The document lists upcoming community events for October 2016 related to coding meetups and hackathons in the Atlanta area organized by ATLRUG. It also provides announcements about Rails releases, security vulnerabilities, and calls for sponsorship of Ruby tools. Finally, it suggests some potential talk topics for future ATLRUG meetings.

1. By Al Snow -- al@PatchWorkLabs.com
ATLRUG Community Events -
October 2016
● Oct.20@7pm: Nerd Club: See ATLRUG Meetup Site for
details.
● Oct.22: http://www.coderetreatatl.com ($11.54)
● Oct.22-23: Ruby Rampage (new name for Rails Rumble):
https://www.rubyrampage.com
● Oct.25@7pm: Civic Hack Night: ATV: See Code For Atlanta
Meetup Site for details.
● Oct.31@7pm: Ruby Hack: See ATLRUG Meetup site for
details. Note that AIR/Pair Programming is merged with
Ruby Hack.

2. By Al Snow -- al@PatchWorkLabs.com
General Hackathons
● Hacktoberfest – Month of October
– https://github.com/blog/2260-hacktoberfest-is-back
● TAG' s H.I.T Hack Challenge Hackathon (now
to Nov. 18)
– http://links.tagonline.mkt5943.com/servlet/MailView?ms
● GitHub's game jam, Game Off – Month of Nov
– https://github.com/blog/2262-github-s-game-jam-game-o

3. By Al Snow -- al@PatchWorkLabs.com
Upstream Rails
Announcements – October 2016
● Rails 3.2.22.4 was upgraded to 3.2.22.5.
● Bundler's Multiple Source Security Vulnerability
– http://collectiveidea.com/blog/archives/2016/10/06/bund

4. By Al Snow -- al@PatchWorkLabs.com
(Old News)
New tab on ATLRUG.com
● New “Community” tab for a “Community and
Giving Back” page on ATLRUG.com.
– Meetings
– Software (Rails, Ruby)
– Gem Monitoring
– Programs
– Training
● Looking for volunteer to clean up CSS/etc.

5. By Al Snow -- al@PatchWorkLabs.com
That's It
● Thanks so much

6. By Al Snow -- al@PatchWorkLabs.com
MC Meeting Checklist
●
Introduce Frank and myself.
● Thank sponsors - Pardot, Mailchimp, Frank,
– Venues (Thoughtworks, Tech Square Labs)
●
Announcements/Special Events?
● Companies looking for people?
● People looking for companies?
●
Al's Announcements
● Introduce each speaker.
● 30 minute talks
●
AFTER
– Mention going to bar afterward.
– Clean up Venue/Food afterwards.

7. By Al Snow -- al@PatchWorkLabs.com
RailsConf-Related News
● RailsConf 2017 will be in Phoenix, AZ from
April 25-27, 2017!
● RailsConf 2016 Videos:
http://confreaks.tv/events/railsconf2016
● Ruby Together: Please sponsor common
Ruby/Rails tools, such as Bundler, Rubygems,
Rubygems.org at:
https://rubytogether.org/news/2015-03-17-announc

8. By Al Snow -- al@PatchWorkLabs.com
(Proposed) New Meetup Group:
SSEA
● Software Security Engineering Atlanta
– Initially Rails focus.
– Keywords: Web/Rails/Ruby/Javascript stack,
Security, hands-on, tools (railsgoat, brakeman,
dawnscanner), pen testing, assembly, C, C++, gdb

9. By Al Snow -- al@PatchWorkLabs.com
ATLRUG Talk Suggestions
● Blade Demo - Testing JavaScript Libraries
● Adding secure_header gem to your project.
● Add hamburger icon to ATLRUG web site.
● Add Bootstrap 4 to ATLRUG web site.
● Using Rails with Window's Bash.
● Rails at a Hackathon – Pros and Cons
● Status on Rails dropping JQuery

10. By Al Snow -- al@PatchWorkLabs.com
ATLRUG Previous
Announcements (1)
● Other Ruby-based conferences: http://planetruby.github.io/calendar
● Our Emerald City Rails Study Group is not active for 2015-2016 season..
● RailsConf 2015 Videos: http://confreaks.tv/events/railsconf2015
– Kylie's talk second most popular at 1357 as of May 11, 2015.
– http://rubylogs.com/railsconf-2015-talks-that-you-should-watch
● RailsConf 2016: Kansas City, MO (May 4-6, 2016) (~12 hour drive from ATL)
● Rails Girls 2015 SOC: http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2015/5/2/welcome-to-gsoc-15
– 9 ROR/Ruby Google SOC Projects - Search Term: [Rr]uby | [Rr]ails at:
● https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/projects/list/google/gsoc2015
– 16 2015 Rails Girl team pairs selected:
http://railsgirlssummerofcode.org/blog/2015-06-04-2015-teams

11. By Al Snow -- al@PatchWorkLabs.com
ATLRUG Previous
Announcements (2)
● Results of Rails-related 2015 GSOC:
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2015/9/25/gsoc-2015-wrapping-up/
● Interesting Blog:
http://readwrite.com/2015/12/11/tech-refugees-aid-organizations
● Google Hispanic Coding Initiative:
http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/21/google-code-as-a-second-langua
● Bash coming to Windows 10 this summer. Microsoft release it
in Fast Ring today (4/6/2016).
● Ruby Together: Please sponsor common Ruby/Rails tools, such
as Bundler, Rubygems, Rubygems.org at:
https://rubytogether.org/news/2015-03-17-announcing-ruby-together