Hi Mark and the gang, Not sure whether you guys have seen this already (I’m guessing some of you must in in LJC), but if you’re looking for more London-based developers to get involved in the community side of Drools/KIE related projects, then it might be worth checking this out.
Steve Begin forwarded message: > From: Barry Cranford <b...@recworks.co.uk> > Subject: [ljc] Call for Help - OSS projects > Date: 29 November 2013 06:39:11 GMT > To: ljc-l...@meetup.com > Reply-To: ljc-l...@meetup.com > > TL;DR > > - We have had 44 LJC events this year. Woo! > - We need to connect with more OSS projects for an upcoming Meet a Project > event > > > Hi All, > > We are nearly at the end of our year of events (we have had 44 LJC events so > far this year). Our very last one of the year is a 'Meet a Project' event > scheduled and are looking for some budding project leads that are going to > come down and present their projects to small groups of developers, eager to > find a new OSS project or similar to get their teeth into. > > Date: 11th December > Time: 6:30 > Venue: UCL, London > > If you are interested please reply to me directly. > > To give you a bit of background to these events and why we started this > initiative - one thing I have observed over the years, both as a recruiter > and as a community leader is that there is a gap in the software industry, > around open source software. There are a lot of developers in the industry, > from students to experienced developers that are interested to get involved > in something in addition to their day time position, but aren't really sure > where to start. There are also a great deal of interesting projects covering > everything from popular open source frameworks to the Adopt a JSR program > launched by the LJC. Many of these projects rely on support/enthusiasm from > developers and are keen to get more enthusiastic people involved. Not to > mention that most candidates that get involved in personal projects seem to > escalate their careers, salaries, day rates and passion for the industry > (which all makes our job easier ;-)). > > Having been involved in several sporadic events over the last few years that > aim to plug this gap, we started a series of events called LJC Meet a Project > (#LJCMaP). They are run in a speed networking style, similar to the GDC Meet > a Mentor events, they involve Project Ambassadors speaking to small groups of > 3-6 developers. Giving a pitch of the project, then answering questions > before moving on to another group. The events are intended to answer > potential committers' questions around the projects, focussed mainly around > starting points. These are not recruitment events or opportunities for > companies to find new employees, but to help offer a way for developers to > work alongside their existing positions to gain experience and develop > communications and technical skills. The events are organised by RecWorks, > the events team here will take care of all of the organisation/facilitation > of the events to ensure that all is well organised and the process is as > smooth as possible, so all you need to do is turn up on the day. > > Thanks all, let me know if you have any questions. > > Warm regards, > Barry > > > > > | recworks.co.uk | b...@recworks.co.uk | LinkedIn | Skype barrycranford | +44 > 7876 355215 | > | Office +44 20 7866 8155 | Fax: +44 20 7379 0801 | > > If you like what we do please tweet about it. Just use the hashtag > #recworksreco > > RecWorks Ltd | Registered in England and Wales. Registered No. 05864437 > > Email disclaimer: This email contains information which may be confidential. > It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the > intended recipient(s) do not copy this communication, or disclose it to any > other person. If you have received this email in error please notify the > sender immediately, delete the message from your computer system and destroy > any copies. Except where this email is sent in the usual course of our > business, any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and > do not necessarily represent those of RecWorks Ltd. Although RecWorks Ltd > operates anti-virus programs, it does not accept responsibility for any > damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. Replies to this > email may be monitored and/or recorded by RecWorks Ltd for operational or > business reasons. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Please Note: If you hit "REPLY", your message will be sent to everyone on > this mailing list (ljc-l...@meetup.com) > This message was sent by Barry Cranford (b...@recworks.co.uk) from LJC - > London Java Community. > To learn more about Barry Cranford, visit his/her member profile > To report this message or block the sender, please click here > Set my mailing list to email me As they are sent | In one daily email | Don't > send me mailing list messages > > Meetup, POB 4668 #37895 NY NY USA 10163 | supp...@meetup.com
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