Virtual Coffee Community Building Resources

Welcome to Virtual Coffee's community building resources! This repository contains documentation, procedures, and insights into how we manage various aspects of our tech community. Whether you're looking to understand how we do things at Virtual Coffee, volunteer at Virtual Coffee, start your own community or improve an existing one, we hope these resources will be valuable to you.

About Virtual Coffee

Virtual Coffee's mission is to be a welcoming tech community that allows room for growth and mentorship at all levels and to create meaningful opportunities for learning, leadership, and contribution for everyone.

We prioritize supporting one another and believe in the power of learning and teaching at every level. To learn more about who we are, visit our website.

Quick Links & Team Leads

This repository is organized into several key areas of community management:

• How to Use This Repo
• Lunch & Learns: Docs and reference for managing Lunch & Learn events
  • Lead: Shelley McHardy
• Coffees: Docs and reference for managing weekly Coffees
  • Leads: Community Maintainers
• Lightning Talks: Docs and reference for helping out with Lightning Talks
• Monthly Challenges: Docs and reference for managing Monthly Challenges
  • Leads: Ayu Adiati and Dominic Duffin
• Coffee Table Groups: Docs and reference for managing Coffee Table Groups
  • Lead: Abbey
• Procedures: Procedures for various Virtual Coffee tasks
  • YouTube: Steps for posting to YouTube
  • Streaming: Steps for streaming from Zoom to YouTube Live
  • Add a Coffee Table Group: Steps for adding a new Coffee Table Group after receiving an application
• Documentation Team
  • Lead: Ayu

How to Use This Repo

This repo is meant to help facilitate communication and coordination for Virtual Coffee Contributors.

1. Explore: Browse through the different folders to find areas of interest.
2. Learn: Each section contains documentation on how we approach different aspects of community building.
3. Adapt: Feel free to use these resources according to our license as inspiration or templates for your own community initiatives.
4. Contribute: If you have suggestions or improvements, please see our Contributing Guide.

Community Building Insights

Throughout this repository, you'll find insights into:

• Creating welcoming spaces for developers of all levels
• Organizing and managing regular community events
• Creating leadership and volunteer opportunities
• Maintaining community documentation
• Balancing growth with community intimacy

Get Involved with Virtual Coffee

If you're interested in joining Virtual Coffee or learning more about our community:

• Visit our website
• Check out our membership information
• Explore our public resources for developers

Questions or Feedback?

If you have questions about our processes or want to discuss community building, feel free to open an issue or start a discussion in this repository. We're always happy to connect!

We hope these resources are helpful. Remember, every community is unique, so adapt these ideas to fit your specific needs and values. Happy community building!

[!NOTE]
Any changes to this repo need to be via a Pull Request (you can do this on your machine or through the GitHub web interface).

⚠️ Heads up! If you'd like to make a change to this repo's docs, please make sure you've started with an issue (or a discussion board post) first, and that you've been assigned to the issue. This allows the maintainer team to provide guidance and prioritize tasks - otherwise you may run the risk of spending time on something that doesn't end up getting accepted for various reasons. Read our Contributors' Guide for more info.