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. Your Pod Leader will help you do this during the kickoff.

• Timeline: Each team has between the end of the kickoff and the start of demos to create their project submission. Demos will take place on Monday

• 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:

  • All of your Pod Leader's Pods will come together to demo their projects to each other, your Pod Leader, and any outside visitors your Pod Leader chooses to invite.

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

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

• Judging:

  • Projects will be judges by Pod Leaders

  • 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 projects from each pod.