Hello UKNOF, Following on from the great success of NetMcr's inaugural event, which was very well attended by the community, we're rolling on with our 2nd event as planned.
When: Thursday 11th August, 2016 Where: 57 Thomas Street, Manchester (the bar upstairs) Time: 19:00 - ~21:30 (the venue stays open until midnight) Cost: Nil We're aiming to provide a regular, friendly environment, not just for experienced professionals but also those keen to find out more about our industry. Everyone is invited: please do forward this invitation on to any colleagues or friends that you might feel would be interest. Some ideas of those we're hoping to reach: - Junior Support/NOC techs - Students or Researchers studying Networking - Developers with a Networking focus Particularly those that might not be able to take time out of work to visit larger events; we're hoping to provide a social for everyone. === Agenda The evening will start with some short presentations (~10 mins each) to hopefully break the ice and stimulate some conversation, with a beer/food break in the middle, followed by plenty of time thereafter to network with your fellow attendees. Some of the presentations confirmed thus far are: * Access networks with GPON - Thom Seddon, Telcom * All about Oxidized - Neil Lathwood, UKFast * [ Your presentation here! ] Please get in touch if you have something that you'd like to present! The topics permissible are broad, so don't be shy, but do keep in mind that you could be speaking to quite a wide audience in terms of technical understanding. And ideally a topic that we can fit into 10-15 minutes. :) Following on from feedback, we're going to have a full write-up of each meeting, with slides from the presentations if permissible, available via http://www.netmcr.uk. === Attending NetMcr If you're interested in coming along, please do reply to me or Thom just so that we can get an idea of attendance on the day. We've also created a Lanyrd page for the event for that purpose: http://lanyrd.com/2016/net-mcr/ To get in touch with us directly, please use either/or: Twitter: @net_mcr Email: [email protected] Please use #NetMcr if you're tweeting about us! === Important notes for attendees 1. Please do try to turn up promptly as we'll be hoping to start the talks at the *beginning* of the evening, ca. 19:30. 2. The venue owners are happy for us to use their space gratis, with the assumption that there will be some spend behind the bar. Out of respect to our generous hosts, please do not bring your own food or drink*. * The cheese & meat boards are amazing, so it's worth eating there! 3. Whilst we're clearly provisioning to make this a social event with alcohol, please do not feel as if you are expected to drink - there will be a range of non-alcoholic beverages available at the bar. 4. If you'll be under 18 at the time of attending, please speak to me as soon as possible. I hope attendance won't be an issue, sans alcohol, but we will need to double-check this with the bar's manager before you attend. 5. Everyone attending will be there to socialise and talk Networking, so please be respectful and tolerant regardless of anyone's level of knowledge, gender, race, religion, football team, or their current employer. Anyone that feels they have been treated without the due respect should please contact myself or Thom privately. That's it. Feedback is of course very welcome - both before & after the event. We hope to see as many of you there as possible. :) Tom & Thom.
