Yeah, maybe we should stop using the word 'hackathon' incorrectly, and just call it 'open day' or something?
Every hackathon is different, and is based around whatever theme/etc we send out. If there's no theme, it's generally just an open day for people to come hang out when there are lots of people around. Ron On 2013-04-23 11:11, Brian Kulyk 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/ _______________________________________________ SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
