Hey all,

BrickHack is steadily coming closer and we're working on finalizing all preparations for attending. I'll do a quick summary of what has already happened and where we need more input!

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RIT_BrickHack/2016

A lot of new changes are on the wiki too, but these changes are summarized below.

= What's new =

* BrickHack 2016 Attendee badge * https://badges.fedoraproject.org/badge/brickhack-2016-attendee * BrickHack 2016 Open Source Winner badge * https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-badges/ticket/428 * Deadline to confirm participation as an Ambassador has passed * Full event schedule is published (on the wiki page) * Prize pool ideas added (details further below) * Updated costs for the event budget * Deadline to finalize category details on Saturday, 2016-02-27

= What we need =

Fedora will be the Open Source category sponsor for BrickHack 2016. As a result, we are in charge of determining category rules and guidelines, as well as coming with prizes. The amount for prizes we are holding for is around $250 USD.

We are trying to come up with a few different FOSS-oriented prizes to give to winners in the category. We have things like Raspberry Pis, MakeyMakey kits, and free Bluehost VPS hosting plans on there now. However, I was told that another sponsor last year had a table where they were just handing out Pis for little to nothing… so coming up with some other unique prizes may be a good idea.

Even if you are not from FAmNA, I would appreciate hearing what some other Ambassadors think about prizes or what we could do to appeal to a large number of university students to participate in the Open Source category.

Thanks!