[Klug-general] Improving KLUG Meetings

[Luc Tidy]

Off-list, just a bunch of us talking on IRC and it took off.

To also alleviate the potential inference that could be drawn at the 
short-notice change, this isn't in a direct response to that. Certainly 
it was an item that spurred on conversation, but the attempt here is a 
broader consideration.

~Luc

On 26/02/11 19:37, Colin McCarthy wrote:
> All valid points and ones that have been discussed before. One thing 
> the collective KLUG community is good at doing it discussing what to 
> do but then never following through with it.
> It would  be good for that to change.
>
> Out of interest was this idea created off list or at todays meeting?
>
> Colin
>
> On 26 February 2011 17:37, Luc Tidy <luc.tidy at gmail.com 
> <mailto:luc.tidy at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     *Improving KLUG Meetings*
>     /26th February 2011/
>
>     KLUG meetings are constantly evolving, and this process should be
>     encouraged and up for discussion. In a rather ad-hoc meeting we
>     decided to approach a few issues - primarly*Meeting
>     Content*&*Organisation*.
>
>     We would appreciate your feedback and hope to plan meetings on a
>     quarterly basis to discuss progress.
>
>     *Meeting Content*
>
>     - Formal talks from members or guest speakers
>
>     - "Show and Tell" section for people to present things they are
>     working on, new software people might not have seen, web services
>     etc. This could be mandatory and as a way of introduction to the
>     group.
>
>     - Q&A / Problem Solving Sessions / Development Discussions. This
>     could encourage break-out groups post talks.
>     - Discussions / debates
>     - KLUG Projects/Workshops?
>         - Certain caveats/code of conduct require consideration?
>
>     - Lightning talks (though this may cross over with show and tell)
>
>     - Themed events, e.g. Security, Web apps, Kernel internals,
>     Interoperability
>
>     - Drinks and Snacks
>
>     *Social Meetings*
>
>     To augment the "formal" quarterly meetings, around Kent, for
>     social events like pub/curry etc. Held on a Friday night, or
>     similiar. Previous attendance has dried up so requires opening up
>     for discussion.
>
>     *Virtual Meetings*
>
>     - Virtual, supplementary meetings at scheduled times
>         - Includes people in hard to reach areas, or with an inability
>     to travel
>         - Promotes use of IRC channel
>         - Investigate possible voice/screen sharing options
>             - Mumble/TS, Skype, VNC, GoToMeeting, YuuGuu etc.
>
>     *Organisation*
>
>     /-/If meetings are going to start later in the day, it has been
>     suggested to increase their length so they take up the whole day,
>     rather than being a 3 hour stint that makes full use of the day
>     impossible.
>         1100 - 1700
>         1200 - 1800
>
>     - We currently have locations all over the place. Are there any
>     central places that are particularly easy to get to by everyone
>     using pubic transport?
>
>     - A shared Google Calendar as a way of seeing when the nexts
>     meetings are.
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>     These points are a brief start of potential changes that KLUG
>     could see in the future. The plan is to, from this basic
>     discussion, extend into a formal, planned meeting at some point.
>
>     *tl;dr:* What do you think of these? What would you like to see
>     from KLUG?
>
>     ~A collaborative effort of:
>     Luc, Spode, Julia, Boudiccas
>
>
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