You should read the full orientation hackathon rules after your kickoff. Below is a summary of the highlights:

• Team Size: Fellows will break up into teams of 2-3 within their Pod that will be their project teams for the duration of the fellowship.

• Timeline: Each team has between the end of the kickoff and the start of demos to create their project submission.

• Project Requirements:

  • Fellows must use at least one of the Pod’s Open Source technologies in their project.

  • The project must be “Open Sourced” (i.e. made available on GitHub with an Open Source license) at the end of the hackathon.

  • You’ll also be evaluated for your use of Git and GitHub “Best Practices” while collaborating on the project. This includes using branches, pull requests, reviewing each other’s code, writing a comprehensive README, & using issues to track tasks.

• Demos:

  • Each Pod will come together to demo their projects to each other, your GPMs, and any outside visitors or judges your GPMs choose to invite.

  • Each team will have 5-10 minutes to present and demo their project on Zoom.

  • Your Pod leader will select a winner to advance to the Global Finals.

  • You’ll need to share a GitHub repo and video demo of the project in addition to the live demo that you will do.

• Global Finals:

  • The top project from each Pod will advance to the Global Hackathon Finals.

  • The finals will be broadcast on Twitch and the overall winners will be selected during the livestream.

  • We’ll be awarding prizes for the top 3 projects (listed below).