[Rubyforchange-talk] Event: Codefest @ Ruby East

[Jeff Casimir]

Ruby for Change Squad,

I've launched a barebones site to coordinate the upcoming Ruby for
Change event at the Ruby East conference.  Check it out at
http://www.rubyforchange.org

>From the site...........

Our first event will be held in conjunction with the Ruby East
conference. The conference is September 29th outside Philadelphia on
the Penn State campus. Our Codefest will take place at the same
location on the following day, Saturday, September 30th.

The Codefest will run approximately 9AM to 5PM. During that time a
team of somewhere between 2 and 20 will collaborate to create a
functional project. The front-runner concept is a file management
application.

The file-management utility will be a collaboration and archiving tool
that does deep indexing of content and metadata. Small organizations
waste time and effort by constantly emailing around documents. They
frequently develop competing versions, get lost, or are difficult to
find. Our project would introduce a web-based file management tool
that uses file metadata, tagging, and content inspection to create a
highly searchable archive. Files should be versioned, HTML
previewable, and have privacy/access controls.

As a group we'll meet up Saturday morning and have a functioning app
by the evening. If you can contribute a few hours of your expertise it
would be appreciated. We're looking for Rails programmers, pure
Rubyists, deployment/systems specialists, and graphic designers. It
should be a great opportunity to meet interesting people, sharpen your
skills, and have a little fun while creating a useful product.

If you're interested in participating, please visit the registration
page and signup (http://rubyforchange.org/registrations/new)!

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I know the page is butt ugly - sorry!  Bruce is putting the finishing
touches on a logo as he travels across Europe and, once it's done, I
hope we can put a little energy into the visual appearance.

Thoughts?  Feedback?  Criticism?

Thanks,
Jeff