FOMS New York will take place on the two days after the Open Video Conference.
The focus of the first day is getting to know each other and everyone's expertise through shot-gun presentations by each participant. On the second day break-out groups attack issues identified during the first day and we get our hands dirty with hacking and setting ourselves community goals for the year to come.
Morning: Short "five slide" position statements in the morning, with each project identifying their work and current challenges.
We start with position statements and a 'getting to know you' section at the beginning of the meeting. This introduces everyone and gets the group on the same page. There will be regular breaks, as it's not wildly interactive if there are a lot of projects presenting. The position statements are done with a standardised five slide deck, respectively:
Afternoon: topic identification and breakout groups on particular topics of importance.
Further breakout groups, time to address the issues identified on the first day and start hacking.
Divide into smaller groups and code away or make plans for the next big thing.