is harassing or discriminatory in any way, the event organizers may take any action they deem appropriate. These actions include, but are not limited to, issuing a warning or expulsion from all future events.
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</p><p>Views expressed by speakers at OSS Hack events are their own and do not represent the organizers.
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