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Add volunteer outreach calendar with Glasgow resource pages
- Renamed speaker-outreach to volunteer-outreach (broader scope) - Added Glasgow schools, diversity groups, and tech meetups resource pages - Removed tasks handled by Brian or already covered (accessibility, accommodation, photos, graphics) - Speaker tasks note coordination through Brian/track chairs
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title: "Glasgow Diversity & Inclusion Groups - Outreach Contacts"
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This page lists Glasgow-area diversity-in-tech groups and organizations. We're
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inviting their members to attend and participate in Community over Code Glasgow
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(October 11-14, 2026) and the hackathon.
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## Diversity-in-Tech Organizations
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### Scotland Women in Technology (SWiT)
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- **Website:** https://www.scotwomenintech.com/
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- **About:** Scotland-wide organization supporting women in technology. Runs annual awards, events, and networking.
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- **Relevance:** Established community with engaged members who'd benefit from conference exposure.
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### Ladies of Code (Glasgow)
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- **Website:** https://www.meetup.com/ladies-of-code-glasgow/
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- **About:** Regular meetups celebrating and supporting women in the tech industry. Platform for networking, knowledge sharing, and collaboration.
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- **Relevance:** Active local group, likely receptive to a hackathon invite.
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### Coding Girls Glasgow
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- **Website:** https://glasgow.coding-girls.com/
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- **About:** Free coding events, workshops, and mentorship for girls and women in Glasgow.
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- **Relevance:** Ideal audience for beginner-friendly hackathon tasks.
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### Ada Scotland Festival
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- **Website:** https://ada.scot/
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- **About:** Focused on gender diversity in computing and tech in Scotland. Highlights the gap (19% female in Scottish Higher computing, 4.1:1 male:female ratio in UK computing degrees).
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- **Relevance:** Aligned mission; potential cross-promotion partner.
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### Code Division
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- **Website:** https://www.codedivision.co.uk/
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- **About:** Non-profit supporting underrepresented groups with digital skills. 83% of learners are women. Programmes in Cyber, Coding, Marketing, Data, and AI. 950+ learners upskilled.
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- **Relevance:** Their learners would gain real-world open source experience at the hackathon.
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### The Young Women's Movement - Young Women Code
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- **Website:** https://www.youngwomenscot.org/young-women-code
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- **About:** Part of the broader Young Women's Movement in Scotland. Addresses the 23% female representation in Scotland's digital technology workforce.
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### Glasgow Women in Computing Science (GWiCS)
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- **Website:** https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/diversity/activities/
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- **About:** University of Glasgow group open to all staff and students (female/non-binary/male). Focus on research-level CS and above.
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- **Relevance:** University-based, could bring students and researchers.
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## How to Use This Page
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When reaching out to these groups:
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- Emphasize that Community over Code is a welcoming, inclusive environment
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- Highlight the hackathon as beginner-friendly with mentors available
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- Offer free or discounted passes where possible
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- Suggest it as a portfolio-building and networking opportunity
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- Note the "hallway greeter" volunteers who welcome newcomers
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title: "Glasgow Schools & Universities - Outreach Contacts"
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This page lists Glasgow-area educational institutions with computing/technology
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programmes. We're inviting students and faculty to attend and participate in
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the hackathon at Community over Code Glasgow (October 11-14, 2026).
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If you're volunteering for student outreach, use this list as your starting
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point. Offer free or discounted student passes and highlight the hackathon
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as a hands-on learning opportunity.
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## Universities
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### University of Glasgow - School of Computing Science
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- **Website:** https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/
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- **About:** Ranked 6th in the UK for Computer Science (Times/Sunday Times 2025). Offers BSc, MSci, and postgraduate programmes. Strong in AI, algorithms, HCI, and software engineering.
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- **Undergraduate admissions:** https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/undergraduate/applicants/
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- **Contact (general):** https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/
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- **Related group:** Glasgow Women in Computing Science (GWiCS) - open to all staff and students: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/diversity/activities/
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### University of Strathclyde - Department of Computer & Information Sciences
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- **Website:** https://www.strath.ac.uk/science/computerinformationsciences/
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- **About:** UK University of the Year (Daily Mail 2026), Scottish University of the Year (Sunday Times 2026). Research in HCI, information sciences, theoretical CS, and software systems.
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- **UG admissions contact:** cis-ugadmissions@strath.ac.uk
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- **General enquiries:** science-enquiries@strath.ac.uk
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- **Contact page:** https://www.strath.ac.uk/contactus/
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### Glasgow Caledonian University - School of Computing
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- **Website:** https://www.gcu.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/subjects/computing
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- **About:** Top-ranked modern university in the UK (Times/Sunday Times 2026). BCS-accredited computing programmes. Also runs "Women Do Cyber" programme in partnership with Cisco and SWiT.
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- **Contact:** https://www.gcu.ac.uk/
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- **Cyber/diversity programme:** https://www.gcu.ac.uk/aboutgcu/universitynews/gcu-looks-to-address-cyber-gender-gap
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## Coding Bootcamps & Training
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### CodeClan (Glasgow campus)
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- **Website:** https://codeclan.com/
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- **About:** Scotland's leading digital skills academy. Offers 9-month Software Engineering (hybrid), 12-week Applied Agentic AI, and Data Engineering programmes. Project-based learning with cohort model.
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- **Relevance:** Alumni and current students are exactly the kind of people who'd benefit from a hackathon. They may also want to explore open source as a career pathway.
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## How to Use This Page
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When you reach out to these institutions, consider:
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- Offering free or discounted student registration passes
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- Highlighting the hackathon as a portfolio-building opportunity
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- Mentioning that mentors will be available to help beginners
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- Suggesting faculty could bring a class as a field trip
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- Noting that the event is in central Glasgow (Hilton Glasgow, 1 William St)
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title: "Glasgow Tech Meetups - Outreach Contacts"
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This page lists Glasgow-area tech meetups and developer communities. We're
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inviting their members to attend Community over Code Glasgow (October 11-14,
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2026) and participate in the hackathon.
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## Active Glasgow Tech Meetups
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### Python Glasgow
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- **Website:** https://www.meetup.com/python-glasgow/
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- **Schedule:** 1st Wednesday of every month
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- **About:** Monthly meetup for sharing perspectives and insights about Python. Hosts speakers from across the city.
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- **Venue:** The Gamer Club
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- **Relevance:** Python is central to many Apache projects. High overlap with potential hackathon participants.
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### Open Source Glasgow
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- **Website:** https://www.meetup.com/open-source-glasgow/
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- **About:** Open source focused meetup. Meets at The Gamer Club.
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- **Relevance:** DIRECTLY aligned - these are our people! High priority for outreach.
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### TechMeetup Glasgow
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- **Website:** https://www.meetup.com/techmeetup/
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- **Schedule:** Monthly
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- **About:** Monthly excuse for the tech community around Scotland to network, learn, and share new ideas. Informative presentations from peers, exciting projects, and networking.
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- **Relevance:** Broad tech audience, good for general awareness.
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### Glasgow Tech Social (The Glasgow Geeks)
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- **Website:** https://www.meetup.com/the-glasgow-geeks/
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- **Schedule:** First Friday of the month
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- **About:** Casual social meetup - beer and tech chat. Open to all levels.
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- **Relevance:** Informal channel to spread the word. Good for flyers or a quick pitch.
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### Scottish Technology Modernization (DevOps/SRE/IaC)
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- **Website:** https://www.meetup.com/glasgow-technology-devops-sre-iac-aiops-mlops/
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- **About:** Focused on DevOps, SRE, AIOps, IaC, MLOps. Modernizing business, operations, automation, next-gen development and scaling.
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- **Relevance:** Infrastructure and operations engineers who'd benefit from contributing to Apache infrastructure projects.
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### Cloud Native Glasgow
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- **Website:** https://www.meetup.com/cloudnativeglasgow/
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- **About:** Presentations and workshops on building, deploying, and maintaining software in cloud environments. Focus on containers, micro-services, and automation.
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- **Relevance:** Strong overlap with Apache projects (Kafka, Flink, Spark, etc.)
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### Ladies of Code (Glasgow)
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- **Website:** https://www.meetup.com/ladies-of-code-glasgow/
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- **About:** Supports women in tech with networking, knowledge sharing, and collaboration.
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- **Relevance:** Diversity outreach (also listed on diversity page).
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## How to Use This Page
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When reaching out to meetup organizers:
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- Ask if you can give a 2-minute pitch at their next meetup before October
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- Offer to leave flyers or share a link in their Slack/Discord
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- Suggest a co-promotion: we mention their meetup at CoC, they mention CoC at their meetup
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- If they meet at The Gamer Club (several do), ask if there's a community board
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- Emphasize the hackathon as a unique, in-person collaboration opportunity

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