That's a pretty cool story. On 2013-04-23 11:14, Jim MacKenzie wrote: > 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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