2020 Berlin Scikit-learn Sprint

Key Links

Sprint Application & Prep

Sprint Day

Pre-sprint 21-Jan-2020

19-21 Technical preperation of your computers with support available on-site, thanks to our host Diconium!

Agenda for 25-Jan-2020

  • 9 am - 9:30 am: Introduction Arrive early for technical support
  • 9:30 am - 12 pm: Sprint
  • 12 pm - 1 pm: Lunch is sponsored by our hosts Comtravo Tech!
  • 1 pm - 6 pm: Sprint

Post-sprint


Code of Conduct

WiMLDS is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate.

Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down others. Behave professionally. Remember that harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary jokes are not appropriate.

Thank you for helping make this a welcoming, friendly community for all. Please read the full Code of Conduct before participating.

CoC summary is adopted from NumFOCUS.


The Team

Organizers & Scikit-learn Host & Experts (Core Contributors)

Sponsors

Helpers

  • Mor Sondak
  • CJ Jenkins
  • Nataliia Kondrashova
  • Rachel Jordan
  • Joey Faulkner

Purpose of Sprint

  • Widen the pool of open-source contributors
  • Contribute to scikit-learn library
  • Involve more women and gender minorities in scikit-learn and open source
  • Build momentum for continued contribution

Goals for the Day

  • The plan is to work in pairs.
  • The goal is that each participant will be able to resolve one trivial fix and one actual fix.

Community Announcements

Support Open Source

  • There is no charge for the sprint. We ask you to donate a nominal amount ($5 to $10) to NumFOCUS to support open source.
    • For "Donation Dedication:" indicate "scikit-learn"
    • For "Please notify the following person that a donation has been made:" indicate "berlin@wimlds.org"

Women's Space

We welcome all genders. We also ask our attendees to respect that this organization and event is a women's space. One example of creating that space is allowing women to speak and ask questions.


Preparation

1. GitHub Account

2. Join Gitter

Gitter is an open source instant messaging and chat room system for developers and users of GitHub repositories. You can use your GitHub ID to sign in.

Join the scikit-learn Gitter community

  • It is approximately 15 pages

4. Review Open Issues

5. Curated List of Issues


Day of Sprint

1. Hardware

Bring your laptop and charger.

2. Nametags

We will have stick-on nametags. Make sure to wear one to network with other attendees. Feel free to add your preferred pronoun and institution affiliation.

3. Taking Notes for Blog

If you would like to blog about the event, email me (reshama@wimlds.org) and I would be happy to share and promote the blog with our community.


Twitter

Please take photos and tweet about the event.

Groups

  • @comtravo_tech
  • @diconium
  • @WiMLDS_Berlin
  • @OReillyMedia
  • @wimlds

Hashtags

  • #ScikitLearnSprint
  • #opensource