[Lancaster] fortnightly skill share evenings

[Ken Hough]

Hi Andy,

Yes, I'm interested in supporting this, at least in attending. Being based 
near to Kendal, it would be difficult for me to do much on the organisation 
side of things. I might be able to do a presentation if we can discover 
something of mutual interest that I know something about.  ;-)

Regards

Ken Hough

On Friday 06 February 2009 20:16:47 andy baxter wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just wanted to let people know that a few of us talked again on
> Wednesday about the idea of having regular (probably fortnightly) skill
> sharing evenings. My original idea was that there must be quite a few
> people (like me) out there who are working on various things by
> themselves at home, from learning simple system admin skills to building
> websites to programming or whatever else, and that it would be good to
> bring people together on a regular basis to share ideas, skills, etc in
> a bit more of a focussed way than at the monthly pub meets.
>
> The venue that I have in mind is the basement of the Single Step
> wholefoods shop on Penny Street - there are several computers down there
> already and they are generally willing to let community groups use the
> place. This is not definite though, and if we wanted to hold it there we
> would need to put together a proper proposal to be considered at their
> next co-op meeting. One problem with this venue is that they don't
> currently have broadband access, though there is a phone line, so we
> would have to find a way of paying for this. I'm happy to contribute to
> this on a monthly basis, but it would be good if I wasn't the only one.
>
> Seeing as there was some enthusiasm for the idea on Wednesday, I'd like
> to make a start on getting it off the ground, so it would be good to
> know who else would like to get involved. Also, if you don't have much
> time to help organise it but would be interested in coming along to some
> or all of the sessions, it's still helpful to know how much general
> interest there is in the idea. I've got a few ideas for how to get
> started and the kind of shape it might take, but other ideas are also
> welcome.
>
> If you're interested in this project, could you let me know (via the
> list), and maybe we can arrange a meeting to make a start on getting it
> going.
>
> Thanks,
>
> andy
>
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