Open Source Bridge will be a completely volunteer-run, community effort to connect developers working with open source. We're kicking things off with a town hall discussion and planning meeting on October 30th, 7:30pm at CubeSpace (located at 622 SE Grand Avenue in Portland). We'll talk about overall goals for the conference, then break into small working groups to start tackling the event planning needs. If you can, bring an audio or video recorder to help document the discussion.

Please let us know if you can attend. If October 30 doesn't work for you, let us know as we are considering a second meeting during the day on the west-side. We'd very much like to have your participation in making this conference a fun, educational experience.

You can RSVP by filling in the form at http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p1ZDddPXGskYFX5NnM9FaXA&hl=en

Open Source Bridge will be a completely volunteer-run, community effort to connect developers working with open source. We're having a second town hall discussion and planning meeting on November 6th at OTBC's new location in The Round (next to the Beaverton Transit Center). We'll talk about overall goals for the conference, then break into small working groups to start tackling the event planning needs. If you can, bring an audio or video recorder to help document the discussion.

Whether or not you'll be attending, you can join our mailing lists to receive announcements and join in the planning discussion:

osbridge-announce, low traffic announcement list for events like this one!

osbridge-discuss, possibly high traffic list for discussing anything related to the conference!

You can RSVP by filling in the form at http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p1ZDddPXGskYFX5NnM9FaXA&hl=en Tags

Open Source Bridge Conference content committee meeting.

Agenda here: http://osbp-wiki.pragmaticraft.com/teams/content/meetingagenda

The next Open Source Bridge volunteer sprint will be this Saturday, April 10th at the Market Street Pub. We’ll be there from 11am till 5pm, but you can come to as much of it as you’d like. Add this event to your calendar.

Some things we need your help with:

• Audio: We need to process last year’s audio from our sessions and be ready to quickly process this upcoming year’s audio. It would be great if you could download the 2009 event’s audio, familiarize yourself with it, think about how to clean it up so it can be posted, and bring it along with your computer to the sprint.

• Wiki: We want to provide useful information to our attendees and offer structure to help them organize and contribute information through our wiki. There is a lot of useful content on our 2009 wiki that can be used as inspiration for content to add to the 2010 wiki.

• OpenConferenceWare: We have a few branches containing valuable contributions to our open source conference software that we’d like to finish reviewing and testing so we can incorporate them, including security improvements, performance fixes and software upgrades.

• Complimentary ticket issuer: We’d like to make it easier for our volunteer staff to be able to issue complimentary tickets to speakers, raffle winners, and volunteers. We have developed a plan (PDF) for doing this, and need to start development.

• Hacker lounge planning: We have a 24-hour on-site “hacker lounge” this year for attendees to collaborate and hang out at. We need to discuss how to organize events in this room to provide just enough structure to help attendees without stifling their creativity.

• Logistics, venue and activity planning: We’re using the beautiful Portland Art Museum Mark Building as our venue this year. Discuss how to make the best use of this space and incorporate fun activities ranging from mobile donut trucks to on-site massages with our logistics crew.

• Or whatever you think would be helpful.

Thanks and see you at the sprint!

CiviCode Day will be co-located with the Hacker Lounge of Open Source Bridge at the Portland Art Museum, in the Sunken Ballroom of the Mark Building. An un-conference styled event, kicked off with a keynote address by our Mayor, Sam Adams, followed by brief introductions of project ideas in the morning, then breaking out into groups for the remainder of the day for a "hack-a-thon" with your peers. The last hour or so will be reserved for a show-and-tell of our work.

CiviCode Day is dedicated to the sharing and mashing up of your ideas with your peers.

• Share and Discuss your project ideas with others
• Get Your Questions Answered on readily available datasets and/or inform data providers first hand of what type of datasets you need to turn your ideas into reality
• Discover or Recruit Others to collaborate with on interesting projects
• Mashup Prototypes as proof-of-concepts or more with your fellow developers

CiviCode Day will be attended by developers, collaboration seekers, data providers, contest organizers, and a wide array of local business people looking to learn more about the CivicApps.org project.

To learn more about the Open Source Bridge Conference, please see http://opensourcebridge.org

Registration is limited, so register today and connect with your peers!

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.

Topic: Conference Proposal Sprint.

Thinking of submitting a talk idea to a technical conference? Bring your ideas and drafts to this evening's Code 'n' Splode for feedback and advice. We'll follow a casual workshop format.

This sprint is geared towards Open Source Bridge, whose proposal deadline is this Friday, but you can work on and get feedback on proposals for any conference.

**Note: Code-n-Splode (CnS) is a women-focused group. All self-identified women and genderqueer persons are invited to attend and participate, and men are welcome as the guest of a female participant.

For more information, visit our website, or send an email to our list.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Members of the Open Source Bridge planning committee will be on hand to encourage and help people work on their speaker proposal submissions. Come with questions about tracks or previous content and we'll answer them.

We're holding a get together to help people work on their Open Source Bridge speaker proposals. Come join us and we can help answer any questions you have about tracks, past topics, or the conference in general.

Come learn about volunteer opportunities at this year's Open Source Bridge! Receive updates on volunteering, sign up with the newest version of our app, learn more about the conference, meet the core team, and socialize with other volunteers.

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.

Have we mentioned lately how very appreciative we are of our volunteers at Open Source Bridge and other Stumptown Syndicate events? You've officially made 2013 great! So, we'd like to extend our thanks again, and show our gratitude by throwing a party.

Details: Volunteer Appreciation Party Saturday, August 24, 2013 1:30 pm with roller skating starting at 3:30 pm! Mt. Scott Park for picnic potluck and skating at the adjacent Mt. Scott Community Center.

We'll be providing some party trays from Nicholas Restaurant, and beverages, complete with an alcohol permit.

If you can bring salad, snack foods, or desserts, we'd love you even more.

You can RSVP on FB at https://www.facebook.com/events/502680206477027

Additional: If you can't make it out on Saturday, but are available Friday, August 23, Stumptown Syndicate (the nonprofit that oversees Open Source Bridge) is having a Happy Hour gathering. It will be a regular monthly event.

We prefer vegan/vegetarian food for all our events. Thank you!

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.

Come hack for transportation! Help make apps using TriMet data even more awesome and accessible to more community members in Portland.

The TriMet Hackathon will have three areas of focus: software localization, TriMet's new APIs, and Active Transportation using OpenTripPlanner, OpenStreetMap, in conjunction with Metro's Bike There program.

Please join the TriMet Developers, Code 4 Portland, Skip Newberry, Chris Smith, Brandon Martin Anderson, Ed Groth, Chuck & Erica Lauer Vose, Marc Charbonneau... and many others.

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.

Volunteer Appreciation Party! Because you folks are awesome and we couldn't do it without you.

Friday, October 17th, 6-10pm.

New Relic has been kind enough to host us at their offices on the 29th floor of the U.S. Bancorp Tower (Big Pink). The elevators will be unlocked at 6 for the 29th floor.

New Relic U.S. Bankcorp Tower (Big Pink) 111 SW 5th Ave #2800 Portland, OR 97204

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