london-hacknight-organising

Slackbot 02:30:10

Reminder: Reminder: Weekly post-hacknight ORGANIZING HUDDLE thread Feel free to respond with: gratitudes! props! challenges! speedbumps! noticings! `:party_parrot:`s!

Slackbot 02:30:10

Reminder: Reminder: Weekly post-hacknight ORGANIZING HUDDLE thread Feel free to respond with: gratitudes! props! challenges! speedbumps! noticings! `:party_parrot:`s!

Slackbot 02:30:07

Reminder: Reminder: Weekly post-hacknight ORGANIZING HUDDLE thread Feel free to respond with: gratitudes! props! challenges! speedbumps! noticings! `:party_parrot:`s!

Slackbot 02:30:07

Reminder: Reminder: Weekly post-hacknight ORGANIZING HUDDLE thread Feel free to respond with: gratitudes! props! challenges! speedbumps! noticings! `:party_parrot:`s!

patcon 20:43:19

Anonymous feedback from a past speaker, in case anyone is curious 😉

> *Did you have the info you needed before your presentation? (Y/N/can't remember)*
> Yes
>
> *Is there anything else you would've liked to know before your presentation? (freeform)*
> I think there was a little confusion about how long we had to present Vs the segments on the timetable
>
> *How was the experience, from your perspective? (1-10)*
> 10
>
> *What could have made your experience better?*
> Honestly just preparing ourselves better
>
> *Have you followed up (or do you intend to follow up) with anyone new you met at the hacknight? (Y/N/Maybe)*
> Maybe
>
> *Was presenting at g0v.london a valuable use of your time? (1-10)*
> 10
>
> *How relevant is g0v.london -- or the projects that are developed there -- to your work? (1-10)*
> 6
>
> *What overall suggestions do you have for us as we try to scale up the size and impact of our hacknights?*
> Bring in people who need a specific hack done and use the night to focus on that which then gets taken forward to a full project
>
> *How would you _briefly_ describe what happens at a Civic Tech Toronto hacknight?*
> Networking, information sharing, brainstorming

patcon 20:43:19

Anonymous feedback from a past speaker, in case anyone is curious 😉

> *Did you have the info you needed before your presentation? (Y/N/can't remember)*
> Yes
>
> *Is there anything else you would've liked to know before your presentation? (freeform)*
> I think there was a little confusion about how long we had to present Vs the segments on the timetable
>
> *How was the experience, from your perspective? (1-10)*
> 10
>
> *What could have made your experience better?*
> Honestly just preparing ourselves better
>
> *Have you followed up (or do you intend to follow up) with anyone new you met at the hacknight? (Y/N/Maybe)*
> Maybe
>
> *Was presenting at g0v.london a valuable use of your time? (1-10)*
> 10
>
> *How relevant is g0v.london -- or the projects that are developed there -- to your work? (1-10)*
> 6
>
> *What overall suggestions do you have for us as we try to scale up the size and impact of our hacknights?*
> Bring in people who need a specific hack done and use the night to focus on that which then gets taken forward to a full project
>
> *How would you _briefly_ describe what happens at a Civic Tech Toronto hacknight?*
> Networking, information sharing, brainstorming

patcon 20:45:43

Noteworthy: top-rated on how it went, value for time, but midde-rated (6) for relation to their work.

:bulb: have more specific things that convert into longterm projects
:exclamation: perceived as more networking, than working/hacking

zf 20:46:38

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patcon 21:22:46

set the channel topic: Hover for details... :point_down:🏽👇🏿👇🏾👇🏻
For [future] co-organiser chats. Currently using WhatsApp, details below.

🌱 Doc: https://link.g0v.london/organising

patcon 21:25:13

(crossing update posting from whatsapp)

Did some speaker booking things while being an insomniac last night:
• added lots of speaker candidate leads to /speaker-booking spreadsheet
• created a typeform account (credentials in passwords doc)
• created a followup survey: https://link.g0v.london/speaker-survey
• added a followup email template to /speaker-booking-guide
• sent belated followups to all past speakers, cc'ing speakers@g0v.london

patcon 21:25:13

(crossing update posting from whatsapp)

Did some speaker booking things while being an insomniac last night:
• added lots of speaker candidate leads to /speaker-booking spreadsheet
• created a typeform account (credentials in passwords doc)
• created a followup survey: https://link.g0v.london/speaker-survey
• added a followup email template to /speaker-booking-guide
• sent belated followups to all past speakers, cc'ing speakers@g0v.london

patcon 01:13:28

Wahoo! @reg just scheduled in to speak for Mar 14 🎉 (still need a venue for March FYI)
https://www.meetup.com/g0v-london/events/291536609/

patcon 01:13:28

Wahoo! @reg just scheduled in to speak for Mar 14 🎉 (still need a venue for March FYI)
https://www.meetup.com/g0v-london/events/291536609/

patcon 01:17:20

<!here> Current booking statuses:
:speaking_head_in_silhouette: speaker
:house_with_garden: venue

:speaking_head_in_silhouette:✅ || 🏡✅ Tue, Feb 14 (opportunistic)
🗣️✅ || 🏡✅ Tue, Feb 28
🗣️✅ || 🏡❌ Tue, Mar 7 (newspeak unavailable)
🗣️✅ || 🏡❓ Tue, Mar 14 (newspeak unknown)
🗣️❓ || 🏡❓ Tue, Mar 21 (newspeak unknown)
🗣️❓ || 🏡❓ Tue, Mar 28 (newspeak unknown)

patcon 01:17:20

<!here> Current booking statuses:
:speaking_head_in_silhouette: speaker
:house_with_garden: venue

:speaking_head_in_silhouette:✅ || 🏡✅ Tue, Feb 14 (opportunistic)
🗣️✅ || 🏡✅ Tue, Feb 28
🗣️✅ || 🏡❌ Tue, Mar 7 (newspeak unavailable)
🗣️✅ || 🏡❓ Tue, Mar 14 (newspeak unknown)
🗣️❓ || 🏡❓ Tue, Mar 21 (newspeak unknown)
🗣️❓ || 🏡❓ Tue, Mar 28 (newspeak unknown)

patcon 07:06:03

More anon feedback from a speaker:

> *Did you have the info you needed before your presentation? (Y/N/I don't* remember)
> Yes
>
> *How was the experience, from your perspective? (1-10)*
> 5
>
> *What could have made your experience better?*
> I should have been to one as an attendee before and also had more time to prepare
>
> *Have you followed up (or do you intend to follow up) with anyone new you met at the hacknight? (Y/N/Maybe)*
> Yes
>
> *Was presenting at g0v.london a valuable use of your time? (1-10)*
> 10
>
> *What could we do to make presenting at hacknights more valuable for presenters?*
> Have more solid backups in place! I’d be happy to standby for next time someone cancellations last minute especially as we have experience now
>
> *How relevant is g0v.london -- or the projects that are developed there -- to your work? (1-10)*
> 9
>
> *What overall suggestions do you have for us as we try to scale up the size and impact of our hacknights?*
> Following up like this is great I think. In a word: Accountability
>
> *How would you briefly describe what happens at a hacknight?*
> Idk

patcon 07:06:03

More anon feedback from a speaker:

> *Did you have the info you needed before your presentation? (Y/N/I don't* remember)
> Yes
>
> *How was the experience, from your perspective? (1-10)*
> 5
>
> *What could have made your experience better?*
> I should have been to one as an attendee before and also had more time to prepare
>
> *Have you followed up (or do you intend to follow up) with anyone new you met at the hacknight? (Y/N/Maybe)*
> Yes
>
> *Was presenting at g0v.london a valuable use of your time? (1-10)*
> 10
>
> *What could we do to make presenting at hacknights more valuable for presenters?*
> Have more solid backups in place! I’d be happy to standby for next time someone cancellations last minute especially as we have experience now
>
> *How relevant is g0v.london -- or the projects that are developed there -- to your work? (1-10)*
> 9
>
> *What overall suggestions do you have for us as we try to scale up the size and impact of our hacknights?*
> Following up like this is great I think. In a word: Accountability
>
> *How would you briefly describe what happens at a hacknight?*
> Idk

patcon 07:09:06

👉🏻 High value, but middling experience apparently because they felt they hadn't prepared enough. Wished they'd attended first, so maybe means we didn't prepare them well enough.
💡 Could send links to prior hacknights so they feel welcome to come in advance.
❤️ Appreciated the survey.
🎉 Offered to be backup speaker again, but not sure who they are :)

Slackbot 02:30:10

Reminder: Reminder: Weekly post-hacknight ORGANIZING HUDDLE thread Feel free to respond with: gratitudes! props! challenges! speedbumps! noticings! `:party_parrot:`s!

Slackbot 02:30:10

Reminder: Reminder: Weekly post-hacknight ORGANIZING HUDDLE thread Feel free to respond with: gratitudes! props! challenges! speedbumps! noticings! `:party_parrot:`s!

patcon 08:06:40

Was a quiet night (10 ppl), but as alwats higher energy that I would've expected from our numbers!

patcon 20:08:53

Just ordered a little binder of pouches to keep our stickers organized and easy to display :)

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@null 22:33:53

Hello World

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patcon 22:35:51

As always, grateful to @aelcenganda for inviting ppl in off the street!

patcon 22:36:44

Also, felt really nice to end closer to 9pm, and get out to the pub after with a significant number of the attendees 🙌🏻 yay friend-making

Slackbot 02:30:16

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Slackbot 02:30:16

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ael 23:49:31

@patcon
They are quite regularly using pol.is! Would be a good speaker candidate but just a little bit far from London https://www.harrogatedistrictconsensus.org/about/

ael 23:49:31

@patcon
They are quite regularly using pol.is! Would be a good speaker candidate but just a little bit far from London https://www.harrogatedistrictconsensus.org/about/

patcon 07:09:08

great call! added Andrew to potential speaker list at https://link.g0v.london/speaker-booking !