• The RailsBridge Mission:
  • The RailsBridge Guidelines:
  • RailsBridge Projects:
  • Get involved
  • Bridgers
  • Guides
    • Requests

The RailsBridge Mission:¶

To create an inclusive and friendly Ruby on Rails community.

The RailsBridge Guidelines:¶

• First, do no harm. Then, help where you can.
• Bridge the gap from aspiring developer to contributing community member, through mentoring, teaching, and writing.
• Reach out to individuals and groups who are underrepresented in the community.
• Collaborate with other groups with similar goals.

RailsBridge Projects:¶

Our members are pursuing a variety of projects in support of our mission. Email the contact person or join our mailing list to get involved:

• Public Rails Workshops (Sarah Mei, sarahmei at gmail dot com)
• Teaching Ruby to Kids (Sarah Allen, sarah at ultrasaurus dot com)
• Current Blog Information Locator (Elad Meidar, eize dot sus at gmail dot com)
• Online Mentoring Application (Brian Hogan, bphogan at gmail dot com)
• Courseware for Newcomers to Rails (Dana Jones)
• Code Reviews for Students (Mike Gunderloy)
• Ruby Challenge (Marianna Kenesy)
• Pro Bono Site Work for Non-Profits (Mike Breen)
• RailsBridge Wiki (Jeff Schoolcraft)
• RailsBridge Site Redesign (Elad Meidar, eize dot sus at gmail dot com)

Get involved¶

To succeed, we need your help! Here's what you can do to be a part of the RailsBridge vision:

• Join the Google Group
• Hang with us in the #railsbridge IRC channel on Freenode
• Help out with a current project
• Propose new projects
• Follow us on Twitter
• Work to create the community you want

Bridgers¶

You decide how much information you want to give us...

Members - short list, twitter, etc. There's a tweepml list of folks here: http://tweepml.org/RailsBridge/
Members - Full list, scrapable

Guides¶

RemoteCollaboration
Ubuntu LiveCD Creation

Requests¶

• Low tech, cheap alternative to confreaks fabulous service.