I originally sent this by email earlier in the week, forgetting that
when I send an email here it does not arrive, unlike the other groups
I follow.
At the last meeting I agreed to do this:
Put Jake's report up on the APL Wiki;
Put my previous report on the Wiki;
Poll the group for a decision between at least three possible themes
for the next meeting;
Do some more publicity.
As the room was filling up with strangers at the end I am not sure how
publicly these agreements were known. One of the aspects of the venue
is that we need to ensure group agreements are made before 4:30pm.
Another feature of the venue is that Ziggi attached his computer to
the large screen and used it to good effect during his theme. It
occurred to us that we could use skype (say) to involve people outside
London in our discussions.
These themes for the next meeting have been suggested:
NARS 2000, led by Dick(if we ask him by Monday this week!);
Marketing APL, led by Chris;
Free association plus, led by Ellis.
By free association plus I am mean start at 3pm with (say) half an
hour on how to run the meetings to include choosing theme and
appointing tasks for the next meeting, followed (say) by a couple of
short (15 minute) presentations by anyone who volunteers using the big
screen, breaking up into smaller groups well before 4:30. This would
be a "low workload" option if Chris and Dick feel they need more time
to get their themes organised.
**** PLEASE post your vote/opinions/other theme HERE ****.
The beginnings of a page about the group is here
http://aplteam2.com/aplwiki/BAALondon
it is still under construction and should improve over the next few
days
At the last two meetings one of us (Dick, then me) has agreed to do
some publicity. Please don't feel that precludes you from doing the
same if you have a good idea. Several people came to their first
meeting last Friday including two "dyadic transfers" (APL speakers who
did not know anyone when they came to the pub), at least one had come
because "I had an email from the BAA telling me about it". Dyalog were
also well represented. To avoid duplication of publicity efforts I
will put up a list of the places where I know the group is mentioned
(I have now started this at the BAALondon WIKI page, see above.)