[Madison] March Meeting Planning

[Matt Feifarek]

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Benet Devereux <benetd at yahoo.com> wrote:

> it seems like this whole month has been pretty bad for people, and we
> should start planning for an April meeting, at a time when we can get a
> better turnout.
>

Fair enough.




> - right now we're trying to make sure that, before having a meeting, we
> have at least 3 people lined up to give short talks, and a reasonable
> expectation of good turnout. Do people like this, provided we can keep
> everyone in the loop via this


I think 3 people / 3 talks is a little ambitious.

What if we do 2 talks and allow for Q&A and discussion afterwards; at most,
each block being 30m (10-15 talk, 15-20 follow-up).

Of course there is a natural tension between ease of entry (5 minute
lightning talks easier to prepare) and quantity. I would hope that 10-15m
wouldn't be too much harder.



> list/Web608/Facebook, or would it suit people's needs better if, like
> before, we set a regular meeting schedule, and met come rain come shine - if
> no talks get lined up, it can be a social


I'd defer to you others on this; I have so little experience with the group,
I don't know what might be the reason for attendance, getting-the-word-out
etc.

I think that the "social meetings" seems to be a natural extension of the
technical meetings, but again, I'm new, so don't really know the patterns
that you guys have established.
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