CfB - How Will We Pick Projects? (Online Workshop)

At our last social event we all talked about all the exciting things our group could accomplish together. Lots of ideas, and lots of energy!!

Our current project is "coming up with projects". First we'll have to answer -- "HOW will we choose what projects to do?"

That's this session :)

Who should come?

• New members welcome. We’d love to have both people who have been before AND new people. Interested in seeing what we're about and feeling the vibe of this group? Yay great!
• Many roles needed. We want people from many different roles/backgrounds: developers, designers, user researchers, product managers, communications professionals, and other roles. A sister group of ours Ruby for Good has a great list of roles needed.
• Wide experience range wanted. We want people who are more experienced AND less experienced. We often have a range of skill levels at our events. We don’t formally coordinate mentorship (lately) but mentorship does often happen at these!

What will we do?
In this working session, we'll discuss:

• how we'll choose projects - what would make us choose one over another?
• brainstorming partner groups - what potential partner groups should we reach out to to work with (local nonprofits, city agencies, etc)
• setting up for success - what support would make our projects a success? (we'll make sure to seek that support!)

Does it cost money? Or will we get paid?
Nope! Our events are free, and nobody gets paid for this work.
This is an all-volunteer organization.

Format

• Online.
• If it's just a few of us, we'll work in one main group
• If we get many people attending (great!!), we'll do breakout groups

We Coordinate On Slack - Join Us!
1. Join our Code for Baltimore Slack server using the invite link on our homepage: [CodeForBaltimore.org](http://codeforbaltimore.org/)
2. You might also like to join our sister server - Baltimore Tech Slack is a more general (not just civic tech) server: [BaltimoreTechSlack.com](http://baltimoretechslack.com/)

Looking for Volunteers + Organizers
Want to get involved? We could use your help! The more organizing capacity we have collectively, the more we can do -- together :)

Join our Slack server, then come chat with us in the #volunteers-and-organizers channel.

You're also welcome to lurk first to get a sense of the vibe :)