Meta Meetup 2016-09-28

Notes.md

Must do

• Have another one of these meta meetups!

@chrisortman suggested an "open space" style meetup so people can break off and discuss topics.

• Find out where meetup donations go.

I looked into this and Jerry is the only one with access to this part of the account. Still need to transfer total ownership over from him.

• Make techcorridor.io emails for Chris Ortman and Suzanne Kozina (and anyone else who wants one) for anything they want to set up.

Should do

• Make an #intros channel in Slack.

For finding people with certain interests, needs, etc. (I need more clarification on this.)

• Make a Facebook group.

Especially for very general, public facing events. Could be handled via Meetup? @chrisortman said he'd look into this.

• Make a LinkedIn group.

• Plan a beginners meetup ("Newbies" meetup).

Perhaps a series, but there is definite interest in learning to program. Discuss further in the #newbies channel.

• Make a jobs site

I'm particularly interested in seeing what we can do with this. Might come up with a basic demo for us to discuss. Need design help.

Might do

• List events in wiki, make this more public and obvious

• Make a public Google calendar

Note: there's an iCalendar feed that can be subscribed to via Meetup. Could be helpful.

• Share access for tweeting via @techcorridorio

• How do people know how to start small businesses/become contractors? What resources are out there?

• Host an "Apps for a Good Cause" event (idea via Suzanne)

Misc

• ISE taught programming over the summer. Chris Ortman is teaching high school kids through Kirkwood. Peter has a workshop on Saturdays at ICPL. (Possible room for collaboration.)