Jan, This is 100% one thing the community desperately needs. We need both physical and online places to hangout and then we can start working on getting more of a ground swell. We need to keep the momentum that we have from Barcamp and both ride it and push it higher.
Thank you very much for clueing me in on this effort. Maybe the mentoring group and the general group can somehow have adjacent/shared spaces somewhere. I see that 'Who wants to use the space for what?' was already on the groups agenda last week. The IT community here needs to get organized on the real web with a real website that anyone searching for normal search phrases can find. I didn't even think of looking for the term 'hackerspace' before. Maybe that is something we need to add to the mix for our SEO effort. I also noted that 'other tools' also on the agenda. A lot can be done in this area now with social networking. Non-profit organizations can also get very expensive hosting and other social software licenses for free. Today, I purchased these domains: Domain: THAILANDCOMMUNITY.ORG Domain: IT-COMMUNITY.ORG Domain: THAILANDITCOMMUNITY.ORG Domain: THAILANDITCOMMUNITY.COM I will donate these domains to an organized group here once one is established. In the meantime, I am open to discussions with anyone with a solid action plan to use them to grow the IT community here in Thailand. Regards, Ian On Nov 16, 9:35 am, Jan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Ian, > are you aware of the discussion about a hackerspace that is happening > right now? > One main objection is to promote a startup community with a space for > regular meetings, workshops etc. > If you are not aware you should take part in the discussion, many > people there share your ideas. > > The facebook group is the main room for discussion at the > momenthttp://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_144492112263469 > > there is aso a planning wikihttp://bkkspace.pbworks.com/ > > and a skype group chathttp://tinyurl.com/bkkhack > > Jan > > On Nov 15, 2:11 pm, Ian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There are quite a few individuals in Thailand, both Thai and non-Thai, > > that would really like to see a much more successful IT startup > > community start here in Thailand. Some components of this community > > are definitely missing. > > > Some of us have discussed what things are missing. From our > > involvement with successful IT startup companies and communities, we > > feel that one important thing that is needed to help support and grow > > new IT ventures here in Thailand are mentors that are experienced in > > the various technical and business areas important to creating a > > successful IT organization. > > > If you are interested in helping to nurture an IT startup community > > here in Thailand and have the desire to share your wisdom and > > experiences gained from working in IT with young, creative IT > > entrepreneurs then you are the who this post was intended for. If you > > know someone else who this post might be intended for we hope you will > > help make sure our call reaches them as well. > > > Currently there is no set framework or specific agenda for a mentoring > > program. If you have sufficient experience working in a modern IT > > business environment, have an interest in sharing your experiences > > with others, have reasonable conversational English skills and are > > able to attend an initial meeting in the Bangkok area then you are > > someone we would like to hear from. Please visit our initial contact > > website at the link below to get more information and let us know how > > we can contact you:http://sites.google.com/site/thailanditmentors/ -- Barcamp Bangkok 4: October 23-24, 2010 More details at http://www.barcampbangkok.com/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Barcamp Thailand" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/barcamp-thailand?hl=en
