I had a great idea for a future hackathon. I forgot what it was though On 2013-04-23 11:11 AM, "Brian Kulyk" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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