[Lancaster] fortnightly skill share evenings

[andy baxter]

Cool! Thanks for replying.

See you,

andy

Ken Hough wrote:
> 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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