-------- Original Message -------- Daniel Franc <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi friends in the Romanian Linux UG! > >my name is Dan Franc and I’m an organizer of Google Developer >Groups<https://developers.google.com/groups/>(GDG’s), I also work with >Google helping them support GDGs globally. Google >would like to assist developers in Romania to create new GDG groups to >do >activities and events for other developers. Traditionally, Linux groups >and >GDG's are close to one another and working together in many countries >around the world so I am writing to you hoping that you could help me >find >the right people on the Romanian developer scene who could be the >potential >founders of GDG’s in Bucharest and Timisoara, or maybe to hear from you >if >you’d be interested yourselves! The next step then will be a meeting >with >Google in Timisoara and Bucharest on February 11 and 12 and seeing who >would be most interested and best fit to be in the founding group. > >I would really appreciate if you could let me know if you know someone >who >would be a good fit to create a GDG (= is a networker, a developer, has >a >broader vision in mind and speaks English - for more detailed list, see >the >bottom of this mail). Please let me know who you think could meet this >criteria OR if you have any questions on my email address >[email protected], >I’d be also happy to talk over Hangout (on this address) or phone (+420 >774667767). Or, it would be also helpful if you know of someone who >might >have a network of people where we could look for this person, please >feel >free to forward this email to them. Also feel free to forward this >email to >where you think it could find someone interested, RLUG mailing list >would >be totally ok if it'd make sense for you as well. > >GDGs have been helping bring talented developers together, all over the >world, and I believe they have a very positive impact on the developer >community at large. I’m looking forward to seeing what the new GDGs >will >bring to Romania and its developer talent. > >Also, more information about GDG’s is below this mail, if it’d be >helpful >for you. > >Looking forward to hearing from you, > >Dan Franc, Google Developer Groups > >[email protected] > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >MORE ABOUT GDG’s AND WHAT ORGANIZER’S DO: > >GDG’s have been founded in 2007 and currently are active in one hundred >countries all over the world and over 400 groups. There’s already one >active group in Cluj Napoca and we’d like to support other groups to >emerge. The GDG’s are a non-profit groups of organizers, not formally >organized and not owned by anyone, including Google. Most of what GDG’s >do >is influencing the local developer scene and doing events, which help >making the country a better place via better developers. Usually it’s >small >meetups, hackathons, networking events and miniconferences, but GDG’s >are >doing larger events and conferences if they like. The GDG global portal >can >be found here: https://developers.google.com/groups/ > >The GDG’s consist of city-based groups (“chapters”), which are run by >2-8 >organizers. What the GDG organizer does is basically this: > > > - > >with the other organizers in their local chapter, they organize meetups > (at least one every 3 months) on which developers get together. The >purpose of the meetup may be, for example, listen to a presentation of >an >expert or someone from the community, share their own experiences, meet >other developers and have fun along the way. The format can be an >evening >lecture, a weekend hackathon or a one-day conference, it’s really up to >the > organizers > - > >they communicate with other organizers in Romania, exchanging ideas and > experiences or even organizing things together > - > > we’re looking for someone who’s able to commit at least 9 months of > their time - but the actual time load can be as low as 1hr/week > > >The best GDG founders and people we look for are these: > > > - > > have an engineering / software development background > - > > are good networkers and communicators- enjoys meeting other developers > and has own network of contacts in the community > - > >have a broader vision about the technology and developers in Romania or >can create this vision with GDG’s. While GDG’s are a fulfilling >project of > its own, it’s not the end, but it’s the means, i.e. via bringing > developers together and exploring technology, some broader goal can be >accomplished on the national level. We’d be interested in people who in >GDG’s look beyond just the developer meetups and who would see GDG as a >way > to reach further. > - > > can speak English and understand spoken English > - > >would be interested in launching something great in Romania with Google > support > > >GDG’s are not Google owned and not managed, all we do is we support >GDG’s >as a main partner because the movement has a very similar vision to >what is >Google trying to achieve with developers - help them be great >developers >who can make the world a better place via their work. It might be >worthy >mentioning that the founding group of the new GDG’s in Romania will get >support from Google by > > > - > > help and advice about getting up and running, types and formats of > events, and anything related to having a great GDG experience > - > > promotion of their selected event > - > > help with contacting possible partners > - > >Google-branded “swag”, i.e. t-shirts, pens, and other promotional items > to give out on events > - > > on selected events (especially the first ones), possible financial >helpwith securing the room for the meetup and related logistics > - > > first-hand contact to Googlers in Romania and to the GDG support > management in Google HQ > - > > access to the worldwide network of other organizers > > > > > >* DANIEL FRANC <http://plus.ly/danfranc> | Community Management | >[email protected] <[email protected]> | +420 774667767* >GUG.cz <http://gug.cz/> * GDG <https://developers.google.com/groups/> >* GBG<https://www.google.com/landing/gbg/> > * UNISONA <http://www.unisona.com/> > > > >-- > > >* DANIEL FRANC <http://plus.ly/danfranc> | Community Management | >[email protected] <[email protected]> | +420 774667767* >GUG.cz <http://gug.cz/> * GDG <https://developers.google.com/groups/> >* GBG<https://www.google.com/landing/gbg/> > * UNISONA <http://www.unisona.com/> _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lug.ro/mailman/listinfo/rlug
