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This is another event from the "All in Kubernetes" event series. This group is focused on using Kubernetes for everything. All in Kubernetes. Data, databases, AI, ML, and all kinds of stateful workloads on Kubernetes and Talos. *** **Schedule:** 6:00-6:30pm - Open doors, pizza, drinks & networking 6:30-7:15pm - (Em)Powering Postgres with Talos and Simplyblock - [Chris Engelbert](https://www.linkedin.com/in/noctarius/?utm_source=luma), Simplyblock 7:20-8:05pm - How Talos Makes It Easier To Build a Cluster Management Platform - [Utku Özdemir](https://www.linkedin.com/in/utkuozdemir/?utm_source=luma), Sidero Labs 8:05-8:45pm - Drinks & Networking **​Who Should attend:** Anyone interested in talking and learning about Data, AI and Stateful workloads on Kubernetes and Talos. ​ **When & Where:** May 27th, 2026, 6:00pm Antler office, Jägerstraße 32, 10117 Berlin Sponsored by [Sidero Labs](https://www.siderolabs.com/), [simplyblock](https://simplyblock.io/) and [Antler](https://www.antler.co/)

**Build for Everyone — Accessibility for Mobile** Flutter Berlin is hosting a joint meetup with Kotlin User Group Berlin and CocoaHeads Berlin, focused on building accessible mobile apps. **Location:** Hedwig-Dohm-Haus, Berlin We’ll cover both strategy and hands-on implementation — from understanding platform differences (Android, iOS, cross-platform) to real-world accessibility pitfalls and live testing. With: **Important:** Registration is via Luma, not Meetup. Please register here: https://luma.com/xo7d3vb4

We collaborate with EC2 team on another breathtaking workshop - this time the focus is Apple on AWS. If your enterprise has the urge or curiousity to run EC2 Mac instances, this is a workshop that you can't miss. Join us for an immersion day into the enterprise Apple developer ecosystem on AWS. Sessions are built around Amazon EC2 Mac instances, covering capabilities and real-world customer use cases including: CI/CD modernization with Apple Virtualization framework, accelerating iOS builds with Bitrise solutions, and cloud-based Mac developer workstations via Amazon DCV. The broader AWS and Apple developer ecosystem sessions include a deep dive into Swift for Lambda, Amplify, and the AWS SDK showing the depth of Apple's stack integration with AWS. The day wraps up with a Q&A panel with the experts behind it all in addition to a happy hour networking event at a local venue. This will be a great chance to connect with speakers, participants, and fellow attendees. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. ###### What you'll learn * Best practices and real-world patterns for running Mac infrastructure in the cloud * How to modernize macOS CI/CD pipelines * How Swift integrates with AWS Lambda, Amplify, and the AWS SDK * How to set up Mac developer workstations in the cloud with Amazon DCV ###### Who this is for * iOS and macOS developers looking to move their build infrastructure to the cloud * DevOps and platform engineers managing Apple platforms including CI/CD pipelines and developer workstations * Solutions architects evaluating or scaling EC2 Mac deployments * Anyone building, testing, or shipping on Apple platforms with AWS **When?** 27th of May\, Wednesday\,\| 09:00 \- 14:00 **Where?** AWS Office - BER 21 - Tamara-Danz-Str. 13, 10243 Berlin. **How?** [Visit the official event page](https://aws-experience.com/emea/smb/e/c259e/aws-apple-developer-workshop-berlin) to register. ❗**Registration - Read Carefully**❗ **Registration handled via AWS Team** AWS User Group is not part of the participant selection process - therefore you have to register yourself to the event via official [AWS Experience page](https://aws-experience.com/emea/smb/e/c259e/aws-apple-developer-workshop-berlin). ❗Please register with your full name at AWS Experience. ❗You need to bring your own laptop to this workshop. Make sure AWS CLI is installed. Contact us if you're not sure how. ❗A confirmation e-mail from Meetup is not relevant. **You can participate only if you receive a confirmation e-mail from AWS Experience.** \-\-\- **Additional Information** **This event is wheelchair friendly.** Help us spread the word, and invite your friends & colleagues! If you're attending with wheelchair and need assistance, please mail us: organisers@berlinawsug.de for further details. Would you like to host AWS UG Event at your company? [Register here](https://bit.ly/aws-host) Would you like to speak at AWS UG MeetUp? [Submit your topic here](https://bit.ly/aws-talk)

**Bob on Tour – IBM Bob live erleben 💙** Wie fühlt sich ein agentischer Coding Assistant im echten Entwicklungsalltag an? Bei **Bob on Tour** kannst Du IBM Bob gemeinsam mit Expert:innen hands-on ausprobieren. In einem eintägigen, technisch fokussierten Format arbeitest Du an realistischen Coding-Aufgaben, von geführten Labs bis zur Anwendung auf eigene Use Cases. Dabei lernst Du, wie Bob Entwicklungsworkflows ergänzt, Codebasen verständlicher macht und mehrstufige Aufgaben unterstützt. **Das nimmst Du mit:** ✅ Sicherer Umgang mit den wichtigsten Bob-Funktionen ✅ Praktische Erfahrung mit agentischer Coding-Unterstützung ✅ Impulse für reale fachliche und technische Problemstellungen 👉 **[Jetzt anmelden und IBM Bob live erleben](https://luma.com/5g0x9318)**

Welcome to the PyData Berlin May meetup! We would like to welcome you all starting from 18:00. There will be food and drinks. The talks begin around 18.30 and the doors will close at 18:45. **Make sure to arrive on time!** Please provide your first and last name for the registration because this is required for the venue's entry policy. If you cannot attend, please cancel your spot so others are able to join as the space is limited. **Host**: **GetYourGuide** is excited to welcome you to this month's version of PyData. \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* The Lineup for the evening **Talk 1: Text2SQL in the Wild — Agentic Workflows & Semantic Models on Customer Data** **Abstract**: Translating a business user's natural language question into a reliable SQL query has huge value for business analysts, but doing it accurately at scale, on messy enterprise data, for complex queries, is incredibly difficult. This talk walks through a production Text2SQL system built on four pillars: semantic models built on customer data, RAG-based semantic search, an agentic verification and correction loop for building the SQL, and an evaluation framework for the entire process. Raw schema information is not enough for text2sql to work. Rather, thorough documentation including business metrics, synonyms, and qualified example queries, are required. We'll cover how to automate this documentation pipeline by mining query logs, generating descriptions with LLMs, and organizing everything into a knowledge graph and vector search index. From there, we'll dive into the agentic flow that takes a user question and iteratively generates, validates, and fixes SQL against a live database. The agentic framework analyses syntax errors and execution results to help it fix the SQL. Participants will leave with practical takeaways on RAG architecture for structured data, agentic retry patterns, and how to think about evaluation for Text2SQL systems in production. **Speaker**: Oren Matar **Bio**: Oren Matar is a principal data scientist and algorithms developer, with a background in social sciences and Bayesian methods. He specializes in NLP and time series forecasting, as well as agentic methods for data retrieval and processing. **Talk 2: Interpreting and Communicating Statistical Models** **Abstract**: Extracting actionable insights from complex statistical models remains a challenge, as raw coefficients are often uninterpretable due to nonlinearity, interactions, or hierarchical structures. This talk introduces a unified framework for model interpretation based on the principles of the Marginal Effects project ([https://marginaleffects.com/](https://marginaleffects.com/)). We move away from internal model parameters toward quantities of interest, such as marginal effects and adjusted predictions that translate statistical output into the "natural language" of the data. We will demonstrate these concepts in Python using the Bambi interpret module, showcasing a seamless workflow for interpreting Bayesian models built on PyMC. The audience will learn how to use the four primary interpretative pillars: Predictions, Comparisons, Slopes, and Marginal Means to compute average marginal effects and visualize conditional relationships. By the end of this session, you will be equipped to turn sophisticated GLMs and multi-level models into clear, rigorous narratives that are easily communicated to stakeholders. **Speaker**: Juan Orduz **Bio**: Juan is a Mathematician (Ph.D. Humboldt Universität zu Berlin) and Principal Data Scientist at PyMC Labs. He is interested in interdisciplinary applications of mathematical methods. In particular, time series analysis, Bayesian methods, and causal inference. **Lightning talks** There will be slots for 2-3 Lightning Talks (3-5 Minutes for each) between the two main talks. Kindly let us know if you would like to present something :) \*\*\* NumFOCUS **Code of Conduct** THE SHORT VERSION Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down others. Behave professionally. Remember that harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary jokes are not appropriate for NumFOCUS. All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery are not appropriate. NumFOCUS is dedicated to providing a harassment-free community for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of community members in any form. Thank you for helping make this a welcoming, friendly community for all. If you haven't yet, please read the detailed version here: https://numfocus.org/code-of-conduct \*\*\*

Join us for an evening on the practical side of AI agents. We'll dig into context engineering and why relevance matters more than prompt tricks, then look at what it takes to run autonomous agents safely alongside humans. Food and drinks provided — stick around after for networking. ✍️ RSVP asap as capacity is limited so grab your spot asap! 📅 **Date and Time** Wednesday, May 27, 2026 from 18:00-20:45 📍 **Location** [EBCONT office, beyond Quartier Heidestrasse, 34, 10557 Berlin](https://maps.app.goo.gl/aQGPgteqhQ2yrmx96) 📝 **Agenda** 18:00 – Doors open, arrivals and check-in 18:20 – Welcome note by EBCONT 18:30 – **Agent Builder Hope is not a strategy — relevant context for data driven agents** by Anderson Queiroz — Elastic *What are agents and context engineering? And why we think the "center of gravity" for context engineering is much more about relevance and your data than only prompts and memory management.* 19:00 – Q&A & quick break 19:15 – **Adapting to AI in Security** by Jenny Pinheiro — Tines *Best practices for autonomous AI and human interaction in the context of workflows.* 19:45 – Pizza, drinks & networking \*\*\* Invite your friends and join us for an evening of learning and networking with fellow engineers and speakers! Thank you to **EBCONT** for hosting and to **Tines** for teaming up with us on this one!

Hola chicos, Moin zusammen, lasst uns Deutsch und Spanisch sprechen und ein paar Bier zusammen trinken, die Idee ist einfach und gut :) Bitte bringt zumindest basis Deutsch oder Spanisch Kenntnisse mit! Vamos a hablar español y alemán y tomar unas cervezas, la idea es simple y buena jaja. ¡Por favor, ven por lo menos con un nivel básico de español o alemán! Danke, gracias!

**Rust Berlin Talks** is back for another evening of talks, shared ideas, and networking. Join us to learn, share, ask, and connect. If you work with Rust professionally, use it in side projects, contribute to open source, or are simply curious to learn more, you are very welcome. **Agenda** * Doors open: 18:30 * Start: 19:00 * Talks * Open mic / lightning talks * Networking **Speakers** Egor Lebedev - Welcome and a short note from the RustRover team Wolf Vollprecht - Pixi - A cross-platform package manager written in Rust Florian Gilcher - LLM Policies **Speaker Bios** Wolf Vollprecht is the founder and CEO of prefix.dev, where he builds open-source software supply chain infrastructure for the conda ecosystems. Core projects include Pixi (a cross-platform package manager written in Rust), rattler (crates to work with Conda packages), and rattler-build. With \~7 years in the conda ecosystem, including creating Mamba during his time at QuantStack, Wolf has a lot of experience in making package management fast, reproducible, and secure. Florian Gilcher used to be part of the Rust team in several positions and served as a member of the Rust Foundation board. He is also a co-founder of the Rust Berlin meetup. Today, he’s training Rust at Ferrous Systems, a company he co-founded. **Open mic & future talks** We’ll reserve a few short slots for anyone who wants to share something with the group. This can be a quick idea, a project, or an experience. Slides are optional. If you’re interested in giving a longer talk at a future meetup, this is also a good opportunity to connect with the organizers. **Venue & access** Please arrive on time. We will have someone at the entrance to let people in between 18:30 and 19:15. After that, access becomes more difficult as the doors are locked and require manual opening. **Registration** The venue has limited capacity and events typically fill up with a waiting list. If you register and can no longer attend, even at short notice, please un-RSVP so someone else can take your spot. Looking forward to seeing you all!

While we are approaching the middle of the year and KotlinConf is just over - we are thrilled that Trade Republic hosts us again! So mark the date! **Line-Up:** 👉 **Lists, Sequences, and Flows: Scaling Data Processing in Kotlin without Melting Your Memory.** *by Daniela Valero* In this talk, Daniela shares her journey of meeting a major backend deadline while managing a data pipeline's memory footprint. You’ll learn how to transition from eager List operations to lazy Kotlin Sequences and jOOQ Streams (using database fetchSize chunking) to keep memory usage flat. Finally, we’ll explore using Kotlin Coroutines and Flow to introduce safe concurrency so your data processes quickly without straining your database. 👉 **The show must go on** Kotlin-based Kafka dead-lettering solution without external (system) dependencies *by Blagoja "Baki" Stamatovski* **👉 Job Market Insights from a Kotlin developer** *by* Ivan Gafurov **Speaker Bios:** 🗣 **TDB**

Join us for an upcoming in-person Lean Coffee meetup. Lean Coffee is a lightly-structured meeting format where the attendees create the agenda. Bring your management challenges; whether you're managing people, products, processes or beyond, and solve them together with peers from a diverse set of backgrounds. This event is great for anybody trying to create better ways of working and wants to share with + learn from others trying to do the same.

Welcome to our cosy Godot Engine Community Meetup! This is not a structured meeting, but rather a friendly get-together. We will hang out, chat and maybe show some of our current projects! 🦜 Regardless if you are an artist, designer, programmer, beginner, hobbyist, professional or anything in between: join us for sharing knowledge, creating art together, coding together, joining game jams together and having fun! 🌼 This meetup will happen at [Saftladen Game Collective](https://saftladen.berlin), Normannenstraße 1-2, 10367 Berlin-Lichtenberg. 🌳 You can also join us on [our Discord Server](https://discord.gg/Sm3CgrqqQa). ☎️ Follow us on [Mastodon](https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@GodotUserGroupBerlin) for updates. 📢 Also check out [our website](https://godot.berlin). 🌐 Please be [excellent to each other](https://godotengine.org/code-of-conduct/)! 🕊️

Join us for a casual Product Round in Neukölln — a relaxed evening for product people who enjoy meaningful conversations and a user-first mindset. 🗓 When? Every last Thursday of the month (Join the Discord channel to get 🔔 reminders and 📍 location updates: [https://discord.gg/6cKgFKXY4f](https://discord.gg/6cKgFKXY4f) Currently moving there to keep the community and events free and accessible for everyone.) 👋 Who it’s for • Designers (UX / UI) • PMs & POs • Developers & Engineers • Researchers • Aspiring product people 💬 What to expect • Casual conversations about real product work • Sharing experiences, challenges, and learnings • Getting to know other product people in Berlin • No talks, no presentations, no pressure • Just drinks, chats, and good company 🚫 Please note This is a no-sales, no-pitch, no-dating space. The goal is simple: connect, exchange, and enjoy the conversation. If you care about building products with users in mind and want to meet like-minded people — this is for you. See you there! 😊 Phil

**The TypeScript Berlin meetup is back!** After a long break, we're reviving the meetups for 2026 and we'd love to see you there. Whether you've joined us before or you're coming for the first time, welcome! Come round for talks, snacks, good conversations, and a chance to connect with other TypeScript devs in Berlin. *** **🎙️ Interested in speaking?** We have an ongoing call for speakers for this event as well as future ones. [Fill it out here](https://tally.so/r/jaGa1J). *** **📅 Schedule** * 18:30 - Doors open, drinks and snacks 🍕 * 19:00 – Welcome 🤝 * 19:05 - Talk 1: "**Type-Driven Architecture: Stop Validating, Start Designing**" by [Mahesh Haldar](http://in.linkedin.com/in/haldarmahesh) 🎙 * 19:35 - Talk 2: "**Soundness holes in TypeScript’s type system**" by [Alexey Orlenko](https://www.linkedin.com/in/oleksiiorlenko/) 🎙 * 19:50 - Break 🥤 * 20:05 - Talk 3: "**Prisma Next: AI-Native, Graph Migrations, Extensions & Middleware**" by [Will Madden](https://www.linkedin.com/in/willmadden/) 🎙 * 20:35 - Talk 4: "**Prisma Next Performance**" by [Serhii Tatarintsev](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sevinf/) 🎙 * 20:50 - Wrap-up * 21:00 - Doors close 👋 *** This meetup is organised by [Prisma](https://www.prisma.io/). By attending the event, you agree to abide by our [Code of Conduct](https://www.prisma.io/event-code-of-conduct). For questions, reach out to events@prisma.io

Wissen verändert die Welt. Mach Mit! Wir treffen uns alle zwei Wochen zum lockeren Austausch und gemeinsamen Arbeiten in unserem Communityraum in der Köpenicker Straße in Berlin-Mitte. Alle Interessierten sind herzlich eingeladen vorbeizukommen und mehr über Wikipedia und ihre Schwesterprojekte (z. B. Wikimedia Commons oder Wikidata) zu erfahren. Finde heraus, wie Wikipedia funktioniert, lerne wie du selbst mitschreiben kannst und welche Artikel zu deinen Lieblingsthemen noch fehlen. 🕖 Termine: zweiwöchentlich donnerstags ab 18.30 Uhr ℹ️ Aktuelle Termine: [https://w.wiki/tv](https://w.wiki/tv) Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei, eine Anmeldung ist nicht notwendig. Komm einfach vorbei! Vor Ort können Leihrechner zur Verfügung gestellt werden. P. S.: Auch wenn die Teilnahmezahlen hier niedrig erscheinen – wir bewerben das Event noch auf anderen Plattformen und sind in der Regel zwischen 6 und 12 Personen. Foto: Niccolò Caranti (OBC), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Come out to Improving for our monthly iOS and Mac meetings. This Month's Presentation: Nothing yet. (You should volunteer). What is Cocoaheads (http://cocoaheads.org/)? CocoaHeads is a group devoted to discussion of Apple Computer's Cocoa Framework for programming on MacOS X and iOS (including the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch). During monthly meetings, members present on their projects and offer tutorials on various programming topics. What is BuckeyeCocoa (http://buckeyecocoa.org/)? BuckeyeCocoa is a group of Objective-C/Swift developers/enthusiasts. We host monthly Cocoaheads and near-weekly NSCoder meetings in Columbus, Ohio. The meetings are free to attend. Presentations! Presenters welcome! We are always in need of people willing to present material. Any Swift and/or Objective-C related topic is welcome. Times can be 5 minutes (i.e. lightning talks) to a maximum of 2 hours. Interested? Contact info is on the BuckeyeCocoa website. To volunteer for a presentation contact us at @BuckeyeCocoa on Twitter. Follow us on Twitter! @BuckeyeCocoa (https://twitter.com/#!/Buckeyecocoa/) For more information: http://buckeyecocoa.org/

Join us as we get together to see Paul Rudd in the latest comedy-drama-musical from John Carney, POWER BALLAD! The film follows a washed-up wedding singer, a fading boy band singer and a stolen hit song. Here’s a description, trailer and plan for this event: DESCRIPTION: Rick, a washed-up wedding singer, and Danny, a fading boy band star, bond over music and a late-night jam session. When Danny turns Rick's song into a hit, Rick sets out to reclaim the recognition he believes he deserves. Power Ballad is written/directed by John Carney, the master of the modern musical and creative mind behind Once, Begin Again and Sing Street! It stars Paul Rudd, Nick Jonas, Peter McDonald, Marcella Plunkett, Havana Rose Liu and Jack Reynor. BUZZ & ACCLAIM: The film premiered to rave reviews at this year’s Dublin International Film Festival where critics call it “a sure-fired crowd-pleaser” that “just might be the feel-good hit of the year!” Others say, “Paul Rudd delivers a career-best performance in this charmer” that’s both “hilarious and deeply moving!” SUMMER OF ICE CREAM, VOL 2: SHAKE NO. 8! Ranked the #1 Ice Cream Shop in Columbus in 2024, this is the perfect place to kick off our Summer of Ice Cream and grab a sweet treat after the show! Their menu features an array of traditional, specialty and vegan shakes, hot cocoa, and more! You can check out their full menu here: [https://www.shakeno8.com/menu.php](https://www.shakeno8.com/menu.php) PLAN: We’ll plan for a 7pm-ish showing and will meet in the lobby area about 20 minutes before the show. Once showtime is announced, advance ticket purchase is advised! Once you have yours, please list your seat number in the Comments section of this event. We'll head to nearby Shake No. 8 immediately following the show! Should be a fun one, Dan

**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you. The building address is 4450 Bridge Park The entrance is 6620 Mooney St, Suite 400 You will need to scan your ID at the door to get a visitor badge. **Abstract** Like it or not, AI agents are now capable of turning a quickly written paragraph of requirements into a pull request that is ready to be integrated into real-world production applications and it's now our responsibility to make sure AI doesn't go rogue and take down prod - or corrupt our data by misunderstanding the requirements or our existing schemas. In this session we'll explore strategies to protect our codebases through unit and integration testing, documentation, and code review along with additional ways of providing context and guard rails to our AI agents as they carry out the work we've assigned them to do. By the time we're done, you'll have a firm grasp of the problem and understand some helpful options for protecting your codebase from vibe coding mishaps getting YOLOed into prod. **YouTube Link** https://youtube.com/live/BltmWMH1zG0?feature=share

Who’s up for a pizza night at the highly requested Pizza House? 🍕🍻 Join us at for great pizza, good laughs, and even better company! Come hungry and ready for a cheesy good time.

PLEASE NOTE!!! This event will be In-Person for our very 1st Improving collab! If you know the [Columbus Unity group](https://www.meetup.com/columbus-unity-user-group/) location, we'll be at the same place. This is our 1st event and are doing a soft launch with limited attendance. 1st come 1st serve. If you want to be there and we fill up, please email me at [info@thecogg.com](mailto:info@thecogg.com) and I'll be in touch. All street parking is free on Sundays but you can also pay to park in any of the local garages. See image of [parking map here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mr9_LFIggbs-0_Zd3AJTGNqEhgMf2TzQ/view?usp=sharing). \-\-\- On the last Sunday of the month, we're having our usual end-of-the-month social gathering with our GameDev Meetup meeting. There will be announcements and presentations followed by some social networking Let's continue the conversations with good vibes and friends. All are welcomed from all ages and backgrounds to this public event. If we can, we'll be streaming or uploading the video later via our COGG YouTube channel here: [https://www.youtube.com/@TheCOGG/streams](https://www.youtube.com/@TheCOGG/streams) (Also please do subscribe if you have not done so!) No game development experience required! If you are interested in doing a 20 minute game development related presentation, please fill out our form online here: [https://goo.gl/forms/lVdTJZiNJewlPJuj1](https://goo.gl/forms/lVdTJZiNJewlPJuj1) Or e-mail us at info@thecogg.com with the following: Your Name, Company/Affiliation, Name of Your Game/Topic, Description, Tech Needs, and Your Contact. Be sure to check out our Discord for real time news updates: [https://discord.gg/NrBhuNQ](https://discord.gg/NrBhuNQ)

**Latest Dojo Location!** **Knotty Pine Brewing** 1765 W 3rd Ave, Columbus, OH 43212 We're going to try a new dojo location for a few weeks and see how it works Dojos are informal Python group study sessions where everyone interested in Python gathers to learn about Python, help others with Python, or just hang out. Everyone is welcome from Python beginners to experts. Bringing a laptop is encouraged (we'll have extension cords and power strips). If there's something you want to learn leave a comment on this invite so we can plan ahead. We're looking for speakers for our Monthly Meetups! Fill out the form if you are interested in presenting to the Python Community. https://forms.gle/ehSfUAC2WgR34Crq9

Some trained COUNT volunteers work together once a month at RMH (http://www.rmhc-centralohio.org/volunteer.php) as Housewarmers (usually on the 1st Sunday from 1 – 5 PM). Some schedule other shifts at their convenience. You may try this out with less fuss by following a "Fast track" or go through the normal process. Fast track • Arrange a time to shadow a COUNT volunteer. Call Dave Nohle at 614-268-9558 (cell). • Show up and try it out. • Complete application, etc. later. Normal process • Complete an online application (http://rmhc-centralohio.org/volunteer/). • Attend orientation in advance. • At orientation you will complete forms agreeing to keep family/patient info private and allowing a background check and tour the facility. • Complete one training shift. Daily shifts are: morning 9 AM - 1 PM, afternoon 1 - 5 PM and evening 5 - 9 PM. • Schedule shifts online using the on the RMH scheduling system (http://www.volgistics.com/ex/portal.dll/?FROM=32895). The Ronald McDonald House (RMH) provides housing and meals for families with sick children. The Columbus RMH is the largest in the world with 137 rooms. COUNT has been volunteering there since May 2014. Housewarmers work with RMH guests to provide a home-like environment - greet, assist with family needs, answer phones, give tours, assist with checkin/checkout, prepare guest rooms after checkout, clean facility, laundry, restock supplies and staff the front desk. RMH Housewarmers volunteer at least one four-hour shift a month. All Housewarmers must complete an application and agree to a background check before they can be full fledged volunteers.