BarCampPortland is right around the corner on May 1 & 2, and we need your help to make it successful!
- Donate! We’re a little short on money to feed people at Barcamp. By donating a few bucks, you can help us buy some food for the event.
- Sponsor! These events can’t be successful without our sponsors. Contact Todd Kenefsky (kenefsky on gmail) if you would like to sponsor a portion of the event.
- Volunteer to help. BarCampPortland is an event run entirely by volunteers. Contact klint at renegadefuturist.com if you can spare a few hours on Friday or Saturday to help.
- RSVP. Don’t forget to RSVP for the event on Upcoming.
- Follow us on Twitter: Up to the minute breaking updates about the event as @BarCampPortland
You can learn more about the event by visiting the BarCampPortland wiki.
Our 3rd BarCampPortland event is coming on May 1 and 2! We know that May is still really far away, but we wanted to get you thinking about BarCampPortland now. As always, we can use some help with the event, so we are having a volunteer meeting next week! We love to have you join us to learn more about how you can help.
BarCampPortland Volunteer Meeting
Monday February 23, 2009 from 5:30pm - 6:30pm
CubeSpace 622 SE Grand Ave
RSVP on Upcoming if you plan to attend
Volunteering isn’t the only way to help us out:
- RSVP for the actual event on May 1 and 2 on Upcoming.
- Sponsor! These events can’t be successful without our sponsors. Contact Todd Kenefsky (kenefsky on gmail) if you would like to sponsor a portion of the event.
- Join our Mailing List: Sign up for our Google Group to get email announcements about future meetups and events.
- Follow us on Twitter: Up to the minute breaking updates about the event as @BarCampPortland
- Tell your friends: Don’t forget to use the BarCampPortland tag when blogging, posting pictures, etc.
We hope to see you at our volunteer meeting and at the BarCampPortland event!
With the first meeting of the new Legion of Tech board on Thursday, we elected new officers for 2009:
Last years officers were Chair: Dawn Foster, Treasurer: Todd Kenefsky, and Secretary: Raven Zachary. A big thank you to Todd and Adam for stepping into new roles, and we’re looking forward to many more events in 2009!
First, thank you to everyone who ran for the Legion of Tech advisory committee! It was a great group of people and a hard choice to make between so many good candidates.
The 2009 Advisory Committee for Legion of Tech (in random order):
- Scott Kveton
- Jed Herzog
- Bram Pitoyo
- Amber Case
- Jason Mauer
- Don Park
- Nate Angell
- Betsy Richter
- Nate DiNiro
- Jake Kuramoto
- Rick Turoczy
- Igal Koshevoy
You’ll notice that there are 12 people, instead of 10. We had a tie for the final seat on the advisory committee, and we decided to expand the committee rather than have a tie-breaker vote.
If you weren’t selected, we would still love to have you volunteer and get involved in the various Legion of Tech events. There are plenty of ways to be involved!
Thank you again to everyone.
First of all, thank you to everyone who ran for the Legion of Tech board.
The new Legion of Tech board for 2009 is as follows (in alphabetical order):
- Josh Bancroft
- Adam DuVander
- Amy Farrell
- Craig Fisk
- Dawn Foster
- Todd Kenefsky
- Chris O’Rourke
- Chris Pitzer
- Raven Zachary
For those who ran, but were not elected, thank you again for running. The competition was stiff, and all of the people running were strong candidates. We will move the names of those who were not elected to the board of advisors nomination list. We’ll be voting for advisors in the January board meeting.
Hey everyone! Forgive us for not posting this here sooner, but you might have heard that another Ignite Portland is about to happen. If not, well, you’re lucky you read this post in time! 
Ignite Portland 4 will take place on Thursday, November 13, at the Bagdad Theater. You can find more details (like the talk lineup, etc.) over at www.igniteportland.com. Tickets went AMAZINGLY fast, but you can still come - we kept plenty of space for general admission.
This is the fourth Ignite Portland event, and every time we do one, we’re astounded at how great they continue to be. Each one outdoes the others in terms of fantastic talks, great volunteers, and an overall rockin’ good time. So don’t miss out!
We’re already starting to talk about the next couple of Ignite Portland events, too, so if you can’t make IP4, for whatever reason, then stay tuned here and at igniteportland.com and come to the next one (or even better, submit a talk idea)!.
Todd had the best description of this event on Twitter: “Sweet waffles, savory waffles, beer, wine, art & geeks all converging in a glorious orgy of awesome.”
Thursday October 23, 2008 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Jace Gace 2045 SE Belmont
Please RSVP for this event on Upcoming.
These are super informal meetups where we hang out, talk about geeky stuff (wikis, open source, new technologies, openid, …), and wind down with like-minded people over beverages.
Since this is the last meetup of the year (it doesn’t make sense to have a 4th Thursday meetup in Nov/Dev to conflict with the holidays), we wanted to do something a little different …
Thanks to a sponsor who wishes to remain anonymous we will be having the meetup at Jace Gace. Our sponsor will cover the fee to rent the space for the evening, but you will be on your own to pay for drinks / waffles. Have you ever been to Jace Gace? They have the most amazing waffles, art and they have beer / wine! Mmmm, waffles, art, geeky fun, and alcohol. Heaven.
I wanted to let everyone know that the Legion of Tech board elections are coming up in December. Anyone who wants to run for a board seat is welcome to participate in the election process.
The Election Process
- Nominations are due November 1.
- Anyone not currently on the board who wishes to run for a board seat must be nominated by an existing director and seconded by another existing director.
- Current board members may automatically run for re-election.
- Elections will be held at the December board meeting with the current board voting on the new board.
- The new board will begin serving their terms on January 1, 2009.
Board Member Roles and Responsibilities
Board members are elected to 2-year terms and are responsible for upholding the bylaws of the organization. They are also required to attend monthly board meetings.
The day to day responsibilities of the board may include any or all of the following:
- Organize events like BarCampPortland, Ignite Portland, etc. by leading the team or participating as a volunteer.
- Attend Legion of Tech events.
- Attend board meetings the second Thursday of the month, in person or by phone.
- Come up with ideas for new events or ways to improve existing events.
- Collaborate with community members and make/maintain connections with other organizations.
- Participate in organizational maintenance activities including maintaining the technology, revising the bylaws, finance, taxes, accounting, etc.
- Chair or participate on committees like the Finance Committee and the Technology Committee.
- Board members may also be elected to serve on the executive committee as Chair, Treasurer or Secretary.
Advisory Committee
If you want to get more involved, but do not want to serve on the board of directors, Legion of Tech will also be forming an advisory committee made up of 5-10 people from the community (non-board members).
Purpose of the committee:
- Provide feedback on Legion of Tech activities
- Act as a few more eyes and ears in the community
- Get more people involved in Legion of Tech
How it works:
- Nominations are due on December 1.
- This would be an informal group (not specified in the bylaws) and with no voting rights.
- A current board member must nominate a person for the committee.
- Voting would occur at the January board meeting (new board votes on committee membership).
- Informal committee meetings will be held approximately monthly.
What you need to do
If you are interested in running for the Legion of Tech board or the Advisory Committee, please contact your favorite member of the existing board to request a nomination. Keep in mind that the nominations are due on November 1 for the board of directors and on December 1 for the Advisory Committee.
This October 17th-19th local geo-geeks of all stripes will be gathering for the very first WhereCamp PDX. WhereCamp is an event that started in the Bay Area in 2007 to continue conversations from the Where 2.0 conference. Legion of Tech is organizing a Portland version to show off the amazing, fun geographic technology activity we have. This is not just an event for specialists: we would like anyone who is interested in the intersection of people, place, and technology to participate.
You can find out more on the WhereCamp PDX blog, and RSVP and find more event details on Upcoming. We are also looking for sponsors.
If you were at Barcamp Portland, you may have stopped by for the My Other Thing session. (if you weren’t there you can listen to this recording of a great, freewheeling discussion) The session led by Rick Turoczy and Banana Lee Fishbones. After the group separated, people talked about wanting more - more discussions, more connections… maybe even - a conference! Inspired by that session, From Side Project to Startup was born.
From the From Side Project to Startup site:
From Side Project to Startup is a free conference focused on helping ideas and what-ifs emerge into the business world.
The conference is a meld of unconference and conference sessions, all starting with some good food on Friday at 5:30pm.
The conference will be at CubeSpace, 622 SE Grand Avenue. Take a minute to RSVP! Also, this event is still looking for sponsors. Please help keep these great events in Portland free!
