As I mentioned last week, since arriving in Vancouver, I’ve been impressed by the amount of events and activities related to both urbanism and social media that the city offers. To help keep track of what I’m up to—and to tell my readers what is going on around town—I’ve started a weekly feature highlighting what is going on during the week ahead.
Here’s what’s going on this week in Vancouver.
Monday, July 4
“Internet Masterminds Meetup—HTML Basics”
This week, Tammam Kbeili will cover the basics of HTML in practical sense. Tam will start with a blank web page at the beginning of the talk and take you through the steps needed to turn it into a basic website.
Location: 1633 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6J 1H4
Time: 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Cost: $5
RSVP: Here
Tuesday July 5
Net Tuesday—Managing volunteers with software and soft skills
The July 5 Net Tuesday is gonna focus on volunteer co-ordination. Volunteers are awesome, but the relationship between a nonprofit and a volunteer can be tricky. Net Tuesday can’t solve all your volunteer-related challenges, but they’ve got a few tricks up our sleeves that might help.
Location: 1633 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6J 1H4
Time: Doors and (cash) bar at 5:30pm, Speakers at 6:00pm, Ends at 7:30pm
Cost: Free (cash bar)
RSVP: Here
Wednesday July 6
Vancouver Public Space Network (VPSN) Volunteer Orientation Meeting
A monthly orientation meeting about the VPSN’s mission, what they do, and how we do it. This meeting will be held monthly – first Wednesday of the month, 6:30pm.
Location: 1633 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6J 1H4
Time: 6:30 pm
Cost: Free
RSVP: To erin@vancouverpublicspace.ca
Sunday, July 10
Gastown Walking Tour with John Atkin
A walking Tour of Gastown and surrounding areas led by Vancouver historian extraordinaire, John Atkin.
Location: Baron Gallery, 293 Columbia St. Vancouver V6A 2R5 | (604) 682 – 1114
Time: 10:00am
Cost: $10/per person.
Sunday, July 10
Tweetup with @Urbanverse
Urbanist (and futursit) blogger Cindy Frewen Wuellner (@Urbanverse on Twitter) is in town this weekend for the World Futurist Society Conference. Cindy is a long-time architect from Kansas City. She now teaches, researches and writes about the future of cities.
Cindy will be doffing her urbanist hat on Sunday afternoon to meet me and other Vancouver urban and civic bloggers for a few beers and what is sure to be a lively discussion about Vancouver, Kansas City and the future of cities. Feel free to drop in when you can. We’ll be there from 4pm until at least 6.
Give me a call or text at 604-992-4197 if you have any questions or are running late. (No Twitter account required to attend. just a love of cities 🙂 )
Location: Yaletown Brewing Company, 1111 Mainland St, Vancouver, BC V6B 2T9
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm
RSVP: Requested (or given me a call at 604-992-4197)
Did I Miss Anything?
i you know of any other public events that my readers or I would be interested in, please let us know in the comments section.