Re: [SkullSpace-Announce] member only project nights, starting March 7 and 21

[Edwin Amsler]

I’m unfortunately busy on Thursdays but seems like a decent idea!

Regards,

Edwin

> On Mar 4, 2024, at 8:01 PM, Mark Jenkins <ma...@parit.ca> wrote:
>
> I'm going to make a new attempt at doing an ongoing "project night".
>
> Project nights are evenings where members come by to work on their
> projects, perhaps with some private guests, but not in an open to the
> public manner like Tuesdays.
>
> With 24/7 access, members can of course work on their projects
> whenever they want. So why is #project night different from any other
> night?
>
> The catalyst of project night is volunteer "project documentarians",
> members who come on project night and take the opportunity to
> document, with permission, what folks are working on and/or their own
> projects. Posts about these things can be relatively brief, even as
> simple as a captioned photo or an unedited video.
>
> By choosing to work on your project on project night and by granting
> permission to the documentarian, you can give your project greater
> visibility which can in turn help boost the image of the hackerspace
> to other members and the public.
>
> There could potentially be a virtuous cycle where other members join
> in and choose to work their projects on project night, enjoying the
> company of a "get things done" environment.
>
> If you're looking to have other members join your project, this kind
> of thing can also help.
>
> My commitment to project night is to schedule myself at least twice a
> month on Thursdays.
>
> Our Tuesday open houses have been very successful and I'm going to
> step back on my Tuesday night appearances. I hope to get more headway
> on my Skullspace #it and #hax related projects on a (potentially)
> quieter project night.
>
> Additional "project documentarian" volunteer members are welcome.
>
> Project night reports/photos/videos etc will be posted to #projects
> channel on our Discord and perhaps also echoed to the discuss@ mailing
> list, the irc channel and the website blog time permitting.
>
> Scheduling updates will appear on the skullspace calendar
> (skullspace.ca/events) and the above channels.
>
> We'll use the announce@ mailing list sometimes when big projects hit
> major milestones and when additional "project documentarians"
> volunteers become available.
>
> The first two project nights are now on the calendar:
> * Thursday March 7
> * Thursday March 21st
> 6pm-9pm.
>
> If a member wants to hold a public event on the same evening as a
> scheduled project night, we can always bump a project night with
> reasonable notice.
>
>
> Happy Hacking
> Mark Jenkins
> project night documentarian
>
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