More is always better, especially given that there will inevitably be a few no-shows.
Our main pain point is still teachers and TA's. We will need at least 4 classes, which means a minimum of 8 Ruby-knowledgable volunteers. We JUST have that now, but as I say, with no margin for no-shows. No to mention we still have room for more signups (that the meetup is wait listed is not a full picture -- there is a form you must fill out and we have ~20 students now formally "registered" that way). 5 per class is good. But if we get a second tranche of registrations, we could as much as double that, and 10 students per class is really big for these things. I am also trying to help minimize the cost to our host to provide the space to us. So, I'm also looking for a non-technical volunteer who might be able to allow us to not have an employee present (i.e., mostly watch the doors, but also help keep an eye on the facility generally). I don't know if our hosts will go for that, but I'd like to offer. And along those lines, while I thought we had an understanding with our hosts, there are some cost issues now. It would be good if we could find a sponsor just for hosting costs. If anyone can help there, let us know. In future, we are likely to approach local companies to host that way. AB On Feb 26, 2013, at 9:12 AM, Robert Kaufman <rgkauf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alex, > I'm incredibly excited to see this coming to San Diego. I'm really bummed > I'll be out of town on the weekend in question. Are you set for volunteers > now or are you still looking for more folk? > > Best, > Rob > > On Feb 22, 2013, at 10:16 AM, Alex Boster <abos...@machineepsilon.com> wrote: > >> The first San Diego edition of the RailsBridge workshop, to be held downtown >> at co-merge Mar 8 & 9, now has 45 students and guests plus a couple of >> people on the waiting list. We have 9 volunteers, 8 of whom are likely >> teachers or TA's. >> >> We could really use more volunteers! While we could manage with the 8 or 9 >> we have, provided no volunteers drop out, we could really use more Ruby >> teachers and TA's. The workshop breaks up into small classes, based on the >> students' technical background, and small class sizes are helpful. >> >> We are going to meet this upcoming Tuesday evening at 8pm at co-merge. Feel >> free to come to this meeting, though it is not mandatory, if you are >> interested in volunteering, seeing what we are going to do, etc. You can >> RSVP for that meeting here: >> http://www.meetup.com/San-Diego-RailsBridge/events/105884242/ >> >> To sign up to volunteer for the workshop, please RSVP for this event: >> http://www.meetup.com/San-Diego-RailsBridge/events/100266052/ >> >> AB >> >> -- >> -- >> SD Ruby mailing list >> sdruby@googlegroups.com >> http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "SD Ruby" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to sdruby+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > sdruby@googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD > Ruby" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sdruby+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- SD Ruby mailing list sdruby@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD Ruby" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sdruby+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
