[Rubyforchange-talk] Ideas for charity events

[Jeremy McAnally]

We did something like that at the Ruby Hoedown (called the Ruby
Showdown), except the people won the prizes themselves.  We had quick
hack-themed games (30 second code golf, fill in the blank code, and so
on...better ones could be created I'm sure) and eliminated people
based on performance.

It would be cool to take that model, blow it up, and either do an all
charity deal or a prize match (i.e., people and charities win).

--Jeremy

(Sorry you get this twice Giles...)

On 8/15/07, Giles Bowkett <gilesb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I do like Jeremy's silent auction fund raising idea.  Anyone have
> > experience with something like this and might be interested in coming
> > up with ideas for an upcoming conference?  I want to avoid the plain
> > "give money at this URL' approach we took at RailsConf just so it
> > doesn't get tiresome.
>
> What about a hacking contest, where the winner chooses a charity to
> receive a donation?
>
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