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| ==== Suggestions and checklist ==== | ==== Suggestions and checklist ==== | ||
| + | * Contact your nearest user group to see if they are, or know of anybody already planning on running a TestFest in your area | ||
| + | * Find a suitable location and choose a date within the TestFest range | ||
| + | * Check that a mentor will be able to assist with your event | ||
| + | * Publish details of your event somewhere (Usergroup wiki, homepage, blog, etc.) | ||
| + | * Anounce your event: | ||
| + | ** Local usergroup news feed | ||
| + | ** Calendar entry on php.net/cal | ||
| + | ** Announcement to php-qa@lists.php.net | ||
| + | ** Any other blogs or relevant places you can think of | ||
| + | * After a short while, check that your event has been approved on php.net/cal and is listed on http:// | ||
| + | * Some time before the event (somebody help me here) you will be contacted with details of Subversion access for your group | ||
| * Get a list of names of attendees (and email addresses) in advance | * Get a list of names of attendees (and email addresses) in advance | ||
| + | * Grant access to SVN in advance (testfest.php.net/ | ||
| * Limit the numbers if you don't have a reasonable ratio of mentors to attendees (suggested max 1:4) | * Limit the numbers if you don't have a reasonable ratio of mentors to attendees (suggested max 1:4) | ||
| * Mail attendees the day before to remind them to bring laptops (and possibly power supply and ethernet cable) | * Mail attendees the day before to remind them to bring laptops (and possibly power supply and ethernet cable) | ||
| * Ask attendees (with any other OS than Windows) to try and download and compile PHP in advance (to check that they have a build env't) | * Ask attendees (with any other OS than Windows) to try and download and compile PHP in advance (to check that they have a build env't) | ||
| * Make sure that the location has network connection (wireless/ | * Make sure that the location has network connection (wireless/ | ||
| - | * More ports than 80 have to be open: ssh, irc, cvs should work | ||
| * Pick an area (extension) to test in advance and let the attendees know so that they can do some preparation. | * Pick an area (extension) to test in advance and let the attendees know so that they can do some preparation. | ||
| * Mail the QA list to say what extension you are looking at so that you can co-ordinate with other groups if they want to work in the same area | * Mail the QA list to say what extension you are looking at so that you can co-ordinate with other groups if they want to work in the same area | ||
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| * Find a local source of beer for *after* the event | * Find a local source of beer for *after* the event | ||
| - | This is all we thought of for the London one, I expect I'll add to it after the London event with all the things we forgot :-( | ||
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