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Node Unconference [June 13?] #4

Closed JuanCaicedo closed 9 years ago

JuanCaicedo commented 9 years ago

We've been talking about hosting a NovaNode/NodeDC unconference. Since NodeConf this year is an unconference, we talked about doing this at that same time on Saturday, June 13th. Our event would be in Rosslyn.

Feel free to comment any thought about such an event on here!

These are the things I wanted to gage

It's basically a conference without set speakers or topics. This is what goes on at an unconference:

  1. All attendees write down topics that they would like to discuss / learn about on index cards and place them on a table.
  2. All attendees vote on their favorite 3 topics by drawing dots on the index cards.
  3. The organizers prioritize the list of topics based on most votes and form a schedule of sessions.
  4. If your index card was picked as a session, you are in charge of moderating (leading the discussion / asking questions).
  5. Everyone learns a lot, has a ton of fun, and gets to know more people in the community!

@adunkman @danmactough @danpaz

jkeam commented 9 years ago

+1 to the idea, but not sure about the date. Since it's the same time as NodeConf, you can only attend one. Thoughts?

JuanCaicedo commented 9 years ago

The idea was to have an "If you can't make it to NodeConf (in CA)" event. But if people going to NodeConf really wanted to attend a local event like this, we could then plan on a later date.

danmactough commented 9 years ago

@JuanCaicedo Maybe the weekend after NodeConf? It could still be an "If you couldn't make it to NodeConf" event, and people who went to NodeConf might be interested in leading some sessions that recap and/or follow-up on NodeConf sessions.

jkeam commented 9 years ago

+1

adunkman commented 9 years ago

@jkeam are you planning on going to NodeConf this year?

jkeam commented 9 years ago

haha debating it, but not sure yet. are you?

adunkman commented 9 years ago

@jkeam not this year for me, but definitely considered it!

JuanCaicedo commented 9 years ago

One of our organizers is going to be out of town for the second half of June, so I think we're going to stick with June 13th. The event will be up sometime next week, I'll let you all know!

adunkman commented 9 years ago

Sweet! Thanks for the heads up, this seems like an exciting event. :)

joshfinnie commented 9 years ago

I really like this idea, so I am going to chime in with my :+1:

JuanCaicedo commented 9 years ago

Here's the link to the event, it's happening! I'm also going to close this issue.

http://www.meetup.com/Nova-Node/events/221268375/