August 3 2014 Startup Wichita and devICT Partnership

General information

• What: A discussion and voting on whether MakeICT should adopt Startup Wichita and devICT
• Where: MakeICT Headquarters
• When: August 3rd, 2014 / 1pm

Presenters

• Kenton Hansen, Startup Wichita
  • Email: himself@kentonhansen.com
• Seth Etter, devICT
  • Email: sethetter@gmail.com

Startup Wichita

In the recent past, a growing number of people have become interested in drawing more attention to the new entrepreneurial movement in Wichita. Software, SaaS, Apps for all platforms, new products, and innovative new ideas are being developed all around Wichita, but the community connecting these groups is in need of nurture. Since organizing my first Startup Weekend last year, and the two since then, I've noticed that the overlap between MakeICT and the "Startup Wichita" is evident, and the people who learn about one are interested in the other. At this point, Startup Wichita is not an entity. While there are multiple efforts and programs surrounding the ideas that Startup Wichita advocates for, the creation of a company or organization has not happened yet.

For your consideration:

• Momentum of the idea
• Plans for the future Startup Wichita
• How I see MakeICT and SuW can overlap
• How I'd like the SuW program to interact with MakeICT

devICT

Just about two years ago, devICT (formerly UpFront Wichita) began as a developer meet up group for Wichita and surrounding areas. We've grown considerably since then and have on numerous occasions made contact with members of MakeICT. The two groups have quite a bit in common, though devICT has more of a focus on development in specific. We are currently at 120+ members on our Meetup.com community. As devICT grows we want to do bigger and better things that would benefit from being wrapped in an organization.

Our agenda will be as follows:

What is devICT

• History, where are we now

The services we provide

• Monthly educational meetups
• Networking
• Occasional hackathons
• Civic hackathons

Plans for the future

• Larger, more frequent events
• Development book library
• Education and job finding resources

How can we help?

• Collaboration on MakeICT events
• Promotion within devICT members and attendees

Questions and answers

Members will have an opportunity to ask any questions, make comments, voice concerns, etc. The questions and answers will be posted here following the meeting.

Voting

• The output of this meeting will be a draft of document formalizing the partnership in detail.
• Once the draft is finalized, it will be published to members for approval.
• The vote will likely occur sometime after the meeting, but a quorum is required, and a simple majority will pass.