Well maybe not a totally new group … but one that @mubix and @carnal0wnage finally brought live. It looks like the site itself was created over on Blogger in April of 2008. But just just as we thought the site was going to wither away, our fearless NoVA leaders recently started kicking each other into shape … and about 2 weeks ago seemed to have morphed the NoVA/DC Luncheon into this new association and created a related Google Group.
Not much has happened on the their Blogger site yet but the discussion on Google immediately took off with over 400 posts and 64 members as I write this. Since this group is in the “forming” phase, most of the discussion is all about how this association is going to work, everyone doing introductions, and of course ShmooCon tickets. Currently, it looks like they are going to try to hold two events each month. One will be the traditional luncheon that @mubix has been organizing for the past year. The second event may be a more formal evening meetup with presentations and all.
Joining seems to be pretty similar to the Freemasons. You have to be invited by a current member or a current member has to invite you. Additionally, there seems to be a requirement to be active. @mubix and crew will be skimming membership every few months and deleting lurkers. I think these two controls will go a long way to helping stem the prevalence of spam. But please remember that they are still in the development stages of putting this thing together so the “rules” may change over time.
You can find out more information on the NoVA Hackers Association on our NoVA Meetups page. Also keep up to date and help morph this group into what it will be by visiting them over at their Google Group!
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or someone can just email one of us or the group owner via google groups and ask. Open to all with two main stipulations.
you need to be local hence the NoVA
you have to participate.
-CG