[sudo-discuss] How do we help SudoRoom become more project-based?

[Romy Ilano]

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



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Romy Ilano
romy at snowyla.com



On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 1:40 PM, Marc Juul <juul at labitat.dk> wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 12:36 PM, Romy Ilano <romy at 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
>
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