The iVolunteer team will be meeting back at the Van Heyst Group tonight from 6-9pm. We’re building a location-aware iPhone app called iVolunteer, a WordPress plug-in, a FaceBook app which lets you share the events you’ve signed up for with your friends, and the ActionFeed.org website.

This is a community effort. Swing by and help us make it easy to make a difference.

Van Heyst Group
719 Walnut St., Boulder, CO  [map]

The iVolunteer project continues tonight with our second Meetup. We’ll be starting at 5pm at a new location. Rally Software has generously offered use of their space, along with pizza and beer for the troops. Nice!

Rally Software
4001 Discovery Drive, Suite 220
Boulder, CO  [map]

Coming tonight? We want to make sure we have enough pizza and beer so please RSVP here.

Follow us at http://www.twitter.com/ivolunteer and http://www.actionfeed.org.

There’s something so rejuvenating about “we don’t need no stinkin’ business model” business model – and the folks at ActionFeed.org are embodying that.  Last night was the first regularly scheduled meetup of all the locals interested in helping get this non-profit startup off the ground.   I think everyone there was excited by the enthusiasm and talent in the room.  Right now there are 2 camps of people helping out, the pro-geeks (for software engineering) and the no-geeks (for everything else).  With the breadth and depth of skill in the volunteers, and no doubt we will execute quickly and have fun doing it.  Don’t take our word for it, here are some photos.  I’ll post more as they become available.

ActionFeed.org is putting together an free iPhone app called iVolunteer that will show you volunteer and community involvement opportunities in your area.  It’s about mobilizing people to get their #$#@#$ off the couch and helping out, especially in a year when we’ll see many valuable non-profits go under from the rapid decline of donations.

So if you find yourself watching more than 30 minutes of TV on Tuesday nights, consider doing something more constructive and help us out.    No excuses!  (we thought of using that for the tag line, but seem to remember some t-shirt slogan somewhere…)

As mentioned at the last New Tech Meetup, iVolunteer’s first working session will be held on Tuesday, January 27. After the closing of RedFish Brewery, the folks at the Van Heyst Group graciously stepped up and offered their space to our efforts. Thank you!

iVolunteer has no employees and is entirely a not-for-profit endeavor. We see the project as a way to support community organizations across the country and also as a showcase for Boulder’s incredible depth of startup talent. We’ll have our laptops out hacking on code for the iPhone app and website, working on marketing plans, writing blog posts, and doing whatever needs doing to make iVolunteer successful.

Equal parts social and working, this is a great opportunity to meet interesting people in the Boulder community and work on something big. Bring your friends and anyone else who might be good to have along for the ride.

RSVP here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=46562643122

Thanks!

Dave Angulo (@daveangulo)
Rich Grote (@heyrich)

iVolunteer Meetup
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
5:00pm – 9:00pm
Van Heyst Group Office
719 Walnut St
Boulder, CO  [map]