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Code for Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads
Indoc for new members to Code for Hampton Roads, a Code for America Brigade
Brendan Barsness, Bret Fisher, Kevin Curry, and more
New Attendee Resources for Code for Hampton Roads
Hatch Norfolk
Meetup, Facebook, Google Plus, Google Group, & Google Hangouts
weekly from 6:00-9:00 pm on Wednesdays
Kevin Curry
Bret Fisher
Stanley Zheng
Blaine Price
Bret Fisher

Drawing Welcome to {{page.local-chapter-name}}

A Code for America Brigade!

Serve Your Community Through Civic Tech

We are {{page.local-chapter-name}}, the local chapter of Code for America Brigade supporting civic hacking in {{page.location}}.

Code for America Brigade brings together developers, designers, data geeks, civic leaders, organizers, and idea-makers from communities to help local government and civic organizations adopt open web technologies. Code for America Brigade is the volunteer arm of the larger, national organization Code for America.

Who This is For

Anyone with a desire and a passion for applying their technology skills to improve our community, open government, and open civic data.

What to Expect

You can apply your skills and expertise to work on an existing problem or project you care about like:

  • Improving park access.
  • Helping the fire department locate fire hydrants.
  • Launching a web app to find your city bus.
  • Creating an app to help residents find information about your city.
  • Helping residents get up-to-date information on the status of blighted properties in their community.
  • Creating an app that allows parents to track their child’s bus in real time.
  • Create apps. Design websites. Organize events. Write copy. And more!
  • Hang out with other civic hackers, eat pizza and drink beverages.

What Not to Expect

  • You can pick up expert advice, tips and tricks about new technologies but we are not a tech meetup or user group, and are usually working sessions not presentation format.
  • You can meet a lot of new and interesting people and make useful connections but we are not a networking group. We are volunteers working to make our community better through technology.
  • You can learn a lot of things about coding and design by participating in Brigade but we are not a code or design school.

Who’s in Charge

  • {{page.captain1}}, Captain
  • {{page.captain2}}, Co-Captain
  • {{page.captain3}}, Co-Captain
  • {{page.captain4}}, Co-Captain

How it Works

We meet in person on a regular basis at {{page.meetup-location}}. We use Meetup.com for organizing in-person events. Our schedule is {{page.schedule}}. We connect online through {{page.communication}}.

Required Tools

Bring your laptop/tablet as it's typically a working group with the occasional presentation. Free wifi is provided.

How Decisions Are Made

We use the Lazy Consensus model, meaning that if you think it's right for the group you have a green light, so don't wait around for approval. Concerns can be asked, but if you don't get much feedback that's a good thing and you can rock on.

How Projects Are Chosen

We choose projects based on:

  • Needs we identify through listening sessions with local gov and community organizations. We want to make things people will actually use.

  • Things happening in other cities that we want to bring here.

  • Things we like.

Current Projects

Our projects are usually centered around software at some point. Those are all listed in our GitHub Organization. There are also non-programming tasks in our "task list" at http://tasks.code4hr.org

Get Connected

Get Inspired

Get Smart

Get Started

Often you can start getting involved before the first meeting.

Contact Us

This sites creator was {{page.contact-name}}, but many others help to keep it awesome. You can file a issue/request in our [bug tracker]({{page.repo-issues-url}}), join our email group and discuss there, find us on twitter using #cfabrigade, or just email [{{page.email-contact}}](mailto:{{page.email-contact}})