Re: Mini-meets

["Jim Franklin" <jimf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm near manchester and tend to just read the boards right now, but
i'd go
to a meet anywhere northwest (north wales through to hull, stoke through to
carlisle) just to meet and greet other HA people.

-Jim

On Mon, 19 May 2008 10:52:39 +0100, Stuart Grimshaw wrote
> I've just read the tread on the reducing list volume, and as long as
> that leads to an increase in signal-noise then I don't think it's too
> much to worry about.
>
> The thing that did stand out was the meetings, a couple of other
> lists I'm on have monthly meetings, in pubs, where someone does a
quick
> talk, then everyone has beer and talks about it ... sound familiar?
> :-)
>
> Of course the main difference is that those maling lists are fairly
> location specific (South Yorkshire, Manchester & Leeds) so for the
> meeting to be successfull you need a few people to be in the same
> geographical area. I wonder if we could do that with UKHA members?
>
> The format of the talk is what's called a 20:20, basically it's 20
> slides, each shown for 20 seconds, there can be up to 5 of these on a
> good night. Then maybe a more structured discussion if there's
> something worth discussing ...
>
> The organisational effort is minimal, find a pub with wifi & a
room
> they'll let you have for free, then let people know ... erm, that's
> about it :)
>
> So, I suppose there are two questions ... 1) Are there enough of us
> clustered in the same place, and 2) would you be interested?
>
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