Help us plan this weekend's CrisisCampPDX. Bring your lunch to NedSpace and look for the "CrisisCampPDX" sign inside. You don't need to be there the entire time, come to as much of it as you can. You can get take-out lunch at nearby restaurants, like in Chinatown or the foodcarts at 10th and SW Alder.

More about CrisisCampPDX: - RSVP for the free event: http://crisiscamphaitipdx.eventbrite.com/ - Follow the global effort: @CrisisCamp - Follow Portland effort: @CrisisCampPDX - Join Portland mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/crisiscamppdx

Come help with volunteer tasks for Open Source Bridge, likely including technical work, outreach activities, and ...?

Our blog announcement! http://opensourcebridge.org/blog/2010/02/volunteer-sprint-20100227/

See notes from the last sprint at http://opensourcebridge.org/blog/2010/02/volunteer-sprint-1-stuff-we-did/

This week:

Please join us Saturday, February 27, 2010 beginning at 11:00a for a Volunteer Work Sprint and tour of the PAM's Mark Building!

Activities to include:

Help plan Parties and Fun Extras!

• Fun Extras at Open Source Bridge - from Bike Rides to Karaoke to Massage to Rock Star
• Ada Lovelace Day - OSbridge Fundraising Party - March 24 - can we do it?
• Speakers Party
• Hackers Lounge

Getting ready for Open Source Bridge

• Review existing logistics tasks and add missing items
• Preliminary on-site planning, start working on setup checklists, volunteer rotation schedule, onsite registration checklists etc.
• Start talking about AV setup including a plan for streaming, recording and publishing conference content
• Very preliminary draft of Master Conference Schedule

Hope to see you tomorrow!

Come help with volunteer tasks for Open Source Bridge, likely including technical work, outreach activities, and ...?

This week:

Please join us Saturday, March 13, 2010 beginning at 11:00 am for a Volunteer Work Sprint.

Stuff we'll work on:

• Contacting User Groups, potential speakers
• Formulating blog posts for posting audio content
• Strategizing around sponsorships
• Programming improvements for OpenConferenceWare
• Creative ways of using $100 worth of Adwords

Please join us!

Come help with volunteer tasks for Open Source Bridge, likely including technical work, outreach activities, and ...?

This week:

Please join us Saturday, May 1, 2010 beginning at 11:00 am for a Volunteer Work Sprint.

Stuff we'll work on:

• Planning for contacting attendees and speakers
• Planning around an art display and reception at City Hall
• Writing blog posts to get the word out about our awesome talk lineup!
• Strategizing around sponsorships
• Work on documenting requirements for enhancements to Open Conference Ware around email contact management of speakers

Please join us!

A few of us are getting together to do work sprinting for Open Source Bridge. It's a beautiful day, so our plan is to occupy the patio at http://ristrettoroasters.com - Ristretto (3808 N Williams Ave) until my battery runs out, and then enjoy a pint at the http://www.newoldlompoc.com/5thquadrant_home.html - Fifth Quadrant in the early afternoon.

I'll head over to Ristretto at 11am. Come join us if you'd like to work on a few things for the conference, or if you'd just like to hang out on this fine day. We'll be working on sponsorship-related things, checking over the schedule, writing blog posts about talks we're really looking forward to seeing, and shoring up details for the Hacker Lounge, parties, and generally fun stuff around the conference.

Leslie Hawthorn (formerly program manager for Google Summer of Code), and a few people from the OSU Open Source Lab are also coming out today.

We hope you're having a lovely day and hope to see you!

There is no work sprint this weekend. See you next time!

Are you interested in planning the 2011 Open Source Bridge conference?

The come to our first meeting for next year's conference. We'll be talking about the needs for next year and starting to form the organizing team for 2011.

Come celebrate Personal Telco's 10th birthday, but plugging in another node!

http://www.personaltelco.net/~russell/the-beginning.txt

Ten years ago to the day, Adam Shand, inspired by a slashdot article on Consume.net in London, wrote a message to the Portland Linux Users Group mailing list. That message got Personal Telco off the ground, and it's been flying (sometimes eating some pine cones) ever since. Come help it gain some more altitude and soar with you into the future!

We'll be plugging in a new rooftop node out in the depths of Beaverton at about 12 noon tomorrow. It shouldn't take too long, so don't be too late or we'll be all done when you get there.

Where: 16475 SW Cynthia Street, Beaverton OR 97007

When: Noon, Sunday, November 28, 2010 until 1 or 2pm

We are going to be attaching another of the Ubiquiti Bullet M2HP's to a 5 foot mast on the roof, attached to a WgtCab inside. Come join the fun, watch, learn, participate!

Ask not what free wifi can do for you, ask what you can do for free wifi!

Our first general volunteer gathering of 2011! Come learn about volunteer opportunities at this year's Open Source Bridge, meet some of the core team and socialize with other volunteers.

Come learn about volunteer opportunities at this year's Open Source Bridge, get an update on our progress so far, and meet some of the core team and socialize with other volunteers.

Come learn about volunteer opportunities at this year's Open Source Bridge, get an update on our progress so far, and meet some of the core team and socialize with other volunteers.

Don't want to wait for the meetup? The volunteer schedule is now open for sign-ups. Visit the "How to Sign-Up" page on our wiki for full instructions on how to sign-up as a volunteer: http://opensourcebridge.org/2011/wiki/How_to_Sign-Up

If you can’t come to any of the meet and greets, or the orientation, or just have questions before then, please contact our volunteer coordinator, Shepherd Griffin at [email protected].

Come learn about volunteer opportunities at this year's Open Source Bridge, get an update on our progress so far, and meet some of the core team and socialize with other volunteers.

Don't want to wait for the meetup? The volunteer schedule is now open for sign-ups. Visit the "How to Sign-Up" page on our wiki for full instructions on how to sign-up as a volunteer: http://opensourcebridge.org/2011/wiki/How_to_Sign-Up

If you can’t come to any of the meet and greets, or the orientation, or just have questions before then, please contact our volunteer coordinator, Shepherd Griffin at [email protected].

Come learn about volunteer opportunities at this year's Open Source Bridge, get an update on our progress so far, and meet some of the core team and socialize with other volunteers.

Don't want to wait for the meetup? The volunteer schedule is now open for sign-ups. Visit the "How to Sign-Up" page on our wiki for full instructions on how to sign-up as a volunteer: http://opensourcebridge.org/2011/wiki/How_to_Sign-Up

If you can’t come to any of the meet and greets, or the orientation, or just have questions before then, please contact our volunteer coordinator, Shepherd Griffin at [email protected].

NOTE: We'll meet in the second floor break area. It is open to the public.

If you're volunteering for the conference, please try to attend one of the two orientations on-site, the day before the conference.

Visit the "How to Sign-Up" page on our wiki for full instructions on how to sign-up as a volunteer: http://opensourcebridge.org/2011/wiki/How_to_Sign-Up

If you can’t come to any of the meet and greets, or the orientation, or just have questions before then, please contact our volunteer coordinator, Shepherd Griffin at [email protected].

If you're volunteering for the conference, please try to attend one of the two orientations on-site, the day before the conference.

Visit the "How to Sign-Up" page on our wiki for full instructions on how to sign-up as a volunteer: http://opensourcebridge.org/2011/wiki/How_to_Sign-Up

If you can’t come to any of the meet and greets, or the orientation, or just have questions before then, please contact our volunteer coordinator, Shepherd Griffin at [email protected].

Interested in helping make BarCamp 6 happen? Join us for an open planning meeting.

Can't wait until the meeting? Let us know you're interested by completing our Volunteer Interest Form: http://bit.ly/bcp4volunteer

What is BarCamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.

Interested in helping make BarCamp 6 happen? Join us for an open planning meeting.

Can't wait until the meeting? Let us know you're interested by completing our Volunteer Interest Form: http://bit.ly/bcp4volunteer

What is BarCamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.

UPDATE 1/23: We're postponing this meeting until 1/30 due to family emergency.

Interested in helping make BarCamp 6 happen? Join us for an open planning meeting.

Can't wait until the meeting? Let us know you're interested by completing our Volunteer Interest Form: http://bit.ly/bcp4volunteer

What is BarCamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.

You are invited to a night of merry-making, fun-seeking, and general geekery celebrating the volunteers of Open Source Bridge! Enjoy some food and holiday grog, watch a slide show of photos previous years and listen to a short talk about volunteering. There will even be some celebratory piñata whacking.

Will you be able to sign up to volunteer for OSB 2012? Yes! Core team members will be on hand throughout the evening to answer your questions and help you sign up to help out with Open Source Bridge 2012.

This invitation is open to all volunteers of Open Source Bridge; past, present and future. Please bring yourself, a friend and anyone else interested in volunteering.

Interested in helping make BarCamp 6 happen? Join us for an open planning meeting.

Can't wait until the meeting? Let us know you're interested by completing our Volunteer Interest Form: http://bit.ly/bcp4volunteer

What is BarCamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.

Interested in helping make BarCamp 6 happen? Join us for an open planning meeting.

Can't wait until the meeting? Let us know you're interested by completing our Volunteer Interest Form: http://bit.ly/bcp4volunteer

What is BarCamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.

Interested in helping make BarCamp 6 happen? Join us for an open planning meeting.

Can't wait until the meeting? Let us know you're interested by completing our Volunteer Interest Form: http://bit.ly/bcp4volunteer

What is BarCamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.

Interested in helping make BarCamp 6 happen? Join us for an open planning meeting.

Can't wait until the meeting? Let us know you're interested by completing our Volunteer Interest Form: http://bit.ly/bcp4volunteer

What is BarCamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.

Interested in helping make BarCamp 6 happen? Join us for an open planning meeting.

Can't wait until the meeting? Let us know you're interested by completing our Volunteer Interest Form: http://bit.ly/bcp4volunteer

What is BarCamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.

Interested in helping make BarCamp 6 happen? Join us for an open planning meeting.

Can't wait until the meeting? Let us know you're interested by completing our Volunteer Interest Form: http://bit.ly/bcp4volunteer

What is BarCamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.

Interested in helping make BarCamp 6 happen? Join us for a volunteer orientation and an open planning meeting.

Can't wait until the meeting? Let us know you're interested by completing our Volunteer Interest Form: http://bit.ly/bcp4volunteer

What is BarCamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.

Personal Telco is a collection of individuals, businesses, and organizations who share -- or plan to share -- internet connectivity rather than hoard it. It's also a group of volunteers who want this network to grow. We believe internet access should be available, fair, and uncensored. Personal Telco Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in PDX.

Whether you're a technology wizard or technically incompetent, volunteering with us is a great way to learn something new, enjoy teaching others, or use your skills to do something useful!

Open Source Bridge (OSB) invites you to our first Volunteer Meet & Greet of the year. All are welcome. We will be meeting in the mezzanine of the US Bank building for lunch.

OSB Meet & Greets are a great way to learn more about volunteering for the conference and to meet the conference organizers. There will be a total of three meet and greets. Each one will be hosted at a different location in Portland, leading up to the conference June 26-29, 2012.

If you are interested in learning more about volunteering with OSB, please visit our website.

Personal Telco is a collection of individuals, businesses, and organizations who share -- or plan to share -- internet connectivity rather than hoard it. It's also a group of volunteers who want this network to grow. We believe internet access should be available, fair, and uncensored. Personal Telco Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in PDX.

Whether you're a technology wizard or technically incompetent, volunteering with us is a great way to learn something new, enjoy teaching others, or use your skills to do something useful!

Open Source Bridge (OSB) invites you to the second Volunteer Meet & Greet of the year. All are welcome.

OSB Meet & Greets are a great way to learn more about volunteering for the conference and to meet the conference organizers. There will be a total of three meet and greets. Each one will be hosted at a different location in Portland, leading up to the conference June 26-29, 2012.

If you are interested in learning more about Volunteering with OSB, please visit our website.

Open Source Bridge (OSB) invites you to our final Volunteer Meet & Greet in this year's conference. All are welcome.

OSB Meet & Greets are a great way to learn more about volunteering for the conference and to meet the conference organizers. There will be a total of three meet and greets. Each one will be hosted at a different location in Portland, leading up to the conference June 26-29, 2012.

If you are interested in learning more about Volunteering with OSB, please visit our website.

Note: Date and location are still be confirmed.

Personal Telco is a collection of individuals, businesses, and organizations who share -- or plan to share -- internet connectivity rather than hoard it. It's also a group of volunteers who want this network to grow. We believe internet access should be available, fair, and uncensored. Personal Telco Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in PDX.

Whether you're a technology wizard or technically incompetent, volunteering with us is a great way to learn something new, enjoy teaching others, or use your skills to do something useful!

Personal Telco is a collection of individuals, businesses, and organizations who share -- or plan to share -- internet connectivity rather than hoard it. It's also a group of volunteers who want this network to grow. We believe internet access should be available, fair, and uncensored. Personal Telco Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in PDX.

Whether you're a technology wizard or technically incompetent, volunteering with us is a great way to learn something new, enjoy teaching others, or use your skills to do something useful!

This is one of two orientation sessions for people who are volunteering for the Open Source Bridge conference, taking place June 26-29.

Volunteer orientations will be held onsite at the Eliot Center. Some of our positions require specific training. As a volunteer, you must attend one of the two orientations.

If you are interested in learning more about volunteering opportunities for Open Source Bridge, please visit our website.

Personal Telco is a collection of individuals, businesses, and organizations who share -- or plan to share -- internet connectivity rather than hoard it. It's also a group of volunteers who want this network to grow. We believe internet access should be available, fair, and uncensored. Personal Telco Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in PDX.

Whether you're a technology wizard or technically incompetent, volunteering with us is a great way to learn something new, enjoy teaching others, or use your skills to do something useful!

This the final of the two orientation sessions for people who are volunteering for the Open Source Bridge conference, taking place June 26-29.

Volunteer orientations will be held onsite at the Eliot Center. Some of our positions require specific training. As a volunteer, you must attend one of the two orientations.

If you are interested in learning more about volunteering opportunities for Open Source Bridge, please visit our website.

Personal Telco is a collection of individuals, businesses, and organizations who share -- or plan to share -- internet connectivity rather than hoard it. It's also a group of volunteers who want this network to grow. We believe internet access should be available, fair, and uncensored. Personal Telco Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in PDX.

Whether you're a technology wizard or technically incompetent, volunteering with us is a great way to learn something new, enjoy teaching others, or use your skills to do something useful!

More info at https://personaltelco.net/wiki/PersonalTelco

Would you like to get involved in helping to plan ChickTech's first event?

At this meeting, we'll introduce new volunteers and talk about volunteer organization and the status of our workshops.

Please RSVP (http://bit.ly/chicktech-rsvp) if you plan on coming!

To sign up to be a volunteer: http://bit.ly/chicktech-volunteer

We hope to see some fresh new volunteer-ready faces there!

Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/501961629833217/

Interested in helping make BarCamp 7 happen? Join us for an open planning meeting.

Can't wait until the meeting? Let us know you're interested by completing our Volunteer Interest Form: http://lnk.nu/docs.google.com/24wi

What is BarCamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.

Interested in helping make BarCamp 7 happen? Join us for an open planning meeting.

Can't wait until the meeting? Let us know you're interested by completing our Volunteer Interest Form: http://lnk.nu/docs.google.com/24wi

What is BarCamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.

Interested in helping make BarCamp 7 happen? Join us for an open planning meeting.

Can't wait until the meeting? Let us know you're interested by completing our Volunteer Interest Form: http://lnk.nu/docs.google.com/24wi

What is BarCamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.

Interested in helping make BarCamp 7 happen? Join us for an open planning meeting.

Can't wait until the meeting? Let us know you're interested by completing our Volunteer Interest Form: http://lnk.nu/docs.google.com/24wi

What is BarCamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.

Interested in helping make BarCamp 7 happen? Join us for an open planning meeting.

Can't wait until the meeting? Let us know you're interested by completing our Volunteer Interest Form: http://lnk.nu/docs.google.com/24wi

What is BarCamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.

View Google event to get Hangout details: https://plus.google.com/events/ca33k28ceim5edf79d0aasa0q88

Interested in helping make BarCamp 7 happen? Join us for an open planning meeting.

Can't wait until the meeting? Let us know you're interested by completing our Volunteer Interest Form: http://lnk.nu/docs.google.com/24wi

What is BarCamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.

View Google event to get Hangout details: https://plus.google.com/events/cdcrnfrlku5lstuimfe92e9a5a0

Interested in helping make OSBridge happen? Join us for an open planning meeting.

Join Pixel Arts Game Education in a celebration of its volunteers, milestones, and community!

We will be hosting a free screening of Indie Game: The Movie, followed by a short intermission and tournaments for Samurai Gunn, Super Hexagon, and BLOODBALL. Winners in each of these indie game tournaments will receive prizes!

This event is free, all ages, and open to the public. Film and games are not rated.

"Pixel Arts is a non-profit association that open sources social change through videogames. By creating safe environments and resources for youth and adults invested in maker culture and videogames, we serve the belief that shared creation and education provides value to our community."

We will be announcing our first game camp for July 2013 at Portland Youth Builders and our maker program map to build STEM partnerships with educators, researchers, and community partners.

For more information about Pixel Arts and its services, community, and volunteer opportunities, visit http://pixelartspdx.wikispaces.com/!

Interested in volunteering at this year's Open Source Bridge? Join us at the Green Dragon to get all of your questions answered and sign up for shifts.

If you are volunteering at Open Source Bridge 2013, you need to come to this!

We're holding 2 orientation sessions (1-2:30 pm and 2:30-4pm) today to go over duties and give an updated tour of the venue (many things are new this year). We require that volunteers show up for one of these OSB Volunteer orientations.

In addition, certain volunteer positions require training. For these specialized positions, we will be providing specific training today; please be sure to schedule extra time to attend. Thank you!

Volunteer orientations will be held onsite at the Eliot Center.

If you are interested in learning more about volunteering opportunities for Open Source Bridge, please visit our website.

Do you want to help make BarCamp Portland a reality? Do you want to help make it the most awesome event possible?

Come by our volunteer meetup to learn about how you can help this year's event, and to share your ideas with the planning team.

Interested in volunteering at Startup Weekend? Join us June 20-22 for SWAccess!

Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mtYWuIfRedK25LJBWm6h4ml7rozAqKdDtNDD6LkUk0o/viewform

What is Startup Weekend Access? A crash course for those curious about entrepreneurship! You’re invited to attend Startup Weekend Access, a Startup Weekend focused on making entrepreneurship more accessible to everyone. Our mission is to create an environment where anyone can innovate together. We're focusing on accessibility to provide better access for people with disabilities and fluid collaboration amongst every participant. An appropriate accessible environment with the necessary auxiliary aids support services will be provided!

Everyone is welcome, and we’d love you to join us!

What’s Startup Weekend? Startup Weekend’s a 54-hour event where aspiring entrepreneurs, developers, designers, marketers, product managers, and entrepreneurs of all abilities come together to share startup ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups. Essentially, it’s a crash course in entrepreneurship that lets you experience what it’s really like to build and launch a startup.

Whether you have an idea for a new mobile app that will make your life easier or just want to learn more about entrepreneurship, we encourage you to attend.

Why? The statistics are clear, people with disabilities are not only less likely to be employed, but also less likely to pursue entrepreneurship. We hope that Startup Weekend Access will ignite your entrepreneurial spark!

If you are volunteering at Open Source Bridge 2014, you need to come to this!

We're holding 2 orientation sessions (1-2:30 pm and 2:30-4pm) today to go over duties and give an updated tour of the venue (many things are new this year). We require that volunteers show up for one of these OSB Volunteer orientations.

In addition, certain volunteer positions require training. For these specialized positions, we will be providing specific training today; please be sure to schedule extra time to attend. Thank you!

Volunteer orientations will be held onsite at the Eliot Center.

If you are interested in learning more about volunteering opportunities for Open Source Bridge, please visit our website.

If you are volunteering at Open Source Bridge 2014, you need to come to this!

This is our third orientation session (6-7pm) today to go over duties and the map of the event. We require that volunteers show up for one of these OSB Volunteer orientations.

In addition, certain volunteer positions require training. For these specialized positions, we will be providing specific training today; please be sure to schedule extra time to attend. Thank you!

Volunteer orientations will be held onsite at the Eliot Center.

If you are interested in learning more about volunteering opportunities for Open Source Bridge, please visit our website.

Your software is peer-produced. Why not your conference? Open Source Bridge is pioneered and planned by a team of open source developers and technologists. Join them!

You get free admission to the conference, we get 8 hours of your time (it doesn't have to be all at once).

We need people to help set everything up, organize meals, run speaker sessions, throw a party, pour a few pints, man the hacker lounge, and tear it all down at the end. If any of that sounds like something you could do, sign up here, http://volunteer.opensourcebridge.org

This is a special event happening the month of August where Portland area software developers can get together (virtually) to share their perspectives with technology companies and each other on topics relevant to software developers.

Remote participation link: https://v.mozilla.com/flex.html?roomdirect.html&key=Uc9zNxNaK26f

(If this is your first time participating, or you haven't participated in a long while, you'll be prompted to download and install the Vidyo client software. It is cross-platform and should only take a few minutes.)

Interested in helping make BarCamp 8 happen? Join us for an open planning meeting.

What is BarCamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.

We're celebrating our volunteers! Past, present, and future volunteers are invited to join us for pizza and snacks.

If you're interested in helping plan or work at the next event please come join us.

Help us get ready for the 2015 conference by attending a Hackathon for Open Source Bridge. We'll be working on outreach, coding, documentation, and more: https://github.com/osbridge/planning/issues?q=is%3Aopen.

This is the first of several hackathons. If this one doesn't work for you, keep your eyes peeled for the next one, or fill out the survey here http://opensourcebridge.org/get-involved/ to be alerted about future volunteer opportunities.

Tasks you can help with:

• outreach
  • look at the sponsorship prospectus (http://opensourcebridge.org/sponsors/sponsorship/ ), think of communities, organizations, companies you have connections to, and send them personal emails asking them to sponsor OSB
  • think of awesome diverse speakers you'd love to see talks from at OSB 2015, email them requesting a talk proposal & telling them to watch for the CfP in January
• coding
  • wiki maintenance
  • OpenConferenceWare improvements (see github.com/osbridge/openconferenceware/issues), such as adding a field for YouTube links
  • talk to Reid about helping with server deployment stuff (using Chef)
• documentation
  • help transfer notes and tasks from Etherpad and people's minds to GitHub
  • update notes on the Open Source Bridge 2014 wiki

2015 is starting out with a bang! ChickTech is busier than ever planning a bunch of great events, activities and workshops for all our women and girls!

Start your new year off right with ChickTech! We'd like to invite you and all ChickTech Volunteers to join us for an evening of productivity, pizza, beer, and meeting other ChickTech volunteers - new and experienced. Join in to experience some hands-on volunteering projects, find out what exciting events and activities are in store at ChickTech, and see our new office!

Haven't volunteered with ChickTech yet?

You're welcome, too! Meet other volunteers, work on a volunteer project, and learn about future volunteer opportunities.

Tentative Agenda 6pm-6:15pm - Welcome from Board Members, eat pizza, drink beer

6:15pm-6:30pm - Icebreaker. Get to know your fellow ChickTech volunteers!

6:30pm-6:50pm - Introduction to tonight's volunteer projects

6:50pm-7:10pm - New to ChickTech? We'll have an orientation, just for you.

6:50pm-9pm - Make a real impact with ChickTech and work on volunteer projects

Pizza and beer will be provided.

• Bring a laptop if you have one! *

Join our meetup page!

Ignite Portland 13 is looking for some good volunteers! The next Ignite will be on Wednesday, April 8, 2015, at the Hollywood Theatre.

We'll be at the Lucky Lab this Thursday if you'd like more info about the event or would like to sign up to volunteer!

We'll see you there!

We'd like to invite you and all ChickTech Volunteers to join us for an evening of productivity, pizza, beer, and meeting other ChickTech volunteers - new and experienced. Join in to experience some hands-on volunteering projects, find out what exciting events and activities are in store at ChickTech, and see our new office!

Haven't volunteered with ChickTech yet?

You're welcome, too! Meet other volunteers, work on a volunteer project, and learn about future volunteer opportunities.

Tentative Agenda 6pm-6:15pm - Welcome from Board Members, eat pizza, drink beer

6:15pm-6:30pm - Icebreaker. Get to know your fellow ChickTech volunteers!

6:30pm-6:50pm - Introduction to tonight's volunteer projects

6:50pm-7:10pm - New to ChickTech? We'll have an orientation, just for you.

6:50pm-9pm - Make a real impact with ChickTech and work on volunteer projects

Pizza and beer will be provided.

• Bring a laptop if you have one! *

Join our meetup page!

Snowdrift.coop is a volunteer-built non-profit community project focused on a new sustainable matching system to coordinate the global community in better funding shareable freely-licensed works. The Snowdrift.coop platform uses the Yesod web framework written in Haskell. Other technologies and relevant work includes basic HTML/CSS/JavaScript and general design, organizing, and other non-technical tasks.

This is the second local Portland meetup. While the community includes people on many continents across the globe, we have a strong Portland foundation with one of the co-founders, the lead developer, and several active volunteers and supporters in the area.

At this meetup, we'll mostly discuss the project overall status, strategy, any other casual chat, planning, and organizing. We'll also focus on just folks getting to know each other as local Portlanders involved in the project. Complete newcomers or just folks curious about the idea are totally welcome, and no particular experience or skills are needed to get involved.

Snowdrift.coop is a volunteer-built non-profit community project focused on a new sustainable matching system to coordinate the global community in better funding shareable freely-licensed works. The Snowdrift.coop platform uses the Yesod web framework written in Haskell. Other technologies and relevant work includes basic HTML/CSS/JavaScript and general design, organizing, and other non-technical tasks like co-op structure issues.

While the community includes people on many continents across the globe, we have a strong Portland foundation with one of the co-founders, the lead developer, and several active volunteers and supporters in the area.

At this meetup, we'll mix casual chat with focusing on some refactoring on the Haskell side and hacking on HTML/CSS stuff for the new design.

Snowdrift.coop is a non-profit community platform building a new sustainable patronage system for public goods (particularly free/libre/open works). The site uses the Yesod web framework written in Haskell alongside basic HTML/CSS/JavaScript. We welcome volunteers in all areas including non-technical general design, organizing, and other tasks like co-op structure issues.

We have a strong Portland foundation with one of the co-founders, the lead developer, and several active volunteers and supporters in the area.

At this meetup, we'll be meeting long-time volunteer Jason Harrer (aka JazzyEagle) who is in town for a rare business visit. We'll also be celebrating and wishing well to Aaron and Bryan who are heading down to the Southern California Linux Expo to promote Snowdrift.coop this weekend.

Snowdrift.coop casual chat, hang-out, open to all supporters, volunteers, curious folks, and guests. At this meetup, we'll be visit with new Community Director William "Salt" Hale who is coming down from Seattle.

Snowdrift.coop is a non-profit community platform building a new sustainable patronage system for public goods (particularly free/libre/open works). We welcome volunteers in all areas including non-technical general design, organizing, and co-op structure issues. On the technical side, the site uses the Yesod web framework written in Haskell alongside basic HTML/CSS/JavaScript.

We have a strong Portland foundation with one of the co-founders, the lead developer, and several active volunteers and supporters in the area.

Open Source Bridge is in just a few weeks — June 20-23. Come find out about volunteering positions, including Session Monitor, Hacker Lounge volunteer, Logistics assistant, Party volunteer, and more! Working just 8 hours (spread over 4 days of conference and load-in day) gets you a free ticket.

Open source Bridge is the best regional open source tech conference around! A language-agnostic conference created by developers, designers, hardware hackers, and community leaders for the greater tech industry, OSBridge focuses on the intersection of activism, tech, and culture. Students and those looking for internships and work are always welcome — we have a job board on-site to connect you with companies looking to fill positions.

If you volunteer for 8 hours, you'll get a free ticket to Open Source Bridge! Come to orientation to get details! And sign up for your shift hours at http://volunteer.opensourcebridge.org/welcome/.

OSBridge organizers will show you around the facility, go through roles and some conference best practices, and teach you how to respond to a Code of Conduct report.

If you volunteer for 8 hours, you'll get a free ticket to Open Source Bridge! Come to orientation to get details! And sign up for your shift hours at http://volunteer.opensourcebridge.org/welcome/.

OSBridge organizers will show you around the facility, go through roles and some conference best practices, and teach you how to respond to a Code of Conduct report.

Looking to engage or recruit donors, volunteers, ambassadors, or community partners in person? Want tips on how to make things run more smoothly? Get potential advocates excited to come to your community event.

Join us as Melissa Chavez (core organizer of many nonprofit events over the years, including tech conferences Open Source Bridge, PNSQC, PyDX, and Portland VegFest) shares tools, and how to plan community events.

First official meeting of Code for Portland, a Code for America Brigade. We will be discussing the organization, possible projects, as well as having a general meet and greet. We welcome all skill levels and disciplines, no coding experience is necessary!

Code for Portland is a "brigade" or local chapter of Code for America focused on improving the lives of people in Portland. We will work with local government to fix local services, utilize open data to improve citizen knowledge, and work to the betterment of all. We are just getting started so there are plenty of opportunities to use your skills. Even if you are not a tech type we can still have opportunities for you to contribute. So come by and become part of a movement to improve our community.

Code for Portland is here to help you too. We are both experts and learners, joining together to make our city better for everyone.

Code for PDX works on pro-bono projects for local government and nonprofits.

We are both experts and learners, joining together to make our city better for everyone.

All skill levels and disciplines are welcome!

codeforpdx.org

The Shift website is entirely volunteer operated! Come out for a 7 mile social bike ride, stay for a beer at a watering hole near the start point and learn about our tech stack and how you can contribute & help us connect Portland area bike funthusiasts on the web and beyond.

Meet at 5:30 pm at Bike Happy Hour, ride at 6:00 pm.