[Bradford] Fwd: lugmaster Digest, Vol 365, Issue 1

[Martyn Ranyard]

Sounds interesting but no url or location.
On 13 Aug 2013 13:48, "d.carpenter" <d.carpenter at virgin.net> wrote:

> Dick and I get messages on the lugmaster list at times. Thought people
> below might find the following interesting:
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>    1. Re: Software Freedom Day 2013 - Saturday September 21st
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> At last year's event we had about 120 visitors of all ages, but with a
> pleasing number of young families. Here are some thoughts about how it
> went.
>
> 1) Activities that went down well included:
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> * Scratch workshop to design a game (lesson plan from Code Club)
> * Arduino workshop with a variety of projects to try (run by Garry Bulmer)
> * Raspberry Pi room - half a dozen Pis for visitors to try
> * Arduino-based drum kit
> * Music creation with MIDI instruments
> * Large Twitter wall scrolling SFD tweets from around the world
> * Assortment of general access Ubuntu machines for visitors to check out
> * Linux users and developers from credativ and OpusVL (two Rugby-based
> FOSS business consultancies) on-hand to answer questions and
> demonstrate software
> * Coverage in local press
>
> * Great venue with plenty of space and rooms for specific activities
> * Refreshments - hot food and drinks
> * Several planning meetings in preceding months
> * Preinstallation of machines by a local school's ICT club
> * SFD T-shirts for volunteers sponsored by credativ, OpusVL and
> Sunfield Technologies
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>
> 2) Activities that could be improved:
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> * At future events we'd also have a screen at the entrance with a map
> of activities
> * lanyards/namebadges prepared well in advance
> * Setting up the venue completely the day(s) before the event. Even
> having only a few setup tasks to do on the day can eat into valuable
> time.
> * Getting the word out even earlier
> * Using the event to launch other events/schemes that run through the year
> * Getting more local schools to attend - we've been surprised at how
> little interest there has been to date from them
>
>
> Cheers,
> Nick
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