I can offer to speak again if you are needing people to speak in the future.


On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Torrie Fischer <[email protected]>wrote:

> Howdy, hakkers!
>
> Remember this thing?
>
> http://synhak.org/wiki/Speakers_Bureau
>
> When we started the bureau, I was the de facto head and handled:
>
> * Finding speakers
> * Scheduling speakers
> * Making sure the speakers are well accomodated
> * Running PR for speakers
>
> Some time ago, I believe as early as April, Xander stepped up and started
> to
> take charge of things. I really don't remember any announcement about it
> other
> than some in-person discussions, but I was quite happy to have one fewer
> responsibility at the space.
>
> Last week was the first wednesday slot I can remember where we didn't have
> anything scheduled. Previously, we had so many classes booked that there
> was a
> four month wait to get in. Sounds like much, but isn't really since we
> only do
> it twice a month.
>
> We discussed this at last night's meeting as well (phong not reporting
> minutes
> is another topic...), and the general consensus seems to be that nobody is
> actually running it anymore. If anyone is, there is absolutely no
> visibility
> as to what is going on.
>
> For such a core component of SYNHAK's mission to educate, I think it would
> Not
> Be Excellent for this situation to continue.
>
> I'm stepping up and taking over unless there are objections to that. If
> someone else can contribute the 1-2 hours a week needed for organizing
> things,
> please let me know here on discuss@. If you want to get involved with
> getting
> the bureau running again and *keeping* it running, please also let me know
> here on discuss@.
>
> If I don't hear from anyone by tomorrow afternoon, I'll start devising some
> self-sustaining mechanisms for the bureau's future along with scheduling
> new
> classes.
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