[Robotgroup] Idea for more members

[Marvin Niebuhr]

I think what Andre said and John reiterated is a great thing and it  
is time to do it again. Austin has changed since the Robot Group did  
it in '04. More Cal. folks are coming in. It doesn't have to be a  
scheduled thing; just when we have a good speaker lined up. I'm sure  
talks by Andre would bring folks in. Get those gamers in. Like John  
stated, let's not infringe on our meetings as I think it is so  
important to have time to share our projects and latest incites and  
Vern's video sleuthings. See you at Dorkbot,  Marvin

On Apr 9, 2008, at 4:48 PM, john at cozmicfunk.com wrote:

> 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
>
> Andre Lamothe wrote:
>> I am sure people have thought of this, but one thing about all the  
>> groups I
>> have attended, IEEE, programming, game dev, whatever. They tend to  
>> have
>> speakers fairly often talking about something, teaching a subject  
>> after or
>> before the meeting. I know that the robot group is always trying  
>> to find
>> ways to entice new members to join, so I think that this would be  
>> a really
>> cool feature of the group?
>>
>> I was thinking maybe every other week a 20-30 mins PPT lecture/ 
>> with PC if
>> needed on "X" during the social time after all the what's going on  
>> and show
>> and tell parts. This way, there would always be a semi-formal  
>> learning
>> element to the meetings. Those that want to watch can, those that  
>> don't can
>> socialize outside the room, so the speaker can have the floor. I  
>> bet there
>> are tons of UT students working on cool projects, local company  
>> men that are
>> nerds that would love to talk about their latest and greatest. And  
>> just, it
>> would be cool to have little mini lectures on  
>> microcontrollers, .making a
>> PCB, microsoft .Net development, mechanical engineering, materials,
>> whatever. If it works out, it could be an every meeting part of  
>> the group,
>> so everyone always learns something when they attend ---
>>
>> I would be willing to lecture on a number of tech topics for example.
>>
>> The ACC gamedev group does this for example here, and the rooms  
>> are always
>> packed.
>>
>> Andre'
>>
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