AZGiveCamp http://rickgaribay.net/category/36.aspx AZGiveCamp en-US Rick G. Garibay rickgaribay@hotmail.com Subtext Version 1.9.5.176 AZ Give Camp Call for Volunteers http://rickgaribay.net/archive/2010/04/06/az-give-camp-call-for-volunteers.aspx <p>AZGiveCamp is a massive weekend event where the software development community comes together to support charities and non-profits by developing or improving their web sites and applications. It's fun, it's agile, it's geeky, and it's good for the community. More about AZGiveCamp here: <a href="http://azgivecamp.org/FAQs/FAQ.aspx">http://azgivecamp.org/FAQs/FAQ.aspx</a></p> <p><strong>WHAT</strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p>We are in the process of identifying and selecting charities and are looking for<strong> Dev Leads</strong> and <strong>BA/PM Leads</strong> for each charity team.</p> <p>The Dev Lead and BA/PM Lead forms the <strong>leadership team</strong> for each charity team, with immediate responsibilities including:</p> <ul> <li>The <strong>Dev Lead</strong> will be responsible for partnering with the <strong>BA/PM Lead</strong> and the charity team to conduct requirements elicitation, draft a vision statement and develop the <strong>charity sponsor relationship</strong> to scope and commit to what the team hopes to accomplish the weekend of AZ GiveCamp.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li>The <strong>BA/PM Lead</strong> will be responsible for partnering with the <strong>Dev Lead</strong> and the charity team to conduct requirements elicitation, draft a vision statement and develop the <strong>charity sponsor relationship</strong> to scope and commit to what the team hopes to accomplish the weekend of AZ GiveCamp.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li>The <strong>Dev Lead</strong> and<strong> BA/PM Lead</strong> will be responsible for <strong>building a team</strong> of 3 to 5 additional volunteers to<strong> deliver</strong> the project over the weekend of AZ Give Camp. This means coding, building, configuring, testing, etc all weekend until the job is done.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li>The <strong>Dev Lead</strong> and<strong> BA/PM Lead</strong> will be responsible for <strong>self-organizing</strong>, <strong>mentoring</strong>, <strong>guiding</strong> and <strong>managing risk</strong> on the project team the weekend of the event from the evening of 5/21 through the afternoon of 5/23.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Note:</strong> While there will be plenty of room for creative license, the name of the game is scale so the vast majority of *<strong>new</strong>* charity work will entail the delivery of CMS using Sitefinity, Sharepoint 2007/2010, WordPress as the main delivery platforms. Exceptions can always be made so any ideas are welcome as long as they don’t entail re-inventing a wheel that already exists.</p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>WHEN</strong></p> <p>May 21st - 23rd, 2010</p> <p><strong>WHERE</strong></p> <p>Chandler Senior Center</p> <p><strong>ACTION</strong></p> <p>Everyone in the community has an opportunity to make a visible impact on this event. If you are interested in volunteering to be a <strong>Dev Lead</strong> or <strong>BA/PM Lead </strong>please <a href="http://www.rickgaribay.net/contact.aspx">contact</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.rickgaribay.net/contact.aspx">me</a> <a href="http://www.rickgaribay.net/contact.aspx">here</a>.</p> <p>If you are not interested in the leadership role, but would like to be an individual contributor, register ASAP with a preferred team name and if you don’t have a team name yet, please enter “PCSUG” here and we can change it later: <a href="http://azgivecamp.org/Volunteer.aspx">http://azgivecamp.org/Volunteer.aspx</a> You will then be interviewed and matched with the appropriate charity team based on your skillset and interests.</p> <p><strong>***</strong> <strong>IMPORTANT***</strong></p> <p>Please be mindful that regardless of role chosen, this is a hard commitment that you are making to be engaged and involved in this event from the time you volunteer through the evening of May 23<sup>rd</sup>. There will be ebbs and flows and periods of intense commitment. You are volunteering to make a marked impact on this event and giving up your entire weekend on the evening of 5/21 through 5/23. </p> <p><strong>OTHER WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE</strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <ul> <li><strike>Know of a killer charity that would kill for a CMS to get them up and running? Little r me and I will get you connected to our charity director. Please note that we are particularly interested in helping smaller, local charities and non-profits.</strike></li> <li>Have some Sharepoint licenses sitting around or have a connection with a friend at Microsoft to get some Sharepoint love to a charity in need? The more the merrier! Please <a href="http://www.rickgaribay.net/contact.aspx">contact</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.rickgaribay.net/contact.aspx">me</a> <a href="http://www.rickgaribay.net/contact.aspx">here</a>.</li> </ul> <p>Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to working with you to make the first AZGiveCamp a huge success!</p><img src="http://rickgaribay.net/aggbug/277.aspx" width="1" height="1" /> Rick G. Garibay http://rickgaribay.net/archive/2010/04/06/az-give-camp-call-for-volunteers.aspx Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:23:20 GMT http://rickgaribay.net/archive/2010/04/06/az-give-camp-call-for-volunteers.aspx#feedback 1 http://rickgaribay.net/comments/commentRss/277.aspx http://rickgaribay.net/services/trackbacks/277.aspx