Project based group.....

[Jim Campbell]

Wanted to propose a structure for the group.

This is based on a model I use for a Woodworking Meetup that has been quite successful (over 190 consecutive weekly meetings!)

It breaks down simply:

1. Show and Tell

2. Group Project

3. Snacks, snacks, snacks.

As we already have a grasp on snacks......

For the GDG, a show and tell could include neat new tools, bugs, Googleisms or personal projects.  Limit it to a few people or time.  Could also be guests.   Try to keep it to 15 to 30 minutes and one or two topics.

Regarding a project, the premise is pick a specific project the group would like to tackle together.  As everyone is likely at different skill and interest levels, we can operate loosely on who does what and when.

A starter project in Google Apps Script that is very popular (based on how often I seem to build this) is a simple input Form, spreadsheet tracking, Gmail notifications and basic Google Sites output.

The resulting project could be shared in the Google Gallery/Marketplace.

Similar projects likely are fun to do in GAE, Dart and more.

Rob Howe has a really interesting GAE project idea to build an interactive Google Map using the new datastore, FlexTables.

I'd be more than happy to spec out the GAS Form/Sites project and help lead it.

Jim

[Chris Beatson]

Jim,

Thanks! The format sounds good, and projects are always good to work on. Interested to learn more about Rob's idea, as well as the GAS project.  

I think this sounds like as good a place to start as any.. We can always iterate if things don't work.  Any suggestions on the next meetup date ?  Might be hard to get a quorum over the holidays, and I'd love to get a few more folks out.   We might be better off planning an early January meeting. 

Thoughts ?

Chris

Jim

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