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.<br><br><br>Tony Devlin<br><br>
<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/13/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jeremy McAnally</b> <<a href="mailto:jeremymcanally@gmail.com">jeremymcanally@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hello everyone,<br>I was curious about whether or not they were planning a charity event<br>at RubyConf, and upon asking Chad told me they hadn't really planned<br>one yet but were open to new and interesting ideas.<br>
<br>I though I'd post here to get a discussion going about some of the<br>ideas I've had and see if anyone else has any excellent ideas. Of<br>course, a workshop is a great idea but I'm sure there's a twist on it
<br>that no one has tried yet...<br><br>One idea I had is a twist on the Ruby for Change idea, in that you<br>assemble teams of developers to do small projects for clients and then<br>donate the money to a charity. Or, you could assemble people into
<br>hack night groups at RubyConf or the Ruby Hoedown or whatever, and<br>over the course of the conf they hack together a marketable<br>product/website (e.g., ActiveReload's Warehouse) that will give its<br>proceeds to charity.
<br><br>One idea I had and didn't get to implement at the Hoedown is a silent<br>auction of stuff like books, training, hosting, etc. It could be<br>something as simple as "a copy of Beginning Ruby" to something like "a
<br>pair programming session with Matz." I've seen things similar to that<br>done that have yielded huge amounts of money.<br><br>Anyone else have any ideas? I hope we can kick up some good ideas for<br>myself and other conference organizers to use.
<br><br>Thanks a lot,<br>Jeremy<br><br>--<br><a href="http://www.jeremymcanally.com/">http://www.jeremymcanally.com/</a><br><br>My free Ruby e-book:<br><a href="http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/book/">http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/book/
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