Re: SQL Work Needed at the City of Wilsonville

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 3:33 PM, daniel stark <dan(dot)j(dot)stark(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Melissa Hollingsworth
> <melissa(at)fastanimals(dot)com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 09:41:11 -0700, Lindsey Smith <lindsey(dot)smith(at)gmail(dot)com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Mark Wong <markwkm(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Melissa Hollingsworth
>>>>> <melissa(at)fastanimals(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So -- when are we going to get together to hack on this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Does a weeknight in Portland work for the City of Wilsonville folks?
>>>>> Would City of Wilsonville people like to propose some date and times?
>>>>> Keep in mind we are likely to get food provided if you're thinking
>>>>> about what to do about dinner.
>>>>
>>>> Just thought I'd ping again. :)
>>>
>>> If you guys go the hackathon route, I'll chip in for some pizza or beer.
>>
>> Wilsonville should feed us, IMO.  I'd also like T-shirts that say
>> something like "I saved Wilsonville using open source software --
>> ask me how."  But just the food is also good.
>>
>> When are we actually going to get together and do this?  Is
>> anyone more or less organizing this?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Melissa Hollingsworth
>> melissa(at)fastanimals(dot)com
>> +1 512 619 1237
>
> Was away from the list for a bit but glad to see such interest. The
> City would be happy to contribute fuel for any endeavor -
> unfortunately we cannot provide fermented food stuff but would be
> happy to send enough other provisions to get you through a 'thon of
> any sort. I don't think I need to take part - my skills lie squarely
> in the the geospatial realm.  I know just enough SQL to cut and paste
> some updated code into my existing script(s).
>
> I can provide food, a database and a goal.  If this sounds like
> something the group would like to pursue that would be great. In
> addition, I'd be happy to work with an individual (or more) that would
> like to take on piece-work like this on an ongoing basis for the City.
>  I'm looking for a resource for help when we need it as much as help
> on this particular task.
>
> Thanks for all the interest and let me know if you would like to proceed.

Emma would like to host and can provide beverages. We just need to
pick a date (except the 18th, which is the pdxpug night). If that's
agreeable, then we can take a head count for how many people can show
up.

Regads,
Mark