[Rubyforchange-talk] Ideas for charity events

[Tony Devlin]

I think something like a hack-night would be a great idea.  I have to let
this idea gel for a while before I can offer any competent opinions, but
just wanted to send a quick agreement shout.


Tony Devlin




On 8/13/07, Jeremy McAnally <jeremymcanally at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
> I was curious about whether or not they were planning a charity event
> at RubyConf, and upon asking Chad told me they hadn't really planned
> one yet but were open to new and interesting ideas.
>
> I though I'd post here to get a discussion going about some of the
> ideas I've had and see if anyone else has any excellent ideas.  Of
> course, a workshop is a great idea but I'm sure there's a twist on it
> that no one has tried yet...
>
> One idea I had is a twist on the Ruby for Change idea, in that you
> assemble teams of developers to do small projects for clients and then
> donate the money to a charity.   Or, you could assemble people into
> hack night groups at RubyConf or the Ruby Hoedown or whatever, and
> over the course of the conf they hack together a marketable
> product/website (e.g., ActiveReload's Warehouse) that will give its
> proceeds to charity.
>
> One idea I had and didn't get to implement at the Hoedown is a silent
> auction of stuff like books, training, hosting, etc.  It could be
> something as simple as "a copy of Beginning Ruby" to something like "a
> pair programming session with Matz."  I've seen things similar to that
> done that have yielded huge amounts of money.
>
> Anyone else have any ideas?  I hope we can kick up some good ideas for
> myself and other conference organizers to use.
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Jeremy
>
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