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Hey,<br>
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If we're going to plan an event for 2nd Saturday of December, be
aware that this date conflicts with Global Day of Coderetreat. I'm
not sure how many potential attendees would be impacted by the
conflict, so this is more just for awareness.<br>
<br>
Part of me wonders if it might be plausible to do an event in
conjunction, at the IBM Big Data Lab location, and maybe try to get
some cross-pollination of attendees - but there might be some space
constraints there, as it's a small facility and I'm not sure how
many attendees they're expecting for Coderetreat (at best, we'd
probably be constrained to do our event in a conference room if we
did it there, assuming there is a room available that they're not
using as a breakout room). But this might be something we could
look into at some other time and some other event, too.<br>
<br>
--Pat.<br>
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<td>[rubypgh] Global Day of Coderetreat - December 14th</td>
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<td>Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:54:40 -0800 (PST)</td>
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<td>Jim Hurne <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jim.hurne@gmail.com"><jim.hurne@gmail.com></a></td>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;
line-height: 1;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="arial, sans-serif"
size="2">Pittsburgh is participating in the Global Day of
Coderetreat again this year!</font></span></p>
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line-height: 1;"><span
id="docs-internal-guid-52784256-74b6-3c54-2fa8-4e9898ab0b66"><font
face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;
line-height: 1;"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://coderetreat.org/"><span
style="text-decoration: underline; white-space:
pre-wrap;">Coderetreat</span></a><span style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;"> is a day-long,
intensive practice event focusing on the fundamentals of
software development and design. By providing developers
the opportunity to take part in focused practice, away
from the pressures of 'getting things done', the
coderetreat format has proven to be a fun and highly
effective means of skill improvement.</span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;
line-height: 1;"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;
line-height: 1;"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;">For 32
hours on December 14th, Coderetreats will be held all over
the world as part of the </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gdcr.coderetreat.org/"><span
style="text-decoration: underline; white-space:
pre-wrap;">Global Day of Coderetreat</span></a><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;">. The
Global Day of Coderetreat helps to raise awareness of
Coderetreats and brings people together from all over the
world. Most importantly, The Global Day of Coderetreat
helps to support global efforts to find, encourage, and
educate the next generation of software developers
(through the </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://coderetreat.org/about/c3f"><span
style="text-decoration: underline; white-space:
pre-wrap;">Coderetreat Community Contribution Fund</span></a><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;">).</span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;
line-height: 1;"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;
line-height: 1;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="arial, sans-serif"
size="2">This year, we anticipate approximately 150 cities
will participate with an average of 15-20 participants per
city.</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;
line-height: 1;"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;
line-height: 1;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="arial, sans-serif"
size="2">As in past years, we will participate in some
global activities in addition to our normal Coderetreat
activities. Afterwards, stick around and we'll all go out
to dinner or for a few drinks. It's going to be a lot of
fun!</font></span></p>
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line-height: 1;"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;
line-height: 1;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="arial, sans-serif"
size="2">You can register at:</font></span></p>
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line-height: 1;"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;
line-height: 1;"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://gdcr13pgh.eventbrite.com/"><span
style="text-decoration: underline; white-space:
pre-wrap;">https://gdcr13pgh.eventbrite.com</span></a><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;
line-height: 1;"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;
line-height: 1;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="arial, sans-serif"
size="2">You need to bring a laptop with the development
tools you require to write code using your chosen
programming languages. You should also come with a version
control system installed (like git). Lunch will be
provided.</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;
line-height: 1;"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;
line-height: 1;"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;">The
coderetreat will be held at IBM’s Big Data Lab in Squirrel
Hill. See </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://goo.gl/maps/EAqPM"><span
style="text-decoration: underline; white-space:
pre-wrap;">this Google Map</span></a><span style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;"> for directions and
Parking suggestions.</span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;
line-height: 1;"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;
line-height: 1;"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;">If you
have any problems registering or have any other questions,
feel free to contact </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:pgh@codereatreat.org"><span
style="text-decoration: underline; white-space:
pre-wrap;">pgh@codereatreat.org</span></a><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></font></p>
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line-height: 1;"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;">Jim++</span></font></p>
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