8 Feb
2017
8 Feb
'17
11:55 a.m.
Patrik and Maarc,
Thanks for this discussion! I made the 5 minutes of Fame event the topic
for tonight's meeting
It's the wednesday again and it's time for our member meeting! Let's talk
about some five minutes of fame happening March 1.
We want to also make SudoRoom more project-based.
Should we have coordinated meetups and weekly classes similar to
CountrCulture Labs biohacking?
===== From M -> let's plan the march 1 event
* INVITE ALL YOUR FRIENDS!
* Sign up for a 5 minute spot to show / talk about something!
** It can be anything! Just think of this as show and tell, with the show
part being optional :)
* Sign up to help set up audio and video in advance
* Sign up to help set up chairs / pews before the event and/or move them
away after
* Bring food, snacks or drinks for sharing
* Bring plates, bowls, cups or cutlery (we have some but not enough)
I put a tentative schedule here:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/5MoF
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Personally, I've always been surprised how come
Sudo doesn't have more
team projects. With a few notable exceptions like SudoMesh, it's mostly a
bunch of individuals coming to socialize or work on their own thing.
In contrast, most activity at CCL is centered around team projects. I
don't think that's due to any inherent difference between biology and
software/hardware/electronics. Just that we've intentionally nurtured team
projects, because we knew it would be harder to reach critical mass given
the smaller audience for biohacking.
Briefly, here's what has worked well for us at CCL and at BioCurious:
1) Do a brainstorming meeting to see what topics have the most critical
mass.
2) Find one or two people willing to lead/facilitate the project. They
don't need to be an expert or a Leader - just someone willing to commit to
show up every week and provide consistency and continuity to the project.
3) Put a weekly meeting on the calendar, and start meeting like clockwork
Having reliable, consistent meetings and someone who helps organize the
group seems to matter more than exactly how decisions are being made.
YMMV...
Patrik
On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 12:36 PM, Romy Ilano <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote:
Hey!
I look back on my involvement in SudoRoom and Noisebridge and *I was
most happy and having fun bouncing off ideas with people when working on
projects.* This also contributed the most fun to SudoRoom and shows what
is unique about the space.
I got sucked into a bunch of interesting events, especially around
teaching and helping lead Women Who Code meetups. That was very fun! I
socialized with a lot of cool people and had good times. There were nice
conversations.
But these kinds of activities ultimately did not produce any tangible
results that I could build upon. I am not interested in being an event
planner or a teacher, although those are noble activities!
*How can we help make SudoRoom a bit more project-based? *By putting new
potential members on the path to creating projects, i think this would help
with our retention.
I keep mentioning again and again to new people that it's not so much
fitting in with the people, having people hug you or going to events where
everyone looks exactly like you that's important... meetups are all over
the bay area. it's really the projects that suck people in and help them
add diversity to the space.
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
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