<div dir="ltr">Hi Mongers,<div>I can't retrieve the email about doing lightning talks in March but it works for me.</div><div>I will have one or maybe 2 talks as I want to give an update on my packaging (Ansible vs Perl) progress. </div><div><br></div><div>If I read my calendar right, the next meeting is on March 14th, right? </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers, Florent</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 4:14 PM, Olly Betts <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:olly@survex.com" target="_blank">olly@survex.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Tue, Feb 07, 2017 at 09:43:37PM +1300, Grant McLean wrote:<br>
</span><span class="">> Throughout 2016, attendance levels were low and I really found it a<br>
> struggle from month to month to find people willing to do a talk - so<br>
> huge thanks to everyone who did speak last year! I'm leaning towards<br>
> the conclusion that it's not worth bothering any more - convince me I'm<br>
> wrong :-)<br>
<br>
</span>I suspect there's something of a feedback loop between lack of speakers and<br>
lack of attendees. Not only is there a smaller pool of potential speakers,<br>
but giving a talk to just 2 or 3 people feels less rewarding as a speaker.<br>
<br>
I probably turned up less often last year than the couple of years before -<br>
in my case it's partly just being busier, partly unfortunate timing of<br>
meetings vs me being away, but also I don't work in town and I'm more<br>
likely to trek in specially if there's a talk that's about stuff I'm<br>
particularly interested in, more so if there are multiple talks.<br>
<span class=""><br>
> The format we have been following is by no means set in stone. If you<br>
> have ideas for how to make it better and how to boost attendance then<br>
> please reply on the list and we can talk about them.<br>
<br>
</span>Some thoughts on suggestions elsewhere in the thread:<br>
<br>
* Widening the scope to beyond Perl was suggested, but the current scope<br>
isn't really just Perl - few of my talks have been very connected to<br>
Perl, and we've had a number of other non-Perl talks. But perhaps that<br>
needs more explicitly publicising.<br>
<br>
* Shorter talks - again, there's not a required minimum length is there?<br>
But maybe that should be made clearer to encourage potential speakers.<br>
<br>
* Lunchtime meetings probably wouldn't work for me personally - I've gone<br>
to a few of the lunchtime "summer of tech" talks, and it means a big hole<br>
in my day while I travel in and out again.<br>
<span class=""><br>
> Are any of you keen to come along but have other commitments that clash?<br>
> The schedule can be changed. Would you be more or less likely to attend<br>
> if meetings were every two months?<br>
<br>
</span>Probably slightly more likely, though a reminder email that it's this month<br>
would be more important if it's not (almost) every month.<br>
<span class=""><br>
> Will you be volunteering to talk this year? If so, what about? If not,<br>
> why not?<br>
<br>
</span>I'd imagine so, though not sure about topic. Main issue is finding time<br>
to prepare.<br>
<span class=""><br>
> Is there something that I'm doing (or not doing) that puts you off<br>
> attending? If there is, I need to know so I can fix that - please tell<br>
> me.<br>
<br>
</span>I think you're doing an awesome job.<br>
<span class=""><br>
> Traditionally, the first meeting of the year is a lightning talk meeting<br>
> on the second Tuesday of February - that would be next Tuesday (also, by<br>
> coincidence this year that's also Valentines day, does that matter?).<br>
><br>
> Can we actually pull together a lightning talk meeting in one week? If<br>
> you think we can and want to take part, then email me to book a 5 minute<br>
> talk slot. If you think delaying until March would help then say so.<br>
<br>
</span>I'm just back from holiday, so might struggle to come up with a coherent<br>
5 minutes by tomorrow evening, but happy to try. Not sure I can make<br>
the March meeting.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Olly<br>
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