#Welcome to the 2016 Mozilla Fellows for Science Roadmap!
This roadmap provides you with a bit of structure for the fellowship.
Over the next 10 months, you'll create amazing projects, build communities, train our next set of open science leaders, and champion working open and open science in ways that we haven't yet dreamed of and we'd like to organize those thoughts, prototypes, and projects here.
##TASKS/DELIVERABLES
We've broken the 10 month period into phases, to help you organize your time (Explore, Prototype, Test/Share, Refine, Launch). Deliverables are for each phase of the project will be listed as that phase nears, and sorted into directories named for the phase. The deliverables will help you document your project's evolution, and make your process transparent and reusable for our wider community.
We've assigned point people (contact list here) who can help you with questions and clarifications about the tasks listed below. We also have a directory of fellows' contacts, should you like to reach out to eachother here.
See below for a timeline of the tasks for the year. All is subject to change/updating. Again, your feedback is welcome!
##CALENDAR
A general program calendar can be found in this spreadsheet, and it will likely update with more frequency relative to events.
| PHASE | DATE | ACTIVITY | LOCATION | PARTICIPANTS | REQUIRED? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXPLORE | Sep. 7, 2016 | Start-date for some fellows | Fellows | x | |
| EXPLORE | Sep. 7, 2016 | Start-date for other fellows | Fellows | x | |
| EXPLORE | Sep. 12, 2016 | Fellows announced, live on site, project call | Toronto, CA | MSL Staff | x |
| EXPLORE | Sep. 12 - 16, 2016 | Fellowship onboarding week (travel days Sept 11 and Sept 17) | Toronto | MSL + Fellows + Joey | x |
| EXPLORE | Oct. 28 - 30, 2016 | MozFest (travel days Oct 27 and Oct 31) | London, UK | MSL + Fellows + Alumni | x |
| EXPLORE | Nov. 12 - 14, 2016 | OpenCon (travel days Nov 11 and Nov 15) | Washington D.C., USA | MSL + Fellows + Alumni | |
| PROTOTYPE | Dec. 5 - 11, 2016 | Mozilla staff all-hands | Hawaii, USA | MSL | |
| PROTOTYPE | Feb. 13 - 17, 2017 | Fellows work week + WOW | TBD | MSL + Fellows | x |
| PROTOTYPE | Mar 15, 2017 (dates TBD) | GET conference (travel days Mar 5 and Mar 11) // OpenVis | Boston, USA | MSL + Fellows + Alumni | |
| PROTOTYPE | Mar 29 - 31, 2017 | RightsCon Summit (travel days Mar 28 and Apr 1) | San Francisco, USA | Fellows | |
| TEST/SHARE | April (date TBD) | Fellows' Work Week / Open Web Sprint (virtual) w/ OWF | TBD | MSL + OWF + Fellows | |
| SHARE | June 2 - 3, 2017 (details TBD) | Global Sprint | Remote | MSL + Fellows + Alumni + Community | x |
| REFINE | June 5 - 9, 2017 (details TBD) | Graduation + Wrap-up Workweek | TBD | MSL + Fellows | x |
| REFINE | June 7, 2017 | Fellowship End-date for 9/7 start-date | Fellows | x | |
| REFINE | June 12, 2017 | Fellowship End-date for 9/12 start-date | Fellows | x | |
| LAUNCH | June 26 - Jul 1, 2017 | Mozilla All-Hands | San Francisco, USA | MSL + 2 Fellows | ~ |
| LAUNCH | June 29, 2017 | Closing Dinner w/ OWF | San Francisco, USA | MSL + OWF + 2 Fellows | ~ |
##TIMELINE/PHASES
The phase deliverables and work periods are as follows (deliverables are due on the last day of the period).
###EXPLORE (September 2016 - November 2016)
You’ll be doing project research and development planning exercises and contributing to the MSL blog throughout the EXPLORE phase.
###September:
Exercises :
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Start résumé
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Work on Zines
Events : Onboarding
Calls : Wednesday 9/21, 13:00 EST
###October:
Exercises :
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Elevator pitch (polished! jargon free, to be presented on Oct 13 call)
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Events : Mozfest
Calls : Wednesday 10/5 + 10/19, 11:00 EST
Community Call : 10/13, 11:00 EST
###November:
Exercises :
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7 slide presentation (shareable) and/or short video
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Events : OpenCon
Calls : Wednesday 11/2 + 11/16 + 11/30, 13:00 EST
###PROTOTYPE (December 2016 - March 2017)
You’ll be working on testing and building out your proposed project(s) throughout the PROTOTYPE phase.
###December:
Exercises :
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Blog response on scheduling/time management
Calls : Wednesday 12/14 + 12/28 (holidays contingent), 13:00 EST
Community Call : 12/15, 11:00 EST
###January:
Exercises :
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Blog response on idea + users for project(s)
Calls : Wednesday 1/11 + 1/25, 13:00 EST
###February:
Exercises :
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Events : Work week + WOW
Calls : Wednesday 2/8 + 2/22, 13:00 EST
Community Call : 2/9, 11:00 EST
###March:
Exercises :
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Blog response on impact of project(s)
Events : GET Conf, OpenVis, RightsCon
Calls : Wednesday 3/8 + 3/22, 13:00 EST
###TEST/SHARE (April 2017 - May 2017)
You’ll be identify communities in which you can test and showcase your prototypes and get feedback that will inform pre-launch polishing in the TEST/SHARE phase.
###April:
Exercises :
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Blog response on documentation
Events : Work week + Open Web Sprint
Calls : Wednesday 4/5 + 4/19, 13:00 EST
Community Call : 4/13, 11:00 EST
###May:
Exercises :
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Blog response on fellowship retrospective
Calls : Wednesday 5/3 + 5/17 + 5/31, 13:00 EST
###REFINE (June 2017)
You’ll wrap-up your fellowship by packaging your project(s) for launch and publicity in July during the REFINE phase.
###June:
Exercises :
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Update résumé
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Choose launch data and prioritize final features
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Revisit Goal-setting from onboarding and first month
Events : Global Sprint, Graduation
Calls : Wednesday 6/14 Retrospective call, 13:00 EST
Community Calls : 6/9, 11:00 EST
###LAUNCH (July 2017)
We'll blog, tweet, and publicize your projects throughout our network during the LAUNCH phase.