[57north-discuss] Reformatting Tuesday

[Tom Jones]

On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 10:03:59AM +0100, Dave Hibberd wrote:
> hey all!
> 
> For those of you who were there last night - I'd like some feedback on
> how you felt having a talk in the middle of the evening went?

I think it went really well and we should keep doing it, though it was
partially my fault.

> I'm not looking for feedback on my (obviously perfect) speaking
> technique and/or thoughts on EMF, but how having someone speak during
> the evening felt and if it'd be a good thing to have. (if you want to
> privately email me, I'm willing to listen!)

I thought your talking skills were awesome, I can only imagine you have been
talking for a number of years. :P

> If it's a good idea to run with, who's volunteering for next week? I'd
> really like to see a manifesto for a project laid out, a progress report
> on what you're doing, or maybe just a review of what you keep in your
> toolkit, bits box. If anyone else has any good ideas, feel free to
> contribute them! 

Give me a couple of weeks to sort my life out and I will volunteer. I really
like the idea of having a concentrated update on what folks in the space are
doing.

> It doesn't need to be anything flashy, it doesn't need to have slides,
> it doesn't need to be long - It just has to show us what you're excited
> about and what you're doing!
> 
> If you think it's a bad idea, I'd like to hear about any suggestions
> you've got for changes to the format of Open Tuesday to make it more
> open to new members and effective as a way of demonstrating and
> advertising our culture to them.

I think we did drop the ball on the recording last night. I can't imagine the
recordings are going to get a ton of attention, but it seems like a good
resource for others thinking about speaking at a Tuesday.

> Of course, I'd also like to hear if you think Tuesday's perfect just the
> way it is as a place to get together, be social and hack at some stuff!

-- 
Tom
@adventureloop
adventurist.me

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