After reading several blogs from those who were and were not able to attend the Tech Talks, and finding so many people involved on this site, would there be a way to semi-formalize the LDS Tech Community to help build comraderie outside of the web forum? I personally enjoyed socializing with friends at the Tech Talk and would welcome a more formal community outside of the web scene and enjoy finding a new group of LDS techies as I potentially move around the country during my career.
Certainly tech talks expanding elsewhere and hopefully on a semi-regular basis to keep momentum and interest growing will help build the association as members of the community see each other at several events. The potential formalization of the community could lead to assistance in hosting more events.
Could we come up with some sort of official community membership card with a cool logo and code of conduct with regional chapters or something? Maybe it would be too much overhead, but add some structure to this nebulous community where for example a DC Area chapter of the Tech Community would host a Tech Talk in their area, or as open-source developing for the Church becomes more utilized, committees over various general application types could organize and coordinate projects so Tom isn't overwhelmed with managing the burgeoning community all on his own.
Thoughts?
