Sounds great, personally I like the idea of having to get pull a presentable survey of my project together every now and then, it would be a useful exercise. On Feb 7, 2017 1:48 PM, "Romy Ilano" <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote: > Mark, > > This is wonderful! I would love to help out with the 5minutes of Fame at > SudoRoom. > > > I'll spread the word as well. The project-based show and tell wouldn't > necessarily exclude people who are doing teaching events either - they > could also do a presentation on how they got a cool Women Who Code event > started, etc. > > I'm looking forward to this! > > Best. > > Romy > > > > ============================= > > Romy Ilano > romy(a)snowyla.com > > > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 1:40 PM, Marc Juul <juul(a)labitat.dk> wrote: > >> >> >> 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. >>> >> >> Some of us had been thinking about having a 5 minutes of fame every >> month/week where people can show their projects. Maybe we could do that and >> encourage that presenters invite other people to work with them? >> >> How about first wednesday's? Every first wednesday of the month we have >> a 5mof? >> >> Noisebridge has 5mof on third Thursday's. >> >> Who wants to help make the first sudo room 5mof happen on Wednesday >> March 1st? >> >> Here's how folks can help: >> >> * 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 >> >> Just reply in this thread if you want to help out or present! >> >> -- >> marc/juul >> > > > _______________________________________________ > sudo-discuss mailing list > sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss > >