React Workshop with Steven Luscher (Instagram)

dlindahl commented 9 years ago

Date: Saturday, July 18th Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm Location: UC Davis Extension, Room 200 Tickets: https://ti.to/sacjs/reactjs-workshop

Overview

At JSConf, I talked to Tom Occhino from Facebook about getting us in touch with someone that coulf run a React Workshop here in Sacramento. He got me in touch with Steven Luscher from the Instagram Web Team. He teaches React to new hires at Facebook. He has offered to run a modified version of a workshop that he delivered in Vancouver at the Polyglot conference. That workshop was 8-hours long, so we might alter the time commitment based on user feedback.

This workshop would be in lieu of our normal Tuesday meetup because I am not a robot and won't have time to book speakers for two events :smile:

Agenda

Pre-workshop

If libs need to be pre-installed (npm, node, etc.), communicate to attendees
Day Before
Ensure Steven arrived OK

He says he will be coming in late
Get cooler prepped
Costco Run for beverages w/ @samt (#34)
8:00am - Day of Preparation
Get ice
Setup room
Receive breakfast delivery from Noah's Bagels (#34)
Setup breakfast
Setup refreshments for the day
9:00am - Check-in
Handle check-in/registration
If libs need to be pre-installed (npm, node, etc.), make sure attendees have that working
Swag?
- I have tons of React stickers, a good number of Facebook stickets, and some Instagram stickers
- Maybe Steven can bring some Facebook tshirts, etc up with him
  10:00am - Start
Welcome guests
CoC
Introduce Steven
10:05am Workshop
Do the thing
11:20am - Prep Lunch
Drive to Chipotle to pick up order (@samt [has Order #] and @a-axton)

1831 Capitol Ave Sacramento, CA 95814
Setup lunch

Unpack, arrange chafing dishes, add water to pan, light pan fuel, etc.

12:00pm - Catered Lunch
Eat the Chipotle
12:45pm - Workshop
Do the thing
2:45pm - Break
Snacks?
3:00pm - Workshop
Do the thing
4:00pm - Closing
Q&A?
Thank Steven
Thank sponsors
Post-workshop
Optional staff/attendee dinner/BeerJS
Drop off Steven at the train station in time for the 9:10pm train
Tasks
[x] Find a venue

UC Davis Extension Sutter Square Galleria Center 2901 K St Sacramento, CA 95816 Room 200
[x] Find a time

9am - 5pm
[x] Find sponsor for lodging

Since Steven will be traveling 4-hours in one direction, he asked if someone would be willing to host him overnight. I think we can go one step further and get him a hotel room near the train station. I'm hoping that we can get that covered via a sponsorship. Worst case, I'll pay out of pocket.

Facebook will be covering Steven's lodging expenses
[x] Find sponsor for food and beverages

We have sponsorship money coming in from Autodesk ~~and possibly more from Stone Cobra and TEKSystems if needed. Still awaiting confirmation.~~

Barring any surprises, the Autodesk money should cover the entire event
[x] Find support staff

Anyone we know that is proficient in React is welcome to act as staff for this event. At the very least, I'd like to have the following on hand:
- [x] @dlindahl
- [x] @a-axton
- [x] @samt
- [x] @eporcello (Reacto organizer)
- [x] @MoonTahoe
[x] Determine if a fee is necessary

Since this will be the most logistically challenging event we've put on, I'd like to explore the idea of selling tickets for at least a $5 non-refundable fee. Since ticket purchasers will have some skin in the game, it will help deter no-shows. In addition, the fee can help offset any expenses we incur. Any profits would go to an as yet unnamed local STEM-like organization.

We will be charging $10 per ticket with a 50%-off discount for the first 5 registrants at the June 23rd Meetup (#30). This will be handled by a Tito account that I have setup.

dlindahl commented 9 years ago

Aaron Winters said on #sactech Slack:

Art Institute is usually very supportive of hosting outside groups Derek. Talk to Bill Mead.

eveporcello commented 9 years ago

This sounds amazing!

A few things:

My husband, Alex Banks (@MoonTahoe), knows React well also and can help day of.
Do we know when we'd like to hold the event? Saturday July 11 stands out as a good date for Alex and me.
Could Steven come up the night before so that we could maybe start a bit earlier in the day? It might be nicer for him to teach after sleeping too!
It'd be cool to do t-shirts or something as swag - I could ask around about getting them donated.
We can donate the hotel room.

dlindahl commented 9 years ago

@eporcello: added @MoonTahoe to the list of helpers

I'm still working with Steven on getting a date locked in. If he's able to come up on Friday so we can start early-ish on Saturday, I'm ok with that.

If FB has leftover swag from events, hopefully Steven can bring those with him. I'm not sure we need anything custom for this event if that's what you mean. I can speak to their event coordinator to see if he has anything to offer.

dlindahl commented 9 years ago

I pinged Stone Cobra to see if they'd be interested in sponsoring. They had a developer at our April meetup say that they were actively looking for React developers.

samt commented 9 years ago

:+1: Let me know if I can do anything to assist.

dlindahl commented 9 years ago

Heard back from Steven. We're tentatively schedule for July 18th. Once we get a venue locked in, everything else should fall into place.

@samt is asking at UC Davis Extension
@a-axton is asking at The Hive and VSP: The Shop

I've updated the content of this issue to reflect the current state.

eveporcello commented 9 years ago

Awesome! Let me know if we can help in any way.

dlindahl commented 9 years ago

@samt says our space at UCD Extension is almost set. We're waiting on confirmation and clarification about parking validation. If they can't cover parking, ticket prices or an extra sponsor should more than cover it.

Steven sent along this link that shows a syllabus that he's used in past events: https://github.com/steveluscher/react-polyglot-conf-2014#syllabus

@eporcello we have you penciled in as an on-site helper along with myself, @a-axton, and @samt. Aside from that, let me know if you want to say something about Reacto at the end so I can plan accordingly.

Other than promoting the event and day-of check-in, I'm not sure there is a whole lot of work for us to do. Maybe some coordination with caterers will be required as day-of, but I'm not sure we are organized enough yet to know :smile:

dlindahl commented 9 years ago

@samt heard back from UCD and we're good to:

UC Davis Extension Room 305 Saturday, July 18th, from 8am - 6pm (1hr for setup/teardown) Cost: $180 (they're splitting the fee with us)

I'm going to officially announce via twitter and meetup and I'll post the registration link here as well.

dlindahl commented 9 years ago

Here is the link for ticket purchasing: https://ti.to/sacjs/reactjs-workshop

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dlindahl commented 9 years ago

@sacjs/staff: Please register for a Staff ticket at https://ti.to/sacjs/reactjs-workshop/with/suvjfenukxi

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