OCAndroid Main Meetup (series)

• ^MAYCNN:currently updated every ~1 weeks; version ID is the ID of last entry in the post history.
• ^M87XAJ:fully outlined with the most essential and/or timely details first and/or in-bold. So to skim, just read in order the top-level points and, when a match, its bold points.
  

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• ^M33YGV:title: OCAndroid Main Meetup (series)
• ^MAZBWQ:subsections: WHAT & WHY, WHEN, WHERE, COST, WHO’S PARTICIPATING, WHAT TO DO, ADDITIONAL DETAILS, POST TODO, CREATORS, ADDITIONAL DETAILS FOR ORGANIZERS/DEVELOPERS, FOOTNOTES, POST HISTORY.

1. ^MKFPKR: Summary

   1. ^MKFPP0:  Meta: this section should purely quotes from  Definition via its history
   2. ^MGEM3E: All info in this description applies to every occurrence unless noted.
   3. ^MKFR87:  TBA!

2. ^M0SMY9: Definition via its history, in order by when-start, bolding only in current-details):^M0TLGF: (so simply scan-for & read just the text with bold to quickly see all & only the current details in the order they began.)
   

   1. ^M0TARX: Meta (about this list below)
      1. ^M0TAW3: Sources include several quotes from OCAndroid Hack Night 17 & OCAndroid Beginner-to-Intermediate Training 9 & OCAndroid General Meeting 19.
      2. ^M0VE70: Format: history list format M1BFMT -see that for pros&cons other details.
      3. ^MKFS48: Needs important work on cleanup & merging
   2. ^LG4OWH: What are these codes as “^LG4OWH: ” on this point? They’re short IDs to date-stamp, uniquely-reference, & portably-track most any point or item.
   3. ^M0TDNG: The creator & 1st director: (LTSU23= OCAndroid Head Destiny of Laguna Hills; joined 2010.10.26; grp head.)
   4.  ^M0SNBY: Location: a USA.California.Orange County.central meeting place suitable for each person to program on his/her laptop; exact location varies some as detailed below.
   5. ^M0TI34: (outdated) Target audience: OCAndroid Developers=all-levels of Android developers in-or-by-or-visiting Orange County who are members of (OCAndroid=Orange County’s largest & oldest Android community group)
   7. ^M0TIDD: Activities in-order: socializing & networking, introductions, News & Qs (news, jobs, announcements, Q&A), presentations, at-your-own-pace all-level developer training, user issues (getting your devices to do what you want WITHOUT programming), constructive hacking including coding/programming & building apps; plus eating pizza, the food of computer hackers world-wide!
      1. ^M0TJPA: includes OCAndroid’s successful at-your-own-pace all-level developer training
         1. ^M6YEC3: both in (native code=Java) and (in portable code, notably in PhoneGap).
         2.  ^M6YHZ7: hugely successful in both our 1st release for Java and our 1st release for PhoneGap.
   8. ^M0TBTL: 2011.11.02: Food –available to everyone who RSVPs YES:
      -typically Quality 3-topping Round-Table Pizza, “the nutrition of hackers world wide”, plus soda!
      -per “LU1W8A=So how about this..” of here.
   9. ^M0TCOF: Cost: free except for the food you take unless someone is buying.
   10. (LO9QFO=To attend, you must follow the latest version of “info for every Meetup.com/OCAndroid event LEVW4X”), including:
       1. ^M0SVG5: If programming or learning-to, BRING YOUR HARDWARE & SOFTWARE for coding/developing Android (your laptop+Android devices+hookup cables)
          1. ^M0TCJ6: If you don’t yet have the software (Android IDE) installed, that’s fine, as we provide it and help you install it during our meeting.
       2. 
   11.  ^KEP2DU:  Outdated purpose: promoting & extending SoCalAndroid Hack Nights.
   12. ^M0SYLF: initial outdated name: SoCalAndroid Hack Night’s OCAndroid listing
   13. ^M0TKXL:  (possibly extending) meetup time: 7pm-~10pm to match SoCalAndroid, plus as we were meeting before.
   14.  ^M0TL00: outdating meetup day: Wednesday to match SoCalAndroid
   15. ^M0TKW7: initial outdated-before-problems frequency: every Wed with several complex exceptions (not Wed before 2nd Thu plus other dates when SoCalAndroid’s leader regularly decided not to show) to match that of SoCalAndroid.
   16. ^M0SPKR: initial outdated location: http://1.JotHere.com/LSZ063 (same as SoCalAndroid)
   17. LTO3YC: URL: http://1.JotHere.com/LTO3YC
   18. ^M0TDGD: past standard leaders (~5): to be listed here.
   19. (LT0DIS=Discussion thread of All Additional Aspects for 1 to (3=next thread). )
   20. ^M0TK1D: approximate # of members attending:
       1. ^M0TKB4: desired: 5 to 20 (if any bigger then everyone really meeting everyone else becomes difficult)
       2. ^M0TKCF: actual: 5 to 15 with average 9 –at each of our 1st 17 meetups.
   21. ^M0SNBA: 2012.12.05- Frequency: weekly without fail (unless beyond all control of OCAndroid members)
       1. ^M0TEYC: –more than SoCalAndroid (which always misses at least 1 week/month in a fashion that’s hard-to-calendar); indeed established before SoCalAndroid’s leader’s routine absence could ever cause this interruption for OCAndroid members & leaders –as its creation details.
   22. ^LTO5IC: 1: 2011.11.16(Wed) http://meetu.ps/?????
       1. ^M6YJ25: Source email announcement
       2. ^M6YJ2G: took place with Beg-to-Int Dev[ Training] Meetup 1, hugely successful per this result post and integrated into this series starting 2012.03.12.
   23. LTO5NX=2: 2011.11.23(Wed) http://meetu.ps/?????
       1. -NOT HAPPENING THIS WEEK due to Thanksgiving Holiday, per LV3W7J of last Hack Night post. RSVP for upcoming weeks & have a Happy Thanksgiving!
   24. LTO5RZ=3: 2011.11.30(Wed) http://meetu.ps/5FcpR
       1. Source email announcement
       2. Discussion start
   25. LTNLD1=A Standard Leader & Event Host:   Bill Z of Orange; joined 2011.08.10; 7+RSVPs,5+attend; a Hack Night ldr –per LVWEKF of this last mtg post.
   26. LTNLD2= A Standard Leader & Event Host: (LW5YIG=  Kathryn F of Tustin; joined 2011.07.01;6+RSVPs,6+attend;a Hack Night Ldr –perLVWEKF of this last mtg post.)
   27. LV4ZQ0=4: 2011.12.07(Wed) http://meetu.ps/5RKfd
       1. Originally not happening (due to usual LTO4GA: OCJUG that week), BUT DID HAPPEN 1st time due to override:
       2. shared discussion thread.
   28. LV4ZQ0=5: 2011.12.14(Wed) http://meetu.ps/63qll
       1. Source email announcement
       2. Discussion thread
   29. LW63DK=(6: 2011.12.21(Wed) http://meetu.ps/64hzF
       1. Source email announcement.
       2. Discussion thread
       3. Combined with OC Android Beginner/Intermediate Dev Training #3. Includes leader Donna presenting the app she coded and published on the Market since joining OC Android.
   30. LW63MZ=7: 2011.12.28(Wed) http://meetu.ps/64hQl
       1. Source email announcement TBA.
       2. Discussion thread TBA.
   31. LW63S7=8: 2012.01.04(Wed) http://meetu.ps/64hV0
       1. Source email announcement TBA. Discussion thread TBA.
   32. ^M0SMRY: instance 9 thru 16 (here to be listed & linked).
   33. ^M0SXVZ: OCAndroid and SoCalAndroid separate.
   34. ^M0SQ8Q: instance 17 titled OCAndroid Hack Night 17 on pst2012.04.07Wed1900-~2200
   35. ^M0SPZ9: Replacement (temporary) location: http://1.JotHere.com/M0SPT6 which is venue preference #2 since #1 is not yet available.
   36. ^M0SMZZ: (new) Recurring-Agenda: recurring community meetup agenda M0TAGN
   37. ^M0SNTY: Replacement name: “OCAndroid Developers Meetup (series)”
       1. ^M0SZ4J: Per the new recurring agenda, since the event covers Sharing, Presentations, & Training & Hacking, but saying all that is a mouthful.
       2. ^M0T08J: Yes, not as sexy as prior name “Hack Nights” but a lot more accurate.
   38. ^M0T0FE: Standard Leaders & Event Hosts acquired per the event merging done by the new recurring agenda:
       1. ^M0T0I0:  from OCAndroid Beginner-to-Intermediate Training 9:
          1. ^M0T0W8: (LTNLD1 1=(LTODE2= Donna of Aliso V; joined 20111006; I+B Dvprs Leader#1.)
          2. ^M0T0JO: (outdated) “ Ken O’Guinn of Rancho C; joined 20110110,2+RSVPs,2+attend, a B-to-I Dvpr Ldr, Member since January 2011; Been to 2 Meetups“
       2. ^M0T0SY: from OCAndroid General Meeting 19:
          1. ^M0T0VK:  (LTNLD1 Destiny (also creator & director).))
   39. ^M0VA4T: now RENAMED “instance 18+” to “instance 43+”respectively (so “18″ becomes “43″, “19″ becomes “44″, etc) per new (broad) name “OCAndroid Developers Meetup” as is accurate: yes, OCAndroid has actually held that many in-person meetings which were each especially for its own Android developers!
       1. ^M0VA6U: It now occurs to me with merging these 3 tracks under a new broader name, the # of each instance of this broader series would need to include the prior meetings of the other tracks as well;
          1. ^M0VABA: specifically the name would be saying “this is the nth meetup of in-particular OCAndroid’s Android developers”
       2.  ^M0VABI: So counted those meetings:
          1. ^M0VABX:  Started from OCAndroid’s 1st meeting in http://www.meetup.com/OCAndroid/events/calendar/2010-09 (displaying 2 months) and incremented URL every 2 months.
          2. ^M0VAIN: Counted other dev mtgs as “Meeting under name of OCAndroid” “OCAndroid Intermediate-to-Advanced Developers’ Meetup“
          3. ^M0VAOO: On combo meetings with more than 1 dev mtg (as Dev Hack Night plus Training), counted the additional mtgs 0.5 each.
          4. ^M0VBN2: Meetings which were regularly scheduled but had to be canceled as it turned out venue not available I counted as they were work, too, and only 2x.
          5. ^M0VBOQ: I counted forwards then recounted backwards and came up with same result.
       3. ^M0VCFE: Wow, OCAndroid & I have hosted a lot of OCAndroid developer meetings: 43!
       4. ^M0VCZC: Announced this on instance 43 & on instance 44.
   40. ^M0SN7Z: instance 43 pst2012.03.14Wed1900-2200
   41. ^M0SQ01: Replacement location: http://1.JotHere.com/M0TB48 which is venue preference #1 since it’s now available.
   42. ^M0TM5X: Meetup day: Monday
       1. ^M0TM9P: Picked ~3 weeks ago as:
          1. ^M0TMDB: only other day attend-able by all 5 active leaders (& if can’t be Fri-Sun).
          2. ^M0TMDK: avoids overlap with SoCalAndroid enabling
             1. ^M0TMEC: without overlap, the same venue to be used by both (but the venue owner nixed giving more days of his venue over to Android)
             2. ^M0TMGQ: attendees to attend both meetings without having to miss either
   43. ^M1BQJ3: New venue fails, revert to prior venue, announced here.
       1. ^M41CGI: CONVENIENT LOCATION with great food, just 0.6 miles from the 5 freeway exit, just south of the Irvine Spectrum Center, and with plenty of adjacent free parking.
          1. ^M41DA6: The above line is designed to be quoted in the post to sell readers on this location, especially since’s it’s in S. OC (though the north end), but with still only giving the exact location to members. 1st annoucement.
   44. ^M15TNK: If you have PORTABLE INTERNET, especially Internet you can share as a wifi-hotspot, please BRING IT. Want to learn how to create a portable Internet hotspot? Then BRING the equipment.
       As we share who provides us Internet among our attendees (for the regular case where our venue’s Internet is non-existent or not reliable; also gives us many more venue choices).
   45. ^M0SOKM: instance 44 pst2012.03.19Mon1900-2200
   46. ^M0SOKU: to repeat every 7 days.
   47. ^M1ID9A:  Update every standard leader’s title‘s to reflect the new combo agenda
       1. ^M1IDDF: every standard leader of this series takes new title “Developers Leader”
          1. ^M1IDFK: due to his/her expanded role as a std ldr of OCAndroid Developers Meetups which is so renamed as it has an agenda merging hacking+training+presentations so s/he handles all that.
          2. ^M1IDJM: At leader Lucy‘s suggestion:
             1. ^M1IDK9: The leaders aren’t officially numbered (as #1, #2) as she suspected this would create nonconstructive competition & judgement.
             2. ^M1IDM4: No article (“a ” or “the “) is included with the title.
       2. ^M1IE0T: Dear retitled Leader,
          1. ^M1IE21: Please refer to yourself as “http://Meetup.com/OCAndroid Developers Leader”
             1. ^M1IE6R: including whenever speaking & especially writing
                1. ^M1IE74: on stuff related to the group
                2. ^M1IEA0: on stuff related to the subject (Android) and especially to any alternative/related groups
                   1. ^M1IEBJ: For instance, in this post by leader Bill on another Android group, instead of signing-it/referring-to-himself as ”OCAndroid hack night head” he would say “http://Meetup.com/OCAndroid Developers Leader” (note also the inclusion of the URL to promote our group)
          2. ^M1IEG8: Congratulations! -on your expanded title & role, plus continued attendance & success!
       3. ^M1IDPT: Did this for:
          1. ^M1IDNA: About 2 days ago, leader Bill on his Greets “Mar 22, 2012 6:01 PM”  & “Mar 22, 2012 6:01 PM”
          2. ^M1IDTO: Now, did this for leader Kathy on her Greets  ”Mar 26, 2012 4:04 PM”
   48. ^M1BRK8: instance 45 pst2012.03.26Mon1900-2200, including
       1. presentation on PhoneGap by Stuart
          

          Stuart giving his awesome PhoneGap presentation

       2. ^M1KTU2: Member Stuart becomes a Developers Leader!
          

          Member Stuart becomes an OCAndroid Developers Leader!

       3. discussion of rolling in Users Meetups.
   49. ^M1KE1R: Hour range: 6:00pm-10:00pm, instead of from 7:00pm. –final per here.
   50. ^M1KTUN:  Ken O’Guinn as a Developers Leaderis no longer due to impossible work schedule conflict.
       1. ^M1KTWN: Detailed on his profile in my Greets “Mar 27, 2012 8:37 PM” & “Mar 27, 2012 8:57 PM”
   51. ^M1MHCK: instance 46 ”Monday, April 2, 2012, 7:00 PM”
   52. ^M1MHFH: instance 47 ”Monday, April 9, 2012, 7:00 PM” and featuring “PhoneGap & custom ROMs”
   53. ^M5GOUF: began creating a post for individual meetups
   54. ^M2A4FE: instance 48 currently “Monday, April 16, 2012, 6:00 PM”; happenings.
   55. ^M2A4G3: instance 49 currently “Monday, April 23, 2012, 6:00 PM”; happenings.
   56. ^M3B91H: Per PDT2012.04.30Mon at 13:59, rename series
       *fr “OCAndroid Developers Meetup”
       *to “OCAndroid Main Meetup (series) ”
   57. ^M3B9E9: Per PDT2012.04.30Mon at 14:24, “now instance 50, 51, etc, become instance 54, 55, etc.”
   58. ^M3BBXA: (new) Audience: only members of OCAndroid
       1. ^M3BE26: OCAndroid is Orange County‘s largest & oldest Android community group; and as that would suggest,
          1. ^M3BEED: Members are Android software & hardware developers, users, managers, & entrepreneurs, at all levels, in-or-by-or-visiting Orange County, California.
          2. ^M3BE9L: The Android OS hardware includes: mobile computers (including smartphones & tablets), video game consoles as Ouya, plus other uses as embedded in high-end printers as by member James Jung and even in airplane seat entertainment systems as Panasonic Avionics right here in Lake Forest!
   59. ^M3BBXA: Audience: only members of OCAndroid and their guests who RSVP YES here;
       1. ^MKCUHA: for what OCAndroid & Android is, see our “About us..” on the left-hand column of every page.
   61. ^M2A4GC: instance 54 (formerly “instance 50″) “Monday, April 30, 2012, 6:00 PM” “User Focus”; happenings.
   62. ^M3BA93: instance 55 pst2012.05.14Mon1800-2200, featuring topic COMPARE-YOUR-CODE”; happenings.
   63. ^M41BFG: instance 56 pst2012.05.28Mon1800-2200, featuring topic “ALSO USER ISSUES”; happenings.
   64. ^M5FF0U: instance 57 pst : event listing; happenings.
   65. ^M5FGMM: see posts in this series for event happenings and major series changes beyond this point and some above
   66. ^M6VHMN: starting on & after instance 58, repeating on the last Monday of every month.
   67. ^M6VJ2P: Bring ALL ANDROID DEVICES you may want to work on and/or have questions about.
   68. ^M6VJ4I: BRING YOUR LAPTOP –VERY IMPORTANT, including for posting questions & announcements, RSVPing for future events, and web research.
   69. :
   70. ^M8261W: Volunteer to be a presenter, or an official event host or other leader!
       • ^MJIHIB: by posting a top-level comment here saying so
       • ^MJIHE7: and, if selected, get yourself in free!
   71. ^M0SMZZ: Starting 2012.03.14, Recurring-Agenda: recurring community meetup agenda M0TAGN -READ to know what we do & what to bring
       1. ^MKCRIT: our all-level at-your-own pace in-person training
          1. ^MKCD2E: subjects/tracks OCAndroid offers:
             1. ^M0TJPA: our successful & original  Android programmer training
                1. ^M6YEC3: both in (native code=Java) and (in portable code, notably in PhoneGap).
                2. ^M6YHZ7: hugely successful in both our 1st release for Java and our 1st release for PhoneGap.
             2. ^MKCCWZ: our original Android user syllabus training
                1. ^MKCD7H: 1st created by leader Lucy adapting from her recent Laguna Woods Android class.
       2. ^M0TIDD: Activities: see instead parent section M0SMZZ.
   72. ^MFOJTD: 2012.07.30Mon: #59(including BEST TABLETS,OUYA GAME CONSOLE,GOOGLE JOB)http://meetu.ps/fs52l
   73. ^M825VG: Starting 2012.08.27, 
       Cost: just $5 per regular member & guest and $0 per official leader or pre-announced presenter, plus any food you buy unless someone is buying.
   74. ^MFOJDR: 2012.08.27Mon: #60(NOVEL USES OF ANDROID, as TV entertainment center PC)http://meetu.ps/h6RFz
   75. ^MFMGD1: Starting 2012.10.25, repeats on the last Thu every month at the time range specified above.
       1. ^MFRHR2: From here, will likely be changed to Mon or Tue.
   76. ^MFOIVV: 2012.10.25Thu: #61(Android as a controller of other devices)http://meetu.ps/jFWys
   77. ^MFOJ5Z: 2012.12.06Thu: #62(canceled including for the holidays) http://meetu.ps/unknown
   78. ^MFMA8R: Starting 2012.12.27, VENUE
       1. ^MFMAI1: CONVENIENT: right by Irvine Valley College (between 5 & 405 freeways) and with plenty of adjacent free parking
       2. ^MFMAIW: features free wifi though it’s sometimes flaky and/or overloaded, so still PLEASE BRING portable hotspots if you have some.
       3. ^MFMAZH: has no TVs nor projectors, so PLEASE BRING portable displays (as a LCD panel/TV and/or projection display+screen) if you have some.
       4. ^MFMAKD: COOL: typically features a spirited diverse smart crowd of mostly IVC students plus some UCI students.
       5. ^MFMAWE: offers a full selection of non-alcoholic drinks plus pastries, with several good restaurants next-door.
       6. ^MJIHZD: We’ll likely be in the:
          
          1. ^MFMDRL: patio room which is
             1. ^MJII8T: big
             2. ^MJII9B: not well-insulated so if cold outside, HAVE/BRING warm clothing.
             3. ^MJII1C: noisy if other patrons are also in the room.
                1. ^MJIIA8: so last done 2013.01.31Thu: #64(Android auto-interfaces & custom ROMS).
          2. ^MJII41: inside & close to the bathroom.
   79. ^MFOJ7K: 2012.12.27Thu: #63(including Android rooting & custom ROMs)http://meetu.ps/qGHTR
   80. ^MFOJ9I: 2013.01.31Thu: #64(Android auto-interfaces & custom ROMS) http://meetu.ps/s8rHM
   81. ^MHQ8ST: Want more folks attending, plus this & more great events totally suiting you?
       
       Then MAKE IT HAPPEN! -click here!
   82. ^MFRGJO: 2013.02.28Thu: #65(including Linux-on-Android,Miles’ Dynamic Forms,+cmt) http://meetu.ps/sdTx2
   83. ^MIYKGY: 2013.03.28Thu #66(all-level training4 coders+users,&more via cmts!) http://meetu.ps/z6GqY
       1. ^MKC0VB: definitely our classic at-your-own-pace all-level training, for programmers & for users
   84. ^MJGDV3: 2013.04.25Thu~ #67(comments suggest topics!) http://meetu.ps/D84VM
       1. ^MKFJN9: Chris demos his Android game he coded
       2. ^MKFK43: our classic at-your-own-pace all-level training, for Android Java & Android users
          1. Constructing: OUR ALL-LEVEL AT-YOUR-OWN-PACE TRAINING http://1.JotHere.com/MJGKNU
             *As we’ve successfully done may times before
             *offering FOR BOTH USERS & CODERS, threads TBA.
             *WE’RE FIRING THIS UP AGAIN, due to the many member’s requests for it(see coder thread)
             *if u want one of these training sessions, be sure to follow the RSVP instructions http://1.JotHere.com/967#MJGO6I
   85. ^MJGF5M: 2013.05.25Thu~ #68(comments suggest topics!)http://meetu.ps/D89R6
3. .

1. ^MKFNBB: Based on OCAndroid‘s Android-specific meetings from the 1st one (2010.10~)

-end of WHEN

1. ^MKFS88:  See above.

-end of WHERE

1. ^MKFS8P:  See above.

-end of COST

1. ^MKFS9E:  See above.

-end of WHO’S PARTICIPATING?

1. ^MKFS9K:  See above.

-end of WHAT TO DO

-end of FUTURE PLANS

1. ^M0T9MD: Some History

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1. ^MKCHZL: see the end of the post history for status.

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1. ^MEMPEO:The author

2. ^MEMPF1:No one else unless attributed.

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