http://legionoftech.org Geek Culture Community Events Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:44:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've set a date for BarCamp Portland 4: October 23.  We'll be announcing the location soon. I know that sounds like a long way off, because it sounds like Fall, and depending on what time of day you're reading this, it might actually seem like Summer right now. Actually, it's time ... http://legionoftech.org/2010/07/help-us-plan-for-barcamp4/ Last month, we announced a date for BarCamp Portland 4, and dove into planning for a combined event with Code Camp. Many of us were excited about the possibility of combining these two events. After a few weeks, though, we found that the attempt to combine planning efforts was not working ... http://legionoftech.org/2010/03/barcamp-portland-4-to-be-rescheduled/ After current board members voted by anonymous ballot, here are the results of the 2010 Legion of Tech Board Elections. The 2010 LoT board is: Josh Bancroft Dawn Foster Amy Farrell Chris Pitzer Christie Koehler Jason Mauer We welcome Jason and Christie to the board, and look forward to working with them to put on awesome events in ... http://legionoftech.org/2010/02/legion-of-tech-2010-board-election-resuts/ [UPDATE:BarCampPortland 4 is being rescheduled.] The fourth annual BarCampPortland will be May 22, at the University of Portland campus. We are trying something new this year — we will be sharing the venue with Portland Code Camp, another great tech event that many of the developers among us enjoy. Both events ... http://legionoftech.org/2010/02/barcampportland-4-is-coming-may-22/ Now that the nomination period has closed, we wanted to give you a quick update on where we are with the Legion of Tech board elections. As we've mentioned in our previous blog post, we hope to have 5 to 7 total board members in 2010, and we will be ... http://legionoftech.org/2010/02/legion-of-tech-board-elections-update/ We are getting ready to have the Legion of Tech board member elections in February, and we wanted to give people plenty of time to get involved. Normally, we hold elections in December, but given our recent issues, we voted to postpone elections until the February board meeting, which is ... http://legionoftech.org/2009/12/legion-of-tech-board-elections-for-2010/ I can hardly believe that we are on our seventh Ignite Portland event, and the event is tomorrow! If you are interested in attending, I encourage you to read Josh's "How to Enjoy Ignite Portland 7" post for all of the details about what to expect. November 19, 2009 Bagdad Theater: 3702 ... http://legionoftech.org/2009/11/ignite-portland-7-is-tomorrow/ I regret to inform you that the Legion of Tech Board of Directors ("Board") recently discovered that a previous board member had taken money from the organization.  That person spent thousands of dollars on personal expenses using a credit card that the Board was unaware carried a balance.  That card ... http://legionoftech.org/2009/10/in-the-spirit-of-openness/ Being on the Legion of Tech board is a big time commitment. We aren't one of those boards where you can attend board meetings, provide advice and then go away until the next meeting. We're a working board, and board members are expected to organize events and contribute in other ... http://legionoftech.org/2009/08/recent-changes-the-future-of-the-legion-of-tech-board/ We've been a little disorganized about posting the board meeting minutes lately. I wish I had some elaborate excuse like, "the dog ate my blog post", or something like that. While we were diligently taking notes and sharing them with other board members, I was forgetting to post them here ... http://legionoftech.org/2009/08/legion-of-tech-board-meeting-minutes/