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Things that worked well

  • amount of discussion
    • adds to the meeting
    • more interaction than other meetup groups
  • overtly talking about free software
  • deliberately non-technical
    • even though most members are technical
    • less jargon, good for newcombers
  • getting a bit bigger, more momentum
  • great letter to Mozilla
    • been wanting to do more outward-facing stuff like this
    • perhaps more opinion pieces for website
    • Facebook's internet.org
  • introducing continuity, new committed people getting involved
  • working well with LUV, eg. Software Freedom Day
  • inviting women specifically
  • just inviting people in general working too
  • not a problem turning up late with phone number
  • become more a part of society, public facing, activism
  • photo carousel on website makes a big difference

Things that didn't work so well

  • not enough women
    • encouraging women event was good
  • time of meeting may not be ideal for many
    • getting into city is hard
    • consider closer to a station?
  • getting locked out is still a hassle
  • we don't have any money
  • discussion can make it harder to be an anonymous newbie

Things to work on

  • more educating the public on privacy and security
  • following up on invites
  • publish "I'm late" phone number in meeting announcement
  • print and laminate the window sign
  • go to other compatible groups
    • freedom and openness
    • community groups
    • non-technical
    • societal issues
  • invite Pia to talk at FSM?
  • follow up with a blog post after meetings
    • builds confidence
  • go back through archive and list past meeting topics somewhere
  • LCA presence?
  • being called upon as practical educators
  • ask about what sort of event would suit our (not yet present)

Meetup.com members

  • run joint events with other groups
  • explicitly welcome newbies
  • keep making an effort to start on time
    • make sure we nominate a meeting chair/host/timekeeper
    • nominate someone to sit on door for first 15 mins
  • mix in more informal events, schedule them well ahead to give us a break
    • trivia night
    • clash of the licenses
    • things involving teamwork
    • things in Gnews
  • find groups we haven't partnered with
    • makes normal sounding activities new and interesting
  • run keysigning parties
    • roll out same thing with different groups
  • run something not on a Thursday night
    • perhaps on a day that doesn't typically suit committee members
    • LUV Beginners?

Ideas for "contribute to free software" event

  • next thing is to pick a date well in advance, eg. 2 months
  • Melb Uni venue looks like it would work, may provide catering
  • warmup by making a contribution to Wikipedia
  • then a contribution to Open Street Map
  • then a documentation change
  • talk to people who run Open Tech School

Ideas for June meeting

  • Scott: Distributed social networks
  • Ben M: Guy on Android in schools