General Meeting Schedule

We will have a meeting with a rough agenda of:

  • 7:30 - Wayne goes up and down stairs bringing people in 
                while folks meet one another and introduce themselves
  • 7:30 - 8:30 - Someone(s) give a talk(s) on a subject(s) that 
                people have expressed interest in via the mailing list
                prior (_well_ prior) to the actual meeting day.
  • 8:35 - whenever - we sit around and chat about the talk, or any 
                other linux/open source/ programming /computer stuff.
  • whenever - later - optionally gather at Waterloo Ice House for 
                dessert or dinner while continuing to chat (the Austin
                Perl Mogers do this quite a bit.

Suggestions for other meeting content (mark as additional or as alternate please)

Proposed meeting format: Lightning talks

  • A meeting consists of several short (5-20 minutes, or so) presentations on several, possibly related, topics

Pros:

  • Easier for presenters to prepare for
  • If a presenter goes AWOL, there's still a meeting
  • Some cool topics might not warrant a full meeting

Cons:

  • Have to scrounge up enough presenters