[Robotgroup] Idea for more members

[john at cozmicfunk.com]

Hey Mike,
I hear you, just following up on Andre's thread!
Denise does a great job at the heritage allowing the group to meet 
there. It would get really cramped if even ten more people attended the 
meetings :)
JPF
Def Egge wrote:
> Sorry this was intended for the list, not exclusively for JPF.
>
>
> Quoting "john at cozmicfunk.com" <john at cozmicfunk.com>:
>
> Kind of a mixture of ACC game dev, 3DS users group and
> Dorkbot/Makerfaire. Hmmm...
>
> Because show n tell at robot group already allows this and to have the  
> guest speak afterwards with all the clamor going on would be  
> distracting. We want to really respect and honor the guests coming to  
> lecture.
>
> I would suggest a formal once a month/every other month activity to  
> host the Guest speaker and have a bigger room than the one at Heritage.
>
> JPF
>
> [trimmed]
>
> The meetings to which we invited speakers started off with a brief  
> introduction followed by the presentation.  When the Q&A session  
> following the talk finished,  there was ample opportunity for informal  
> discussion.  I don't remember any show-and-tell or other organized  
> activity after the presentations.  Usually some soft drinks, beer and  
> snacks were available.
>
> A bigger room than what is offered at The Heritage will require  
> someone's time and effort to hunt one down.  They are available at a  
> cost....  Not knowing exactly how many members and guests will show  
> makes reserving a larger venue a real crap shoot.
>
> I still like the idea but, Lord knows, it took a lot of Eric's time to  
> hunt down speakers willing to talk to us.
>
>