[Makers] Changes to Maker Meetups
Angus Gratton gus at projectgus.com 
Tue Nov 30 22:05:20 EST 2010 

Hi guys,

At the committee meeting tonight we elected to change some minor things
about Maker Meetups:

- Meetups will now be at Dickson College by default, unless announced
otherwise.

- Meetups will now be on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesdays of the month. It
so happens that this doesn't differ from our current fortnightly
schedule until the end of March, but we're changing it all the same.
Committee meetings will be 2nd and 4th Tuesdays.

- Meetups will now have 30-40 minutes at the beginning set aside for
people to give informal talks about their projects, If you have
something to show, I'll have a signup sheet just before each meeting and
you can put your name down. You can nominate to talk for any length of
time - 2 minute lightning talk up to a full 30 minute presentation. This
is to get back to the "group show and tell" vibe that we had going when
we were a smaller group.

- We now have a bank account, and we're looking towards our broader
goals of finding a Hackerspace. We've decided to start asking for entry
donations for people as they come along. $5 is the recommended amount.
We'll have a "hat" to pass around at each meeting. $5 is not a lot to
ask for two hours of exciting talk and interesting projects, and it
helps us start to build up some capital to organise exciting things in
the future.


- Angus

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