====== 2013 Evergreen Hack-A-Way ======

The 2013 Evergreen Hack-A-Way is being hosted at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI from September 17-19.

===== Working documents =====

The following documents reflect notes or working documents written during the Hack-A-Way:
  * Discussion notes: [[http://goo.gl/I5fXrQ|Future of the staff client]]
  * Discussion notes: [[http://goo.gl/oGoSUI|Release Manager process]]
  * Discussion notes: [[http://goo.gl/MROA5U|Mobile OPAC design]]

===== Preliminary Agenda =====

We will adjust as we go along.

Location: Meeter Center Lecture Hall, Hekman Library (HL 325)

==== Tuesday ====

  * **9:00am - 12:00pm: Group Discussion**
    * 9:00am: Welcome and Introductions
    * 9:30am: Staff Client, Future Of
      * Continuation of future_of_staff_client special dev meeting (http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=dev:meetings:future_of_staff_client)
      * Establish interface design documents / standards / best practices
    * 11:00am: Establish Working Groups
  * **12:00pm - 1:00pm: Lunch** - Campus Commons
  * **1:00pm - 6:00pm: Working Groups**
    * 1:00pm: Hacking
    * 3:45pm: Break (sponsored by Equinox)
    * 4:15pm: Hacking II
  * **6:00pm: Break for evening** - Dinner around town, preferably with Working Group
	

==== Wednesday ====

  * **9:00am - 12:00pm: Group Discussion**
    * 9:00am: Working Group Reports
    * 9:45am: Evergreen 2.6
      * Expected/desired features
      * Duties of RM (including evaluation of 2.5 process)
    * 10:30am: Other topics ???
  * **12:00pm - 1:00pm: Lunch** - Campus Commons
  * **1:00pm - 6:00pm: Working Groups**
    * 1:00pm: Hacking
    * 3:45pm: Break (sponsored by Equinox)
    * 4:15pm: Hacking II
  * **6:00pm: Break for evening**
  * **6:30pm: Dinner** - Prince Conference Center Hickory Room (sponsored by Equinox)

	
==== Thursday ====

  * **9:00am - 12:00pm: Working Groups** - Hacking
  * **12:00pm - 1:00pm: Lunch** - Campus Commons
  * **1:00pm - 3:00pm: Group Discussion** (early due to early exiters)
    * 1:30pm: Working Group Reports
    * 2:00pm: Event Evaluation
  * **3:00pm - 6:00pm: Working Groups**
    * 3:00pm: Hacking II
    * 3:45pm: Break (sponsored by Equinox)
    * 4:15pm: Hacking III
  * **6:00pm: Event ends**


===== Discussion Topics =====

  * NCIP Responder
  * Mobile Catalog
  * Staff Client, Future Of
    * Any chance for everyone to sit in a room and talk is good.
    * Continuing from [[dev:meetings:future_of_staff_client]]
    * Establish interface design documents / standards
    * Git branch: random/collab/berick/web-staff-ui-experiments
  * Memory leaks in staff client
  * Revamp MARC export tools with emphasis on speed improvements (possibly doing more in-database?)
  * Evergreen 2.6
    * Role of RM (including evaluation of 2.5 process)
    * Expected/desired features
  * Search - identify and prioritize bottlenecks and behavior quirks
  * Serials - testing/merging stuff for 2.5 and looking at post 2.5 projects
  * Write some QA tests

===== Attendees =====

  * Bill Erickson / berick / ESI
  * Jason Stephenson / Dyrcona / MVLC
  * Chris Sharp / csharp / GPLS
  * Lebbeous Fogle-Weekley / senator / ESI
  * Kathy Lussier / kmlussier / MassLNC
  * Yamil Suarez / Berklee College of Music
  * Benjamin Shum / bshum / Bibliomation
  * Jason Boyer / jboyer-isl / Indiana State Library
  * Dan Pearl / dpearl / CWMARS
  * Jeff Davis / jeffdavis / Sitka
  * Garry Collum / collum / Kenton County Public Library
  * Bill Ott / _bott_ / Grand Rapids Public Library
  * Rogan Hamby / RoganH / SCLENDS
  * Dan Wells / dbwells / Hekman Library (Calvin College)
  * Remington Steed / remingtron / Hekman Library (Calvin College)
  * Dan Scott / dbs / Laurentian University (//remote//)