👋 Welcome!

Ruby New Zealand is a community of people who are passionate about Ruby and want to help make it more accessible to you in New Zealand.

Join the Community

For code chat, job listings, ruby help, keyboard nerdery, and banter, join us on Slack.

Membership

Check and update your membership, or register to become a member. Becoming a member means that you can have your say in the Ruby AGM ✨

Local Meetups

Auckland: This is a monthly group that explores the use of Ruby. Welcomes anyone interested in the language!
Wellington: Meets every second month, generally with planned talks, food and drinks provided.
Christchurch: Super friendly group of programmers meeting monthly to discuss all things about the Ruby programming language.

Do you run a meetup that's not listed here? Make a pull request to add yours to the site.

Companies known to use Ruby in New Zealand

Looking for help with a Ruby project or want to work with Ruby? Here's a register of companies using Ruby in New Zealand.

Code of Conduct

Ruby New Zealand has a code of conduct for all its events, projects, and services that members are expected to abide by. An up-to-date copy is available here.

About Us

Ruby New Zealand fosters and supports the Ruby programming language, its users and community in New Zealand. It assists with community events such as local meetups, Rails Camps and Rails Girls, and helps ensure these are safe and welcoming spaces.

Ruby NZ was incorporated on June 5th 2014, and is Society #2606303.

Society Rules

Read about the Rules of Ruby New Zealand Incorporated from here.

Current Committee

After the vote held during the AGM held on June 25, 2024 the committee was:

President: Sarah Hay
Secretary: Michael Yin
Treasurer: Philip Arndt
General Members:
- Mark Haylock
- Henry James Maddocks
- Nathan Broadbent
- Ben Tillman

Meeting Minutes

2020-06-13 Committee Minutes

2020-07-10 Committee Minutes

Older minutes can be found on GitHub.

Past Committee Members

Ben Tillman (president 2021-2023, general member 2023-2024)
Michael Yin (secretary 2021-2024)
Mark Haylock (general member 2021-2024)
Matthew Wratt (general member 2022-2024)
Hannah Oldroyd (treasurer 2021-2022)
Eaden McKee (general member 2021-2022)
Edu Depetris (general member 2021-2022)
Dan Lawler (general member 2021-2022)
Sarah Hay (general member 2021-2023, president 2023-2024)
Pete Nicholls(secretary 2020-2021)
Rebecca Pinheiro (general member 2020-2021)
Dmitry Rocha (general member 2020-2021)
Edimo Sousa Silva (general member 2020-2021)
Laura Harnett (general member 2019-2020)
Mathew Hartley (general member 2019-2020)
Anthony Mace (general member 2019-2020)
Andrew Pett (secretary 2019-2020)
Steve Hoeksema (treasurer 2016-2020)
Juri Hahn (general member 2016-2017, 2018-2019)
Charles Peach (general member 2016-2018, president 2018-2019)
Mai Nguyen (secretary 2018-2019)
Charlie Ablett (general member 2018-2019)
Samuel Williams (general member 2018-2019)
Amanda Wagener (general member 2017-2018 and 2014-2015, president 2016-2017, secretary 2015-2016)
Daniel Fone (secretary 2016-2018)
Patrick Davey (general member 2017-2018)
Max Hung (general member 2017-2018)
Raquel Moss (president 2017-2018, general member 2016-2017)
Merrin Macleod (secretary 2014-2015, general member 2016-2017, president 2020-2021)
Eoin Kelly (treasurer 2014-2016)
Philip Arndt (president 2014-2016, treasurer 2020-2021, treasurer 2022-2024)
Megan Bowra-Dean (general member 2015-2016)
James Harton (general member 2014-2016)
Breccan McLeod-Lundy (general member 2014-2015)
Nahum Wild (general member 2014-2015)

Slack Moderators

Members of the committee moderate Slack to make sure that we're all following the Code of Conduct. If you have questions or concerns, you can contact our moderators on Slack. They might not always be online, so send them a direct message if you need to talk to them.

@ben tillman
@Hannah Oldroyd
@drlawler
@eadz
@mhaylock
@layerssss
@parndt
@sarah.hay
@Edu Depetris