[wplug-plan] weeknight meetings

Ted Rodgers trodgers at cs.cmu.edu
Wed Oct 31 10:37:00 EDT 2007


Members helping members sounds like a cool idea.  I'm open to whenever
is decided for the weekday meetings.

Ted

Greg Simkins wrote:
> Hi Beth Lynn,
>
> Sounds good.  I like all your ideas.  Waterworks Panera sounds fine
> for me.
>
> I remember that mid to late December is usually a bad time for
> technical meetings because of Christmas.  Around Thanksgiving is
> another problem.  You might want to consider Mid November as an
> alternative.  The first or second Wednesday in December should work.
>
> I am flying home on Friday and expect to be home November-December, so
> I hope to attend your meeting.
>
> Greg
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 31, 2007, at 8:46 PM, Beth Lynn wrote:
>
>> We are going to add weeknight meetings to our events schedule at the
>> frequency of 4 times a year. Weeknight meetings will be purposely
>> different that GUMs because we will not discuss club business beyond a
>> few brief announcements. Also, weeknight meetings will never be just
>> another installfest since we will not have time.
>>
>> Since it is a different kind of meeting, we have an opportunity to
>> experiement with different formats and venues. We are shooting for
>> December as the first weeknight meeting. Wednesdays have been
>> successful in the past. This meeting will not be held at CMU so we
>> will need to find a place that has free parking, public
>> transportation, and welcomes large groups. Wireless is a plus. I'm
>> considering the Waterworks  Panara for a venue. The meeting will last
>> only two hours (7-9p.m.) We do not need a huge time committment.
>> Suggestions for date, time, and venue are welcome.
>>
>> We also need a format for the meeting. Hopefully these type of
>> meetings will attract newbies and gurus. In lieu of a talk, let's try
>> table topics. We sit at one table and a facilitator guides the
>> conversation along to make sure that everyone is heard. A discussion
>> topic that everyone can talk about will be selected. No one should
>> have stage fright since this is a social setting - just a bunch of
>> friends chatting over coffee.
>>
>> For the first hour we will have table topics. The second hour we will
>> also try something new - members helping members. This is a time
>> where anybody can ask any question no matter how big or small. If we
>> have more than one question, we should restrict the time spent on
>> each question (about 15 minutes) to make sure we get to everybody.
>>
>> Lastly, we expect people to comment by responding to this thread.
>> Discussion will last about a week. Afterward, the program commitee
>> will act by booking the room and plugging the event.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Beth Lynn Eicher
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