That's a pretty good question. Before we had a space of our own we used to use the Hackathons as opportunities to get together and work on or discuss common interests and projects. Some people broke out into small groups to work on projects, other played StarCraft, and we had talks going on. The talks really helped bring in new people and build a sense of community. We also had bake sales for fund raisers.
Personally I really like that format and it was great to see people doing talks at this hackathon. Brian Kulyk 204.887.6988 On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Ace Tunes <[email protected]> wrote: > Honestly I am really unclear on what a hackathon is and what skill-set one > would need to participate and have fun. > On 2013-04-23 10:40 AM, "Nathan T. Wild" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is something we should talk about at the meeting. I think conveying >> the message that hackathons are open to the public is a great way to bring >> people in. >> >> Also, having some designated ambassadors on-hand to recognise and welcome >> new people... >> >> >> ------Original Message------ >> From: Ron Bowes >> Sender: [email protected] >> To: SkullSpace >> ReplyTo: SkullSpace >> Subject: Re: [SkullSpace-Discuss] Thanks >> Sent: Apr 23, 2013 10:21 >> >> Yeah, agreed! I'm sorry I couldn't be there, but it was too far from >> where I was working. :) >> >> Seriously though, it was great! I'm really sad that the audience, at >> least at the start, was fairly small. Did it start too early? Was there >> not enough advertising? How would you guys suggest we do better in the >> future? >> >> Ron >> >> On 2013-04-23 10:12, Brian Kulyk wrote: >> > I just wanted to take a quick moment to thank our presenters at the last >> > Hackathon. The talks where great so thanks guys. >> > >> > Brian Kulyk >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> >> Nathan T. Wild >> Ralph Brown Community Centre Inc. >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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