[pm-h] Time for the first "Houston.pm Beginners/Novices Hangout"

[Mark Allen]

Let's do it office hours style?

Weekly on x day at y time for 1 hour minimum and longer if mentors/mentees like.

Maybe mentors could host their own or start one ad hoc and send a note to the email listserv?

Idk. Just some suggestions.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 26, 2013, at 12:19 PM, "G. Wade Johnson" <gwadej at anomaly.org> wrote:
> 
> For those people who are interested in the Introductory hangout/office
> hours/mentoring/help session thing, I'm trying to come up with a good
> time to try the first one.
> 
> The ideas I'm considering:
> 
> Length:
>  1. 1 hour
>  2. 1.5 hours
>  3. 2 hours
> 
> Times:
> 
>  1. Lunch hour-ish (maybe 11:30-1:30)
>     - Advantages
>    a. Help for work projects easier
>         b. Doesn't impact people's evenings
>     - Disadvantages
>    a. Help for home projects is weirder
>         b. Some companies might object to using work time.
>    c. May not want personal Google account on work computer
> 
>  2. Late afternoon/Early evening (maybe 5:00-7:00)
>     - Advantages
>    a. Partial overlap of work time, for work projects
>         b. Partial overlap of home time, for home projects
>    c. Small impact on people's evenings
>    d. Small impact on work time
>     - Disadvantages
>    a. Overlaps many peoples' commutes
>         b. Some companies might object to using work time.
>    c. May not want personal Google account on work computer
> 
>  3. Evening (maybe 7:00-9:00)
>     - Advantages
>    a. Help for home projects is easier
>    b. Minimal impact on work time
>     - Disadvantages
>    a. Significant impact on peoples' evening time
>         b. Potential issues getting help on work projects
> 
> Days:
> 
>  I'm thinking of picking a day next week or the one after to try this.
>  Some input before I choose gives you a chance to help decide this.
> 
>  At the moment, I'm mostly considering weekdays. If anyone would
>  prefer to do a weekend, speak up.
> 
> Thanks,
> G. Wade
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