Classes that we might teach:
- Intro to Soldering (saw this one on someone elses hacker space and it seemed good)
- Intro to Photoshop/Gimp
- Intro to Arduino
- PHP programming
- Python programming
- Python module of the week/month (similar to the blog: http://www.doughellmann.com/projects/PyMOTW/ but in class format, and probably not weekly) -dknowles
- Processing programming (for Designers)
- Intro to linux?
- Intro to network security (vuln assessment, patch management, etc)
- Reverse Engineering / Intro to binary debugging
- Twitter: How Can I or my Company use it? -Curbob
- Intro to Genetics - Agox
- Intro to Neuroscience - Agox
- Negotiating, NLP, Social Engineering - dr.kaos
- Virtualization -dr.kaos
- Why eCommerce is a good thing and you won't get your identity stolen (if you follow some simple rules) -- AKA an introduction to crypto and PKI. - Agox
- Introduction to Quantum Mechanics - Agox (Note: I can't teach this one)
- How to Take Things Apart and Put Them Back Together: An Introduction to Physical Hacking - Agox
- Firearms: Introduction to safe handling and operation. Explanation of federal and state law regarding purchase, ownership, carrying, and lethal force. Explanation of eligibility requirements and process for obtaining Georgia Firearms License (GFL: Georgia's carry permit) - Porch
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Intro to Automobile maintainance (check fluids, change a tire, etc)
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Intermediate Automobile maintainance (change your oil, flush your radiator, etc.)
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Intro to 3D modeling w/ Sketchup - How to build your own PC (hardware)
- How to weld
- Intro to Electronics (Components and/or Theory) (Could be held in association with the Intro to Soldering Class)
Other Activities
- Linux Install
- Annual Ball / Party / Cookout (Quarterly)
- Art Auction: Juried Computer Generated/Topical Art (at Eyedrum?)
- Keysigning party?
- Swap meet / tech flea market?
- LAN party
- CTF/King of the hill hacking competition
- colo/vps for members to subsidize an industrial pipe -- someone else mentioned actually creating an ISP/hosting coop as well
- ^- I suggested we provide free VPS to members, and rent LAMP VPSes to 'outsiders' for "recommended donations" of $10 - 20/mo, which can be written off 100% as charitable donations by the VPS lessee. we cando this with virtualization and get a pretty high VPS to host ratio (optimized, maybe 20 or 30 to 1). - dr.kaos
- Charity Poker Game & Silent Auction -dr.kaos
- Comedy show? Got a few friends who do standup, plus we could talk to the folks at Dad's Garage, etc? -dr.kaos
- Independent film screenings (in coordination with local filmmakers, studios)- dr.kaos
- T-Shirt Sales for donations --vudu
- Rent-a-Geek-for-a-Day auction --vudu
- Work with Local Artists/Vendors to donate things for a silent auction --vudu
- Rip people's personal CDs collection for their Ipod -Curbob (Hmm, I wonder what sort of monster simulataneous CD-ripping station we could build from old parts? -Eater)
- Install blogging software for someone's personal website (wordpress install gets 300.00 on ebay) -Curbob
- Take in peoples equipment as recycling or as a donation and sell on ebay -Eugene
- Atlanta-centric technology podcast, or (even better) a regular "show" on YouTube. At regular intervals, produce a video to demonstrate a cool project, talk about goings-on in the area (like Off The Hook but less scene/political) and occasionally do an appeal for donations. - Eater
- Add a coin slot to Curbob's arcade game.
Swag
Does selling swag count as charitable donations? Yes, if you charge a lot more than it's worth in the name of fund-raising. A shirt that's worth $15 (fair retail price) but sells for $40 to "support the cause" counts as a $25 donation. I'm sure there are more gotchas from the IRS perspective, but that's the gist. (Eater)
- CNC milled keychains (like our new sign, but pocket sized. My HS robotics team did this, with great success)-Agox (That would be awesome - Eater)
- T-Shirts, Mugs, Boring Stuff (Bob next door puts designs on mugs -Sarah)
- Notebooks that resemble paperback moleskins, maybe with graph paper like Makezine sells. Just need to stamp the logo on there. -Sarah
Tours We need to showcase our capabilities to Government, Corporate and other community and industry leaders whom we would like the support of. We have several folks volunteering as elite VIP tourguides:
- Chris Agocs
- Tripp Lilley
- Kikki
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