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(Re)starting monthly mentoring events #8

Closed Fauntleroy closed 9 years ago

Fauntleroy commented 9 years ago

I recently checked out a Nodeschool event in SF and was shocked to hear that nothing had happened in the Oakland chapter for a while, so I'd like to start organizing and running monthly mentoring events here.

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I've already reached out to @isaacs about hosting the event at NPM and he's responded positively (barring some possible complications around a future move). I believe NPM would be an ideal location due to its proximity to BART, the company's inclusive culture, and of course the fact that NPM is an integral part of the Node.js ecosystem.

As for day & time, I'd love to do something like the last Nodeschool SF (a long afternoon event on a weekend, say 12-5PM on a Sunday), but I'm not sure how well that format works for meetups in Oakland. Barring that, weeknight events after work hours (6-9PM) would work as well.

I'm not sure who to reach out to in Oakland about mentorship, but I do know that @mikeal is in the area and has been active with Nodeschool before. My hope is that some of the awesome people at NPM might be able to spare some time for mentorship as well. I also know that some people from the last Nodeschool SF event (like @llkats and https://twitter.com/ugobelu) would be interested in helping out.

I can build and design the website, but I do have a couple questions about the ticketing system. Do all Nodeschool chapters use https://ti.to/ ? What's the process for building these websites?

Any input y'all have would be greatly appreciated! Let's get Nodeschool Oak going again!

isaacs commented 9 years ago

Just to put more details around the "future move" issue and npm's commitment:

We're going to be most likely moving to a new and much larger office in August. This will be a better place for node school events, but while we're moving, no good. In the meantime, our place at 200 Frank Ogawa is suitable for 20 people or so, and with a bit of warning, we could use the building's shared conference space for up to 50 or so.

mikeal commented 9 years ago

You can use my warehouse in Embarcadero Cove. It isn't the most convenient location but it can fit as many people as we can possibly get :)

ugobelu commented 9 years ago

Thanks, for restarting the conversation! I haven't been able to make it out to oaklandjs meetups recently, so being able to discuss here is great. @Fauntleroy, in addition to helping with the website, I can do some recruiting of mentors.

Should we have a mentor event first to plan together in person?

llkats commented 9 years ago

Notes from SF: The SF chapter has definitely benefited from the sundry companies in SF proper who are willing to sponsor space, food, desks, and volunteers for us. It's been a nice way to visit a bunch of different companies without putting too much of a burden or commitment on any one space. We've been lucky to be able to plan ahead about a month to each event and schedule space ahead of time. I'm not sure how feasible it is for Oakland, but it did add a little flexibility since we only needed a space to commit to one event at a time.

When we were first organizing, there was a lot of conversation in the repository about all sorts of issues. I'm sort of glad that we didn't schedule any meetings before the first event, we sort of just went ahead and did it (it was extremely successful in large part because of @groundwater's, @agminusthev's, and New Relic's support -- maybe they will know additional peeps to ping for East Bay mentorship).

OaklandJS also seems an ideal place to recruit mentors, and I know others from SF would jump at the chance to mentor and help out with OaklandJS as well. Trying to think of my other node frands in the East Bay... @bryan-m-hughes, @ajfarkas, @lyzidiamond, @jessepollak would you or anyone you know be interested in getting involved?

Let me know how I can help!

nebrius commented 9 years ago

Thanks for thinking of me @llkats! Unfortunately I'm completely swamped through late July (at best) and won't have time to help.

@TheAlphaNerd, @Frijol, @emilyrose, @alexglow, @morganrallen (if you're still in town), any of you have any free time and want to help?

morganrallen commented 9 years ago

I will be back to reality in late July.

devonwesley commented 9 years ago

We still have the space on 17th and broadway, Oakland. Its still available until December this year. but we can get a few hacks in or whatever. Its right by the bart. Let me know. email: devon@devla.bs

ajfarkas commented 9 years ago

I'm definitely interested in helping with organization. I could use some mentoring myself, so I may not be much help in that arena. I'll ask around for others who may be interested. On May 30, 2015 4:27 PM, "Lydia Katsamberis" notifications@github.com wrote:

Notes from SF: The SF chapter has definitely benefited from the sundry companies in SF proper who are willing to sponsor space, food, desks, and volunteers for us. It's been a nice way to visit a bunch of different companies without putting too much of a burden or commitment on any one space. We've been lucky to be able to plan ahead about a month to each event and schedule space ahead of time. I'm not sure how feasible it is for Oakland, but it did add a little flexibility since we only needed a space to commit to one event at a time.

When we were first organizing, there was a lot of conversation in the repository about all sorts of issues. I'm sort of glad that we didn't schedule any meetings before the first event, we sort of just went ahead and did it (it was extremely successful in large part because of @groundwater https://github.com/groundwater's, @agminusthev https://github.com/agminusthev's, and New Relic's support -- maybe they will know additional peeps to ping for East Bay mentorship).

OaklandJS also seems an ideal place to recruit mentors, and I know others from SF would jump at the chance to mentor and help out with OaklandJS as well. Trying to think of my other node frands in the East Bay... @bryan-m-hughes https://github.com/bryan-m-hughes, @ajfarkas https://github.com/ajfarkas, @lyzidiamond https://github.com/lyzidiamond, @jessepollak https://github.com/jessepollak would you or anyone you know be interested in getting involved?

Let me know how I can help!

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/nodeschool/oakland/issues/8#issuecomment-107098888.

ugobelu commented 9 years ago

@Jusdev89, that seems pretty ideal for a start. I hope to make it to oaklandjs and @sudoroom this week to learn whether there's been any discussion of nodeschool meetups and, if so, where that discussion stands. I imagine some of the good folks from @cyberwizardinstitute would be interested, if it's not already on any agenda.

jessepollak commented 9 years ago

I can definitely help out with mentoring, though I don't have the bandwidth right now to really contribute to organizing!

devonwesley commented 9 years ago

So for the spot on 17th broadway, Oakland. Im available anytime. but im not a mentor. but i can open the door whenever. before we were doing sundayz but its up in the air. let me know

sunnyrjuneja commented 9 years ago

I'm not an OaklandJS or Node School meet up regular but I would be happy to help organize or mentor. I'm one of the organizers for RailsBridge Oakland and we hosted an event at Pandora. They said they would be happy to do more events in the future. I can reach out if that's interesting to folks.

Frijol commented 9 years ago

I can help with something! Not sure what's needed, might be most useful to have some kind of organizer/mentor meeting to figure things out? Also happy to cross-post to my meetup http://www.meetup.com/APIs-to-Electrons if useful

Fauntleroy commented 9 years ago

@isaacs What kind of lead time do you need to host at NPM? You told me "a few weeks" before, so at least 3 weeks?

@mikeal It's good to know we've got a place in Jingletown if we need it!

@Jusdev89 Thanks for keeping the door open! What's this place like? Do you have photos of it?

@whatasunnyday I'd love see if Pandora is interested in hosting a Nodeschool event in the future! If you could reach out to your contacts there that would be awesome!

@Frijol @llkats @ajfarkas @smallhaxe Thanks for the support! I'll be hitting up Oakland.js this Wednesday, and it'd be great to see y'all in person then.

I'd love to have an event in late June, but there's lots of stuff going on then. The 22nd and 23rd are jQuerySF, the 27th is going to be a Nodeschool SF event, and the next Saturday is July 4th. That leaves us with a couple viable options:

I think an event on the 20th is our best shot this month, but I don't have a problem with putting the next event off until July if necessary.

sunnyrjuneja commented 9 years ago

@Fauntleroy Before I reach out, could you give me a bit more information about the following:

devonwesley commented 9 years ago

@Fauntleroy Ill show you when you come to the oakland js, its 3 blocks down.

Fauntleroy commented 9 years ago

@whatasunnyday Sure!

GrahamEnigma commented 9 years ago

Talk to Anka at Techliminal on 12th, they have sponsored quite a few tech events. Let me know what I can do to help..... (Though we are based in Napa, I live in OakLand. (and i'm on vacation on the 20th :-(()

Fauntleroy commented 9 years ago

Hey everyone!

Can't wait to get started!

GrahamEnigma commented 9 years ago

Great news!

Please send email as well tough, it’s too easy to miss a tweet.

Cheers

G

GIGAmacro Exploring Small Things in a Big Way c: +1 415 999 3106 e: graham@gigamacro.com t: giga_macro w: www.gigamacro.com

On Jul 7, 2015, at 6:50 PM, Timothy Kempf notifications@github.com wrote:

Hey everyone!

After talking to @isaacs https://github.com/isaacs and it looks like we'll be having an event at NPM on the 18th of July. There's now a Twitter account for Nodeschool Oakland (@nodeschooloak https://twitter.com/nodeschooloak), which will be used in much the same manner as @nodeschoolsf https://twitter.com/nodeschoolsf I'm waiting to hear back on attendee numbers, but once I do I'll put up a signup page and start advertising the event. Can't wait to get started!

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/nodeschool/oakland/issues/8#issuecomment-119397066.

mikeal commented 9 years ago

Can you tweet something from that account so that I can re-tweet it :)

GrahamEnigma commented 9 years ago

Done, tweets form enigma consult and gigamacro.

Cheers

On Jul 8, 2015, at 10:34 AM, Mikeal Rogers notifications@github.com wrote:

Can you tweet something from that account so that I can re-tweet it :)

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/nodeschool/oakland/issues/8#issuecomment-119672162.

mikeal commented 9 years ago

I meant a tweet from @nodeschooloak :)

Fauntleroy commented 9 years ago

@mikeal A tweet now exists: https://twitter.com/nodeschooloak/status/618859774222974976

@GrahamGIGA Where would you like me to send an email to?

devonwesley commented 9 years ago

Sweet can't wait. Thanks.

GrahamEnigma commented 9 years ago

No, it’s not my account……..

On Jul 8, 2015, at 11:45 AM, Mikeal Rogers notifications@github.com wrote:

I meant a tweet from @nodeschooloak :)

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/nodeschool/oakland/issues/8#issuecomment-119694049.

Fauntleroy commented 9 years ago

How does one attain push access for this repo? I'd like to do a couple things:

@maxogden @mikeal do y'all have access? Do I need to consult someone from the Nodeschool org?

mikeal commented 9 years ago

@Fauntleroy added.

Fauntleroy commented 9 years ago

:+1: @mikeal

Fauntleroy commented 9 years ago

@mikeal Do you also have access to ti.io? My email address is the.kaempfer@gmail.com

mikeal commented 9 years ago

@Fauntleroy invited :)

Fauntleroy commented 9 years ago

The tweet is now up: https://twitter.com/nodeschooloak/status/619163351428431873

Fauntleroy commented 9 years ago

Our July event was a huge success! Lots of happy learners and mentors:

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