Building Bridges to GopherCon 2018
It’s no secret that I love Go and every year the Go community comes together for an event known as GopherCon — Making it’s debut in 2014 it was an instant success! It drew a sellout crowd of 700 attendees and has more than doubled in size since then.
Not only is there an exceptional line up of pre-conference workshops taught by some of the best in the industry, but they also put a lot of care into selecting the best speakers for the event. Plus the hours upon hours of networking — it’s really worth the trip!
This year GopherCon celebrates it’s five-year anniversary which is kind of a big deal, but as a single mother I fully understand that attending a conference is a luxury that not everyone has, so this year I am making it my mission to bring as many people to GopherCon as I can.
I’ll be doing a series of fundraisers starting now and ending on July 1st. The goal is to raise money for GoBridge and WomenWhoGo — two organizations who make it their mission to educate & empower underrepresented communities.
Daniela Petruzalek is one of the many Women Who Go Diversity Scholarship reciepents from 2017 and she wrote about her experience in a post titled; The Impact of Women Who Go in my Life — I highly reccommend taking the time to read it.
In the last 3 days we’ve sold 413 shirts, raising $4,345.42 which is just incredible! You Gophers make me so proud. Remember, these donations don’t just buy someone a ticket to the event, it’s a FULL-RIDE so the more money we raise the better!
I’ll continue to update this post as I add designs, but feel free to browse the Threadless shop HERE
Gophers Hugging
Inclusion Gophers
Mic Drop Gopher
This is Fine Gopher
Women Who Go
New Additions:
Lazy Gopher
Space Gopher
Facepalm Gopher
Gopher and Docker
Father & Daughter Gophers
Mother & Child Gopher
The NEW Doctor!
Go bug or feature?
GoBuild
When it’s broken and you don’t know why…
Fly Away with me Gopher
Fly Away with Me Gopher (Blue)
Gaming Gopher
Wonder Woman Gopher
Gopher Unicorn
Gopher Pride (Gaypher)
Gopher Link
The Doctor
BatGopher
Belgium Gopher
Denver Gopher
Chicago Gopher
GopherCon Iceland
GoBuffalo
Safari Gophers
Edward
Music Producer (Splice)
Nerdy Gopher
Rick and Gopher
Gopher Moto
Gopher Lion
Gopher Strange
Go Mentor
Gopher Snacks
Go Packages
Gophers in France
Gopher Band
Go Race
Kubernetes Gophers
Vintage Gopher
Viking Gopher
StayPuft Gopher
Go Community
Gopher Cowboy
Gopher Academy
Original Go Buffalo
CNCF Gophers
Star Gophers
Gopher Wars
MSFT Gophers
Thank you again from the bottom of my heart and keep checking back!
Have a favorite Gopher? Leave a comment and I’ll try to work it into a future campaign.
If you don’t want a shirt you can donate directly to Women Who Go or if you would like to purchase shirts for us to give away then you can send money directly to me and I’ll order the shirts in your name, but please leave your email in the notes.
Based on original artwork from the amazing Renee French.
