I think having the study groups on the forums is a great idea but if this is going to scale properly countries shouldn’t all be top level categories. I’m not sure about the badges either, look at the US groups, there are 11 badges and more to follow I’m sure.
Hey Quincy, I am the Tech Director (computer/network/communications guru) for a small rural public k-12 school district (375 total students). I think the school should teach coding, but they want me to do it. I would love to use freeCodeCamp for this. Would it be ok to create a local study group for our school? Are there any tools currently in the system that would allow me, as a local mentor/teacher to keep track of how the members of the study group are progressing? Some easy way for them to share with me their progress? Let me know, thanks!
I’m interested in making an official group for Chicago, specifically the Loop area. I filled out the request form, linked in your post, last week. The only caveat being I’m not an admin in the Free Code Camp Chicago Facebook group that I was part of (which seems dead from an admin perspective—or at least my attempts to contact the admin have been met with no replies; I actually started a new FB group because of this because I was able to rally some members to meet up on Sundays and we need a way to create events and organize meetups in the Loop area).
Is filling out that form all I have to do? If there is anything else needed from my end please let me know, otherwise I’ll just be waiting patiently to hear something. Thanks!
the study groups are submitted by users that already have or want to create a study group - so maybe you just need to submit it yourself if one is not already there
Then I will email you about meeting with you and your fellow study group leaders for a 30-minute Google Hangout so I can learn more about your study group, and answer any questions you may have.
I’ve been trying to get in contact with @QuincyLarson to open the Bogotá, Colombia study group. I’ve already contacted the Medellin’s group, and I just need to make it official. I haven’t been contacted, even though I already filled the form.
@QuincyLarson, same here. I filled out the form as well around the first week of May for a Chicago Loop area group and haven’t heard anything back. I’ve been checking inbox and spam (just in case) and just generally trying to be patient. It’d be nice if there was a little transparency to how many group requests are in queue and possible ETAs for getting a subforum created. I understand there are lots of moving parts so I’m being patient, but it would also be nice to know that nothing, request-wise, fell through the cracks for piece of mind. Thanks!