[dfs3] Nice one!

[mark]

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Hi all,

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who came along to the Miners' Hall
yesterday, despite it being the perfect weather for playing outside;
especially Barry and Dan, without whom it wouldn't have worked.

Here are my reflections on the event, in no particular order. These are
all "IMHO" so feel free to disagree :)

The building was beautiful and the thick, sandstone walls protected us
from the heat. I for one feel good to have delivered something in
collaboration with Unite Community Branch on DMA premises. The downside
however was that the way the room was set up didn't make it easy for
people to mingle, and kept people far apart on opposite sides of the
amazing table. For this kind of event I would like a smaller room with
movable tables.

Someone should write a blog post about the day, whilst it's fresh in
our minds. Someone should volunteer to do this. If you like, I'll help
you, but I'm not doing it on my own.

- From my (messy) notes it looked like there were three 'themes' to what
people wanted to do next. They were:

1] Do something with graphics, especially designing posters and fliers
using free software

2] Do something related to computer privacy (and security?) for beginners

3] Do installfests outside of Durham city, in village halls and
community centres

4] Do something with linux-based music-making and audio production

5] Find a way to get old computers into the hands of people who need
them, in a useful state (i.e. linuxified)

6] Something to do with getting google's grasping claws and sticky
fingers out of your smartphone


So, I'd like to say at this point that it's been a great buzz being in
the driving seat, but I feel this is a good time for me to let other
people shine by taking a back seat myself.

What that means practically is that if you want any of the things in
the list above to happen, or anything else for that matter, YOU need
to step up and make it happen. Other people including me will support
you, but now is the time for people to take on "sudo leadership".

http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/The_sudo_leadership_Pattern


Be excellent to one another,
Mark
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