The Africa Android Challenge - First meeting

Here are some notes from the first meeting about The Africa Android Challenge. That's SeneJUG co-founder and coordinator Lamine Ba at Google's Android headquarters in the photo below.

AFRICA ANDROID CHALLENGE
GTUGS, G-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM & JUGS
MEETING ON DEC 8TH 2011
1) INTRODUCTION OF ALL COMMUNITY LEADERS (Stay tuned for the details of attendees)
NAME
LOCATION
USER GROUP NAME
MISSION

2) AGENDA OF COMPETITION
  1. December 15, 2011 - Africa Android Challenge announced
  2. December 15, 2011 - submission site opens developers submit apps and courses
  3. February 15, 2012 - deadline for submitting apps or courses
  4. February 31, 2012 - end of first-round - judges announce winners
  5. March 1st, 2012 - resubmission site opens
  6. May 1st, 2012 -  deadline for resubmitting apps or courses
  7. June 15, 2012- final judging ends, winners announced

3) ORGANIZATION

  • DEFINITION AND GROUPING OF REGIONS 
    • DEPENDS ON PARTICIPATION
  • ONE LOCAL EVENT TO ANNOUNCE WINNERS
    • ALL USER GROUPS INVOLVED
    • GOOGLE SUPPORT
  • COMMUNICATION ON COMPETITION
    • MAXIMIZE PARTICIPATION
    • FINANCIAL SUPPORT PROPORTIONAL TO NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN COMPETITION
  • CODE REVIEW & HACK-DAYS ENCOURAGED
    • BUILD TEAMS
    • LEARN FROM THE EXPERTS
4) COLLABORATION BETWEEN GTUGS AND JUGS
  • RISKS
    • LACK OF COMMUNICATION
    • LACK OF ORGANIZATION
    • LACK OF TOLERANCE AND NOT OPEN MINDED
  • OPPORTUNITY
    • SAME GOAL OF CREATING A STRONG IT COMMUNITY
    • IMMENSE SHARING OPPORTUNITY IN KNOWLEDGE & RESOURCES
  • BEST PRACTICES
    • SHARE TASKS SUCH AS
      • EVENT LOCATION
      • FINDING SPONSORING
      • HANDLING CATERING, ETC.

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Permalink Reply by Max Bonbhel on December 8, 2011 at 11:13am

Really like it !

Thanks Mike for the report.

Max

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