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BabbleBits FAQ (business speak)
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1. How do I join BabbleBits? |
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Membership is free. Much of the benefit of BabbleBits to you, however, will be by participating at our interactive meetings. We do have 2 levels of membership: Registered and Active Member. To register, simply register yourself with BabbleBits.com. To advance to Active Member, you will need to 1) register with this web site and 2) participate in at least 3 consecutive BabbleBits meetings < or > attend a minimum of 50% BabbleBits meetings held during a 12 month period.
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2. Can I just show up at one of your meetings? |
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Yes, you can. We prefer that you RSVP to the BabbleBits Coordinator (see ContactUs page) so that we can make adjustments if necessary, for the number of attendees at any given meeting.
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3. I am not an independent Information Technology consultant at this time. Can I still join BabbleBits and participate at meetings? |
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Currently, we are structured for Information Technology Professionals who currently run their own businesses. However, if you are really serious about starting your own business and are intending to do so in the near future, then yes, BabbleBits is probably for you.
On the other hand, if you are thinking about whether or not starting a computing related business is for you, then joining BabbleBits is not a good choice. You are welcome to attend a meeting or two to network with others already in business, but this is certainly not the purpose of BabbleBits at this time.
Possibly in the future, we may open a segment of the group for those wishing to find out if going into the IT business as an independent is right for them, so do check back.
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4. I work for a placement agency. May I attend a BabbleBits meeting to network and find consultants to place with my clients? |
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No, quite honestly. BabbleBits meetings are quite intense interactive meetings where business folks work with other business folks. This is not the place to visit looking for "heads".
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5. Who started BabbleBits and how is it organized? |
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BabbleBits began just after the Denver ICCA Chapter (Independent Computer Consultants Association) closed its operations early in 2005. Several of the Denver-ICCA members saw value in meeting with other consultants, and decided to simply continue meeting. So BabbleBits was created.
Currently BabbleBits is run by active participants (which could be you). There is no real formal personel structure at this time other than the notion of Active Member and Registered Member. We are not yet a legally recognized organization. We are neither non-profit, or for-profit. We have no treasury nor dues, we just meet over dinner.
The current organizers are Greg Holling, Roy Ogborn (both former Denver ICCA Chapter Presidents) and Siegfried Heintze (a former active Denver ICCA participant). We are doing this just because we believe it is quite important for independent business folks to meet and create synergies. We want to improve ourselves and know that others want to as well.
BabbleBits is all about improving ones self and their business.
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6. I registered at BabbleBits.com, but nothing happened after I completed the registration page. |
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When you first register at the web site, it does appear that nothing happens. However, you will get an e-mail from BabbleBits.com, usually right away, with a verification code. To log in to BabbleBits.com, simply copy the code from your e-mail, select Login, enter your chosen user name and password. The system will then respond with a text-box where you can paste your verification code. This first time to login is the only time you'll need a verification code.
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7. How often do you meet? |
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At this time we are meeting on the 2nd Monday every month in the evening starting at 6 PM and ending at 10 PM.
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8. Are Women encouraged to join BabbleBits too, or is it just a bunch of Men? |
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Yes, absolutely! Women are encouraged to join! In fact, there should be more women in the computer business! BabbleBits can help you be more successful.
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9. Is BabbleBits associated with ICCA (Independent Computer Consultants Association)? |
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No we are not, but we are also not a competing organization. In fact, we are quite ICCA friendly. Several of our BabbleBits members are actually members of the National ICCA as well.
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10. Why do you meet so far North in Arvada? |
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We have participants from Boulder, Denver and Colorado Springs and other places. Except for those coming up from Colorado Springs, Arvada seems to be a reasonable "central" location to meet. We're open to relocation suggestions or helping similar groups start in other, more convenient locations.
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Can I participate in the Master Mind program without attending the Study Group? |
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Yes, certainly. The two focus groups are somewhat related, but have totally different purposes. The study group is for learning and the Master Mind program is for proactively implementing your goals and for receiving advice from other business people.
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Can I participate in the Study Group without participating in the Master Mind program? |
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Certainly. In fact, the two groups meet on different nights, so one can choose to participate in one without the participating in the other.
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BabbleBits FAQ (common speak)
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1. How do I hook up with you dudes? |
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Hey man, just show up when we're hangin' out at the pub and have some grub wit' us too. And if ya' fart at the table, it's OK man, just fess up that it was you, and don't be blamin' one of the other dudes ... and 'specially don't blame the dudettes. They don't 'preciate that sort of thing. In fact they think its sorta' discustin'. I say better out than in man, better out than in.
Oh, and register at this site so we can send you some crappy reminders.
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2. Can I just like, crash your party man? |
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Sure dude. Just show up. How 'bout you let us know your comming though? If we get too many of ya' in one room, it might get like hot and smelly, if you know what I mean.
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3. I don't know what the hell I'm doin', but it sure sounds kinda' fun. Can I still hang with ya's? |
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You can hang at the bar downstairs man and blab 'bout life and stuff with the bar babe. We'll be upstairs in a serious pow-wow. Don't hold your breath, but we may kick-off a wannabee gang, but for now you gotta' be serious about doin' computer stuff for money like us if you want to hang with us.
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4. I work for a placement agency. May I attend a BabbleBits meeting to network and find consultants to place with my clients? |
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You must be smokin' crack! Go away!
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5. Who the hell are you? You got some primidonnas running this thing or what? |
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We're just a bunch of dudes and dudettes who were babblin' 'bout the 'puter biz before and was thinkin' it would be kinda' cool to keep doin' it, so we are. Hey, and if you be like us, like you be makin' a livin' with 'puter equipment and slinging ones and zeros 'round, then we want you to be a member of this here gang of nerds too.
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6. Your website sucks. I registered, but the site ain't doin' a damn thing different. What's up with that? |
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Hold your britches on man! If you weren't sufferin' from some kind of anxiety disorder, you'd have noticed that you got an e-mail from us by now. Just copy the damn "verificaton code" thingy from the e-mail and jam it into the box that says "verification code" after you slap in your username and password.
And get off my case!
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7. So when d'ya people hang together? |
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You must be a man! Look at the freakin' calendar on the main page. Can't you see the stinkin' pattern? It's the 2nd Monday every freakin' month ... month after month for them book worms. If you're goin', get there by 6 PM sharp. No one likes a late sissy, and you're gonna be lost if you show up late anyway. 'Cause we be smokin' through material. (And no, "smoking" is not allowed anywhere near us!).
Them dudes who call their selves stinkin' Master Minds decided they're too good for Monday's, so now they're a meetin' on Tuesday Mornin's for breakfast or tea or sompin' like that. What, no beer? Meetin' place to be announced.
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8. Jeez... You sound like a bunch 'a sexist pigs. Do ya exclude us girls 'cause ya' don't think we're as good or better :-) than you bumblin' idiot men? |
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Heck no! We think more of ya' girls should be in the 'puter 'biz. So, you betcha', ya'll can hang with the group. 'Fact we may already have a couple of ya' women folk hangin' out in BabbleBits already. So what's this "exclude" crap you talkin' 'bout? Huh? (Oh, hell, you're supposed to ask the questions, not me, huh? Oh crap, I did it again, didn't I? Damn.)
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9. Are you guys somehow in bed with them ICCA folks? |
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Hell no! But we like 'em all the same. 'Fact is, some of our folks are them ICCA folks and versa vica. Group hug ... big group hug!
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10. Damn, it's a long haul for me to get to your watering hole. Can't you find a spot easier to get to? |
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Beam me up Scotty! It's a long haul for everyone. We have folks from Boulder, Westminster, Littleton, Aurora, Denver and even Colorado Springs. So we be meetin' kinda' centrally ... sortof. The Springs folks don't agree (that is a haul). And hey, if you got a suggestion for a better spot, we're all ears. And if you want to create a new BabbleBits chapter closer to ya, we'll help you with that too!
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