🧗🏾‍♀️[0 Level*] • Volunteer Activation • Virtual 🫶🏾

Joining us from afar for this open session are two distinguished keynote speakers and community leaders- Destiny O'Connor, web specialist & Co-Chair Deaf and Hard of Hearing Working Group for the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Suzana Melo joins us from Sweden where she is recognized as an AWS Community Builder & organizes meetups supporting women in technology; Suzana transitioned into software development in her 40s without a tech background. They're sure to join as guest presenters in the future, take advantage of the chance to meet them in a smaller group!

• We discuss what type of topics, speakers, and venues we want to have in 2026. Looking forward to an In Person event where we introduce our newest volunteer leadership to El Paso with special guests.

disclaimer- although we aim to be accessible and multi-lingual, we have a lot of work to do on our tooling to support the effort. We appreciate patience and kindness as we lay our foundation as a group for an exciting 2026!

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Recurring Goals: Schedule 3 virtual or hybrid meetups (90 days out aka 6 months scheduled) for both Spanish and English speakers, featuring at least one female keynote speaker per event. Confirm speakers are booked. Host or co-host at least 3 community days a year to include TX community day (likely Austin in 2026), Santa Fe each August, and El Paso each December. Support local college students and student leaders who would like to start an AWS Cloud Club with their friends. Support anyone looking for an opportunity to change the world around them using technology, and cheer for them while they shine.

Offer your feedback, desires and opinions as we plan our 2026 event calendar building a regional technology community helping each other up-skill, better our careers, run successful businesses, and use the superpowers of cloud computing and artificial intelligence for good.

And have fun! Eating rellenos, watching tv, and talking technology together sounds like a great use of time to us 🤩

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