IT Ramblings Group org. meeting minutes - Thu Jun 9th

[Ivan Pesin]

Hi,

with this letter I would like to summarize our Thu meeting:

Meeting skeleton

0. Welcome 

--Event introduction (first 2-3 times)

--Speakers' introduction

--Getting to know the audience

1. Tech news

--Aim: Ice breaker + involve ppl into discussion

--Banal chit-chat

--Questions from audience

--Expectations on today's discussion

2. Problem solving / presentation

--Present a problem

--Work with audience on solution (verbally)

and/or

--Present a technical idea/concept

--Discuss it with audience

3. Conclusion

--Drive home safely

We could insert small digressions between parts of the discussion, alike the one I suggested - metaphor examples.

Meeting prospective

Name: IT Ramblings Group

Audience: 25 ppl (5 students/20 IT professionals)

Advertising: Blog 

Organizational: Group, registration form.

Initial schedule:

1. Jun 28th

2. Jul 19th

3. Aug 2nd

Video recording required.

First meeting

1. Greetings + Administrativa, quick audience introduction 10min

 * ivan/jim: what is it all about - discussing IT-related topics in Eng

 * who we are - brief introductions of hosts

 * the way we do things - our prospective how the event will look like

2. Tech news, round robin way of presenting, engaging audience: 3-5 pieces, 15-25min

 * viktor/ivan: briefing on important tech news, why do we think they are important, possible implications

3. Problem solving/presentation, 50min

 * jim: 9/11 storage problem

 * wad: mind mapping approach

 * viktor/ivan: general technical problems and approaches

4. Conclusion, 5-10min

 * thx, google-group + feedback, drive safely

Actions

-viktor: blog, group, registration form, tech news(+ivan), problem set(+ivan)

-ivan: meeting minutes, initial blog post(collaboration), tech news(+viktor), problem set(+viktor)

-zhenya: advertising - students, N-iX, other companies

-jim: meeting introduction speech, 9/11 storage problem, interview: American interviewer prospective, interview: American interviewee prospective, interesting practices/processes in big IT companies

Next organizational meeting on w/c Jun 20th.

-iv