Connect with fellow IT Leaders in our community to share your knowledge and experience, support your peers, learn something new, and build excellent relationships. ITL meets monthly for a casual lunch conversation. Contact Brian Bunke to RSVP.
TAG Bash 2019 Scholarship Fundraiser
Tuesday, July 23 @ 5pm-9pm
Squalicum Boathouse
Join us for our annual summer social and support student scholarships. Scholarships. Games. Beer. Food. Music. Fun! Proceeds support direct scholarships to students in technology programs at Bellingham Technical College, Northwest Indian College, Western Washington University, and Whatcom Community College. Food, drinks, belly laughing, and charitable karma included in your ticket price.
Community Events
Bellingham Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency
July Meeting
Monday, July 1 @ 6:30pm-8pm
American Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Center
We are all about the bitcoin, cryptocurrency and the blockchain movement. Our goal is to expand the use and adoption of digital decentralized currency. We aim to spread the word about this amazing new technology and monetary system. If you are brand new to cryptocurrency or a seasoned veteran we welcome you to come learn, teach and even speak.
Details & RSVP
Sustainable Connections
Accessibility Certification Lunch and Learn with Abilitrek
Tuesday, July 2 @ 11;45am-1:15pm
Community Co-Op Healthy Connections Classroom
Learn from leaders in the accessibility movement about how to incorporate accessibility into sustainable business practices. At this lunch hour, you’ll meet the members of AbiliTrek, become familiar with their mission, and learn about their Accessibility Certification Program (ACP). Join us to create a more accessible community. This event is a no-host lunch. Coffee and tea will be provided, please bring your own lunch. Find more information about the ACP and AbiliTrek’s partnership with Sustainable Connections here.
Bellingham Public Library
Tech Basics Coaching
Wednesday, July 3, 17 & 31 @ 2pm-4pm
Bellingham Central Library
Contribute to our community by becoming a Volunteer Tech Helper!
The Bellingham Public Library offers free, weekly, one-on-one coaching sessions with Volunteer Tech Helpers on basic computer skills, such as Microsoft Office products, Internet searching, using a tablet or eReader, setting up and using email, Facebook or other social media accounts, and downloading or streaming free Library digital material to your computer, tablet, or mobile device.
Whatcom IT Professionals
July Meeting
Friday, July 5 @ 6pm-8pm
Plain English Technology Services
Whatcom IT Professionals is a meetup group geared toward local business IT professionals to grow, share and explore the technical side of the business while maintaining a social atmosphere between established and new people of the industry.
Details & RSVP
GenCyber Camp
Middle School: July 8-12 and July 15-19
High School: July 8-12
Whatcom Community College
Whatcom Community College is once again offering its popular GenCyber camps for middle and high school students who want to explore cybersecurity, a rapidly growing, high demand field in the US and worldwide. Participants will learn through hands-on computer activities how cybersecurity professionals help protect information and information systems from unauthorized access, misuse, and destruction.
The GenCyber camps are offered at no cost to participants. Funding is provided jointly by the National Security Agency and the National Science Foundation through GenCyber grant.
Applications are due to WCC by May 31, 2019.
TAG IT Leadership
July Meeting
Wednesday, July 10 @ 12pm-1:30pm
Brandywine Kitchen Mezzanine
Bellingham Codes
July Meeting
Thursday, July 11 @ 6:30pm-8:30pm
Bellingham Makerspace
A social group dedicated to growing the local developer community. We meet online in slack and in person once a month.
Arduino & Electronics
July Meeting
Friday, July 12 @ 6pm-8pm
Bellingham Makerspace
Meet, share ideas, experiences, project, and code for Arduino-based electronics.
TAG Digital Marketing
Summer Meeting
Thursday, August 8 @ 5:00pm-6:30pm
Schweinhaus Biergarten
Join local digital marketers for the fifth TAG Digital Marketing Group event on Thursday, August 8th from 5 to 6:30pm at Schweinhaus Biergarten. This is a relaxed, casual networking event for anyone whose work involves marketing and the digital world, including email, web, social media, graphic design, SEO, SEM, analytics, reporting, and more. Students are also welcome to attend. Beverages are no-host. Feel free to arrive at or around 5 or drop in when you can make it. If you have any questions, please contact Courtney Rambo (Director, Intellitonic) or Adam Resnick (Marketing Analyst, SPIE), organizers of the TAG Digital Marketing Group.