Proposed slot facilitator
Andrew Petro is willing to facilitate this slot, but he would be more than happy, nay, thrilled, if someone else wanted to take point on this.
Estimated time required
30 minutes? Maybe follow it with a scheduled coffee break so it can naturally lead to people following up with one another on discovered shared interests, friendly pressure to get really honest about what's going to get done when, etc.
Slot concept / outline / content
Just an idea for a meeting slot: a very simple brief slot where we go around the room and each participant describes what he or she is working on, what's up with local instituion uPortal deployments and projects, perception of needs for near-term direction of the project, and perhaps most importantly, shares intent for what he or she will work on between this developer meeting and the June conference.
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