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Revision as of 23:37, 3 May 2013
Howard Francis
Howard is currently an Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Pikeville in Pikeville, KY, where he has taught for almost two dozen years. He is also the program coordinator for computer science. His primary duties include teaching the schools CS0 Intro to CS, and two semester sequence of CS1. He also leads the senior project class, which is what leads him to FOSS. In addition to the CS classes, he teaches a wide variety of freshman and sophomore math classes.
In his spare time (someone needs to remind me what the term "spare time" means!) he is a somewhat active musician. He plays trumpet in the university's pep and concert bands, and in local summer community band, which he co-founded in 2010. He is also the organist and cantor at his church.
How do people interact?
Conversations take place by typing and reading everyone's messages. You always have an opportunity to scroll back through the conversation to check on parts of the conversation you may have missed.
What is the pattern of communication?
Everyone has equal opportunities to speak. Most messages are directed at everyone else there, but sometimes someone will mention a question to someone specific. No one is interrupted so everyone's voice is heard.
Are there any terms that seem to have special meaning?
The meetbot directions were new to me, those seemed to have some significance.
Can you make any other observations?
I've used IRC before; this seemed typical of a chat meeting.
I wasn't able to see a structured meeting, but I did notice many small informal conversations about the project. Most of them were asking if new revisions had been seen, and if they had, what feedback was being provided. I did see what seemed to be a new interested developer ask to get involved. It was suggested to join the mailing list first. I didn't understand a lot of the terms being thrown around. I hope it comes easy to me when I join the project.
