EuroSakai Bootcamp

Anthony Whyte and I presented the programmers cafe bootcamp at EuroSakai Valencia 2010 on Monday March 1st. This also coincided with my first official act as a Uniconer (short for Unicon employee) and my first presentation as the Sakai Maintenance Team lead.
We had around 30 people in attendance with the majority from Spain. I felt like it went as well as these 1 day technical introductions to Sakai can reasonably go (i.e. a major overload for the participants) and I hope that the attendees had a good experience and learned something valuable. Anyone who wants to let us know what they thought of it can fill out our survey.

EuroSakai presentation - Sakai Best Practices

Alan Berg and I just finished our presentation on Sakai Best Practices at EuroSakai Valencia 2010. It started with a mexican wave (all Alan's fantastic idea) and included tips for creating JIRA tickets, an overview of best ways to take advantage of foundation resources, and some development best practices.
One key point we made during the presentation bears repeating. In many ways the Sakai community is a do-ocracy.

A do-ocracy is an organizational structure in which individuals choose roles and tasks for themselves and execute them. Responsibilities attach to people who do the work, rather than elected or selected officials.

I have also heard people refer to Sakai as a meritocracy and perhaps in some ways it is. But much more than that I think it is driven forward by those willing to act. I hope that we are encouraging people to get involved and act because that is the lifeblood of community source.