[Ottawa_users] FYI: August Meetup Notes

[Fabien Ancelin]

Thanks for this notes Richard.

I am taking some time off for a week and will try to come up with some
ideas too.

Cheers.



2012/8/29 sean powers <drownedfrog at gmail.com>

> Hi folks,
>
> Just a few notes from last weeks meeting.
>
> First big thanks to all those who came out. Really great to have some new
> folks coming out to see what we're about.
>
> Notes:
>
> 1) I will be scheduling our meeting dates for a few months in advance as
> it makes it easier to reserve on our calendars.
>
> 2) Some positive feedback on themed meetup months for presentations etc I
> don't suspect people want these to be to rigid & they won't be. Will trial
> the fall schedule and solicit feedback on whether we should continue.
>
> 3) Some discussion about my call (thanks to Regie & Fabian for great ideas
> and discussion!) for a small working group to increase/improve turnout,
> more presentations & bigger events (code sprints/workshops)
>     - we should improve our digital presence for people to know about the
> group. it is not about massive marketing to increase numbers, but rather to
> engage people who would come out perhaps if they knew about us. to that end
> i will be setting up a meetup.com profile so folks in ottawa can find us
> easily.
>     - targeting students was mentioned, especial those in gis programs
>     - 1 presentation a month with a loose agenda seems to be the way to go
>     - presenters should make avaible there slides for upload on a
> community site, perhaps slideshare
>     - i discussed mailing list engagement as something i would like to
> improve, in terms of feedback for participation in attending meetups.
> please suggest ideas:)
>     - osgeo image of being to technical was mentioned & perhaps deters
> some folks.
>
>     - in terms of workshops, there is great interest in holding a half day
> qgis intro sometime in the new year. fabian & regie are really up for this,
> as am i. we've decided that for the next few meetups (sept - nov) that the
> last 30--45min if someone wants to ask questions/be introduced to qgis we
> will have laptops setup with some test data & qgis in vm to show/walk them
> through. this seems to be a way to solicit feedback on what we should do
> for new year workshop. (we're looking for your ideas/participation)
>
> 4) andrew kindly offered access to his board room (thanks) for
> meetings/workshops.
>
> 5) andrew mentioned the open conference call of the eclipse location
> working group (http://wiki.eclipse.org/**Location/August30_2012<http://wiki.eclipse.org/Location/August30_2012>
> )
>
>
> if i've missed anything, please add to this.
>
> have a great night & see you at sept's meetup!
>
> cheers,
>
> richard
>
>
>
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