Yeah I had wondered about a weekend and the extra time it would give us, but wasn't sure what sort of commitment and turnout we would get. If we have the interest then great! Workshops are an excellent idea - our studio has 2 large desk areas, plus a small boardroom so there would be room to split into groups if need be.
On 27/10/2008, at 2:20 PM, Ryan Allen wrote: > > The last BarCamp that was held at ThoughtWorks was a fantastic format > for this kind of event. The last Melbourne noobie night the sentiment > I believe was that it could have gone on longer. > > I'd suggest doing it on a Saturday, starting at say, 9am or 10am, > running through to about 4pm and then (of course) heading off to a > local pub for further geek-gabbing. > > If we conducted it over a Saturday it'd mean we can squeeze more > presentations in, and conduct a few workshops, too! > > Nicolas Marfleet wrote: >> Hey All, >> >> For those of you at the Melbourne meetup last month, you may remember >> Pete announcing that Square Circle Triangle (the benevolent payer of >> my wages) has volunteered to host a Ruby Nuby event. >> >> Seeing that the next meetup is mere days away, and no further >> progress >> has been made, I thought it was time I pulled my finger out and we >> got >> the ball rolling. >> >> The date I am currently looking to organise this for is Tuesday 20th >> January which should give us plenty of time to get things sorted even >> with the Christmas mayhem. No particular format has yet been decided >> on (it doesn't necessarily have to be tied to a single night either), >> so if anyone has strong opinions about this, or is interested in >> being >> involved in a committee for organising the event then please email >> myself and Pete Yandell or come speak to us this Thursday. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Nick > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
