Hacktoberfest Birmingham 2016

It’s Hacktoberfest 2016! Let’s celebrate open source!

Our aim:

To bring the birmingham open source community together, intro eachother to our open source projects and contribute to the community.

Agenda

We'll be kicking off at 18:30 with an introduction and a basic guide on GitHub.

We'll follow up by splitting into groups and finding projects to work on based on everyones interests.

We will be running some workshops during the evening introducing people to Github for those who have never used version control before.

What's Hacktoberfest?

Hacktoberfest—brought to you by DigitalOcean and GitHub—is a month-long celebration of open source software. Maintainers are invited to guide would-be contributors towards issues that will help move the project forward, and contributors get the opportunity to give back to both projects they like, and ones they've just discovered. No contribution is too small—bug fixes and documentation updates are valid ways of participating.

Can’t make it to this event? Hacktoberfest is virtual and open to participants from around the globe. Sign up to participate today.

Rules and Prizes

First sign up on the Hacktoberfest site. If you open up four pull requests between October 1 and October 31, you'll win a free, limited edition Hacktoberfest T-shirt. (Pull requests do not have to be merged and accepted; as long as they've been opened between the very start of October 1 and the very end of October 31, they count towards a free T-shirt.)

FAQs

Is this event open to under 18's?

Unfortunately our venue is not able to facilitate under 18's for this event.

How do I sign up for Hacktoberfest?

Register with your GitHub credentials at https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/.

When can I start?

You can sign up anytime between October 1 and October 31.

Who can participate in Hacktoberfest?

Hacktoberfest is open to everyone in our global community!

What are the rules?

To win a shirt, you must sign up on the Hacktoberfest site and make four pull requests on GitHub by October 31st. (Pull requests do not have to be merged and accepted; as long as they've been opened between the very start of October 1 and the very end of October 31, they count towards a free T-shirt.)

Where can I make pull requests?

Pull requests can be made in any GitHub-hosted repositories/projects.

What if I don’t complete four pull requests by October 31st?

Everyone who participates receives limited-edition Hacktoberfest stickers—regardless if you complete the four pull requests or not.

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