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Labor of Love - a technology 'side project' meetup

East Lansing, MI

Labor of Love - a technology 'side project' meetup

Maybe you have a side project you are working on but need motivation to keep going. Maybe you are planning to write some code on side to learn a new language or technology. Or, maybe you want to learn programming, just coz’ it is fun. We are here for you. 

The goal of this meet up is to develop a support group for software enthusiast trying build / learn something cool outside their professional work environment. Even though side projects are supposed to be fun and educational, having some sort of framework to these meetings will be useful. Here is what I propose - 

1. Have a GOAL: As technology enthusiasts, we have too many ideas. In my experience most side projects do not amount to anything concrete coz’ we did not have specific goals or accomplishment guide lines. Also, since we are not able devote too much time for these labor of love, it will be productive to know what we want to achieve. We will define concrete goals before we start anything new. 

2. Weekly Review: We will have weekly meetings, in a coffee shop, bar, whatever. We will talk about what we have achieved in the past week, how much progress we have made. Most of us are familiar with Stand-up meetings. This is an elaborate version of Stand-ups. We won’t be standing though. I am hoping this will be a no pressure meeting. How much progress we make on our work is completely up to us. Some weeks we might not be able to make any progress at all, and that it is ok. These are side projects after all. Hopefully these meetings will help us stay on track even when progress is slow. 

3. Monthly Review: A monthly review (dinner at an awesome local restaurant maybe) just to kind of wrap up a month. The point here is to celebrate small successes, evaluate things, commit to changes if they are not working and move on. 

This meetup is an experiment really. I am starting this meetup to give some structure to my curiosity and passion for technology. 

It will be nice to find like-minded people, who are willing to have fun, learn and share ideas with peers. 

See you soon!

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Lansing DevOps Meetup

Okemos, MI

Lansing DevOps Meetup

Food Sponsored by A2 hosting. A2 Hosting is a web hosting company based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan with data centers across the globe. At A2, we specialize in performance based hosting for everyone, with a proactive service team working around the clock. Whether you've never run a website before or are a professional developer, rest assured we have a web hosting solution to meet your unique needs!

We're a group of people who buy into the idea of DevOps: the idea that development and operations should work closely together, to make each other's lives easier. It's entirely possible that development and operations can be the same group, although not necessary.

DevOps is an idea that we feel has merit, but like all ideas everyone interprets it differently and puts it into practice differently.

This group is about exploring DevOps and seeing how we can use the idea and practices around it to build a better future.

We meet on the first Tuesday of every month, at the Communication Arts and Sciences building in East Lansing

679 members · Public

Pastor in a Pub

Lansing, MI

Pastor in a Pub
**Friends \| Drinks \| Conversation** **First-time guests get a FREE drink on the pastor** **Location and times change every once in a while** Good drinks make the conversation flow. Join pastor Tom from Sycamore Creek’s NEW Eastwood Campus  for an informal conversation about whatever is on your mind. Pastor Tom is the lead pastor of Sycamore Creek and is working on launching a NEW Eastwood Campus this fall across from Eastwood Towne Center (in the church building with the big red roof) that will also double as a performing arts center for local community theater and artists of all kinds and an incubator kitchen for food startup businesses. **Sycamore Creek Church - NEW Eastwood Campus** **We hit different\*** \***keep** the best of faith and **leave** the rest \*LGBTQIA-**affirming** \*Jesus **and** justice \*working for racial **equity** \*platforming **artists** and **entrepreneurs** \***multi-culturally** curious, creative, compassionate   **Sycamore Creek Church - NEW Eastwood Campus** **We hit different\*** \***keep** the best of faith and **leave** the rest \*LGBTQIA-**affirming** \*Jesus **and** justice \*working for racial **equity** \*platforming **artists** and **entrepreneurs** \***multi-culturally** curious, creative, compassionate   A lot of people haven’t given up on God or Jesus, but are about to give up or already have given up on the church because of its silence about racism and its exclusion of LGBTQ people. Sycamore Creek is a church that has moved from the suburbs into the city to start a NEW campus that will be an asset to the community by platforming artists, entrepreneurs, and all people who are multi-culturally curious, creative and compassionate.  We keep the best of faith and leave the rest.  We love Jesus AND justice. So if you're looking for a NEW faith community that is CURIOUS, where you don't have to check your questions or your brain at the door; is CREATIVE, you can experiment and try new things "playing jazz" on traditions; and is COMPASSIONATE, including everyone (Black, brown, male, female, LGBTQIA, etc.); then Sycamore Creek’s NEW Eastwood Campus is the church for you to check out.   Sycamore Creek has remodeled and launch in the church building (with the red tin roof) across from Eastwood Towne Center. We currently have two other campuses: S Lansing (1919 S Penn) and Potterville (105 N Church St.). The Eastwood Campus building includes  a performing arts center called Stage One that hosts local community theater groups and artists of all kinds and an incubator kitchen for food startup businesses.   For more info contact: Pastor Tom Arthur tom@sycamorecreekchurch.org [www.sycamorecreekchurch.org](http://www.sycamorecreekchurch.org/) #sccmi #scceastwood #wehitdifferent
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Coffee with the Pastor (Tom)

Lansing, MI

Coffee with the Pastor (Tom)
**Coffee \| Friends \| Conversation** **First-time guests get a FREE coffee on the pas**tor. Times and locations change from time to time Good coffee makes the conversation flow. Join pastor Tom from Sycamore Creek for an informal conversation about whatever is on your mind. Pastor Tom is the lead pastor of Sycamore Creek and the campus pastor of the NEW Eastwood Campus across from Eastwood Towne Center (in the church building with the big red roof) that also doubles as a performing arts center for local community theater and artists of all kinds. **Sycamore Creek Church - NEW Eastwood Campus** **We hit different\*** \***keep** the best of faith and **leave** the rest \*LGBTQIA-**affirming** \*Jesus **and** justice \*working for racial **equity** \*platforming **artists** and **entrepreneurs** \***multi-culturally** curious, creative, compassionate   A lot of people haven’t given up on God or Jesus, but are about to give up or already have given up on the church because of its silence about racism and its exclusion of LGBTQ people. Sycamore Creek is a church that has moved from the suburbs into the city to start a NEW campus that will be an asset to the community by platforming artists, entrepreneurs, and all people who are multi-culturally curious, creative and compassionate.  We keep the best of faith and leave the rest.  We love Jesus AND justice. So if you're looking for a NEW faith community that is CURIOUS, where you don't have to check your questions or your brain at the door; is CREATIVE, you can experiment and try new things "playing jazz" on traditions; and is COMPASSIONATE, including everyone (Black, brown, male, female, LGBTQIA, etc.); then Sycamore Creek’s NEW Eastwood Campus is the church for you to check out.   Sycamore Creek has remodeled and launch in the church building (with the red tin roof) across from Eastwood Towne Center. We currently have two other campuses: S Lansing (1919 S Penn) and Potterville (105 N Church St.). The Eastwood Campus building includes  a performing arts center called Stage One that hosts local community theater groups and artists of all kinds and an incubator kitchen for food startup businesses.   For more info contact: Pastor Tom Arthur tom@sycamorecreekchurch.org [www.sycamorecreekchurch.org](http://www.sycamorecreekchurch.org/) #sccmi #scceastwood #wehitdifferent
28 members · Public