<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><h1 data-sourcepos="1:1-1:17" dir="auto">Upcoming Events</h1><p data-sourcepos="3:1-3:141" dir="auto" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">Would you rather view the Upcoming Events in your browser? <a href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming-events.md" data-mce-href="https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/upcoming-events.md">Click here</a>!</p><h2 data-sourcepos="6:1-6:13" dir="auto">Highlights</h2><ul data-sourcepos="8:1-15:0" dir="auto"><li data-sourcepos="8:1-11:118">SFS's 1st Small is Beautiful was a success! We had 6 great teachers with topics that rocked! And Heather's Kitchen did not fail to impress!<ul data-sourcepos="9:5-11:118"><li data-sourcepos="9:5-9:32">Fritattas for breaksfast</li><li data-sourcepos="10:5-10:52">Chicken potpie (GF/DF and regular) for lunch</li><li data-sourcepos="11:5-11:118">QF/DF wild orange/honey/almond cake, blueberry pie, and cruchy quinoa cake (GF) with caramel frosting! YOWZA!</li></ul></li><li data-sourcepos="12:1-12:158">Special Discount to SFS Members for the Open Infrastructure Summit - <a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/denver-2019" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/denver-2019">https://www.openstack.org/summit/denver-2019</a> - discount code: USERGROUP_15 - Until 4/27</li><li data-sourcepos="13:1-13:61">We do on-site, custom classes. Just ask <a href="mailto:Captains@SoFree.Us" data-mce-href="mailto:Captains@SoFree.Us">Captains@SoFree.Us</a>.</li><li data-sourcepos="14:1-15:0">Got a passion for something free-libre and want to share it? <a href="/sofreeus/sofreeus/master/lists.sofree.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sfs-teachers" data-mce-href="/sofreeus/sofreeus/master/lists.sofree.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sfs-teachers">Join the Teachers ML</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></li></ul><hr data-sourcepos="16:1-17:0"><p data-sourcepos="18:1-18:29" dir="auto" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">##Python 201 with Aaron Brown</p><p data-sourcepos="20:1-26:10" dir="auto" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">Join us and build a Pokemon-style fighting game that will teach you Python concepts such as: · Comprehensions · Generators · Functions · Modules · Control loops · Classes</p><p data-sourcepos="28:1-31:27" dir="auto" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">Saturday, April 6th 9AM - 1PM MST Code Talent 3412 Blake St · Denver, CO</p><p data-sourcepos="33:1-33:11" dir="auto" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">$64 or PWYC</p><p data-sourcepos="35:1-35:62" dir="auto" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/sofreeus/events/259810607/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.meetup.com/sofreeus/events/259810607/">RSVP Here</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></p><h2 data-sourcepos="37:1-37:30" dir="auto">AGHI2 GitLab and GitLab.com</h2><p data-sourcepos="39:1-43:24" dir="auto" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">During this gentle, hands-on introduction to GitLab We'll create pretend products (probably cheese sandwiches or pies). We'll create product teams. We'll iterate on our pretend products so quickly that our BitBucket/GitHub using competition will be driven into financial distress and then we will poach their developers. Muhhahah! And a whole lot more....</p><p data-sourcepos="45:1-45:92" dir="auto" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">In process of partnering with GitLab to host/sponsor this event! Stay tuned for the details.</p><p data-sourcepos="47:1-49:14" dir="auto" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">Saturday, May 4th 9AM - 1PM MST at Code Talent</p><p data-sourcepos="51:1-51:11" dir="auto" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">$32 or PWYC</p><p data-sourcepos="53:1-53:62" dir="auto" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/sofreeus/events/257902517/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.meetup.com/sofreeus/events/257902517/">RSVP Here</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></p><h2 data-sourcepos="55:1-55:13" dir="auto">SFS Method</h2><p data-sourcepos="57:1-58:165" dir="auto" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">If you've worked in tech for any length of time, you probably notice you have to keep constantly learning new things. One of those things should be how to teach the things you know. This makes you a more effective communicator which is crucial to career development. Not to mention teaching is a great way to reinforce your own learning.</p><p data-sourcepos="60:1-62:26" dir="auto" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">Wednesday, May 22nd (DAVID L. WILLSON'S BIRTHDAY YA'LL .... there will be PIE or CAKE ) 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM at The Comfy Room (SFS HQ)</p><p data-sourcepos="64:1-64:11" dir="auto" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">$32 or PWYC</p><p data-sourcepos="66:1-66:62" dir="auto" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/sofreeus/events/259881465/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.meetup.com/sofreeus/events/259881465/">RSVP Here</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></p><h2 data-sourcepos="68:1-68:21" dir="auto">Events In-planning</h2><p data-sourcepos="70:1-70:28" dir="auto" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">You can't RSVP to these yet.</p><ul data-sourcepos="72:1-75:0" dir="auto"><li data-sourcepos="72:1-72:35">4/20 AGHI2 Kubernetes with Duncan</li><li data-sourcepos="73:1-73:28">Intro To DevOps again! TBD</li><li data-sourcepos="74:1-75:0">Ansible by Alex Wise! TBD</li></ul><p data-sourcepos="76:1-76:82" dir="auto" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">If you don't see what you want, make a wish! The <a href="mailto:captains@sofree.us" data-mce-href="mailto:captains@sofree.us">captains@sofree.us</a> love requests!</p><h2 data-sourcepos="79:1-79:12" dir="auto">Reminders</h2><ul data-sourcepos="81:1-84:92" dir="auto"><li data-sourcepos="81:1-81:101">We are lifelong learners. Please share learning opportunities, even if they're not produced by SFS.</li><li data-sourcepos="82:1-82:146">We are friends. You can post just about anything, but if it doesn't have to do with learning free-libre software, stick an "OT:" in front of it.</li><li data-sourcepos="83:1-83:91">We are professionals (when we must be). Please post your help wanted and job wanted here.</li><li data-sourcepos="84:1-84:92">Come hang out with us in <a href="https://mm.sofree.us/sfs-team/channels/town-square" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://mm.sofree.us/sfs-team/channels/town-square">Mattermost</a>!</li></ul></div><div><br></div><div><span name="x"></span><div>Heather L. Willson<br>Software Freedom School<br>hlwillson@sofree.us<br>303.229.3633<br><em>...where learning is libre...</em></div><div><br></div><span name="x"></span><br></div></div></body></html>