[Events] The Supreme Chi-Town Coding Crew Manifesto needs your input

[Shauna Gordon-McKeon]

Hi David,

The manifesto looks great!  Here are my reactions to it and to your
questions:

>From the manifesto:

*>  We welcome anyone who meets basic requirements and wants to learn.*

What are the basic requirements?  I can see someone reading this and
assuming the basic requirements are something they don't have.

*> Learning to make web sites and applications requires access to some
basic resources. We steer new participants without these > resources to
places and programs where they can get a free or cheap laptop, learn basic
computer literacy, and obtain adequate > Internet access.*

This part is especially fantastic.  I recommend sharing a link to this
information in the post so other groups can adapt it.

*> Learning software development is an overwhelmingly popular subject. We
aim to keep our group small while hatching new   projects and working with
similar groups around the world.*

This is another section that could come off as exclusionary.  I'm not sure
if that's your intention.

Generally I think the manifesto could use a little bit of internal
structure, but then I love internal structure more than is probably
reasonable.

*> What kind of structure supports doing good work, getting paid decently,
and creating the world we want to see? As you will see in the comments I
don't believe the hackathon model is up to the task.*

This is a complicated question.  Would you mind elaborating a bit about
your particular situation and goals?  I think that would help me/us provide
better feedback.

Generally, I agree with you that the hackathon model is generally not a
good one.  Which is unfortunate, since they only seem to be getting more
popular.  I think it's because hackathons are easy - you don't have to
engage with these kinds of deep questions about diversity, impact,
sustainability.  The hacked version of a hackathon which focuses on
training/education, on sharing diverse perspectives, and on
community-building (different from networking) but even then I think there
are better options.



On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:08 PM, David Eads <davideads at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi OpenHatchers! My hacking group in Chicago posted our manifesto on
> Source last week:
>
>
> https://source.opennews.org/en-US/articles/data-journalism-community-why-and-how-do-we-do-wor/
>
> It's my hope this will be of great interest to this community. We are
> trying to find ways to establish long running, nurturing spaces that get
> people tech jobs and skills to excel at their craft.
>
> At the heart of the manifesto is a question: What kind of structure
> supports doing good work, getting paid decently, and creating the world we
> want to see? As you will see in the comments I don't believe the hackathon
> model is up to the task.
>
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