Workshop Meeting Minutes: Offline Experiences

[Naji (Naji Esiri)]

A couple of updates on the above…

@Naji

Workshop timings:-There has been discussion over whether hosting the Workshop on a Tuesdy afternoon limits attendance. -If it’s brief (<2hrs), holding the workshop before the Open Office makes sense, as it means people travelling from outside of London can enjoy both events in one trip.-For larger groups,longer agendas or bigger workshops a weekend day could work well.

We think the existing format works well for bi-monthly workshops but we’d like to try quarterly workshops on a weekend to make it easier for people to join us ( a lot of people can’t make the Tuesday
due to work commitments). These workshops would cover a few topics instead of just one area of focus, possibly with talks hosted by other relevant and complimentary organisations experts and interesting people What’s the general preference for timing, could this new Saturday half day format work for you?

@Naji

Open Office Feedback: Talk could be longer and subject matter more detailed. Anything from 15-30 minutes could work.

We’re already exploring different formats for the Open Office which we hope will offer greater variety and depth of content. The first version of this being our March Open Office.

Streaming and Podcasts

Some of the content is a bit rough and ready but we’re looking forward to refining our video content and pushing plenty more of it to the Youtube channel in the coming weeks. This will include live streams of events, tutorials, and a behind the scenes mini series we’re excited to share with you soon

Community Room

Congratulations to @warriner for naming the Community Room! It’s difficult for us to commit to all the plans here until we’re in the Office but we’ll be sure to update. We’re particularly excited to explore how we can support community led meetups and workshops hosted here.

@Naji

Workshops - for small businesses that don’t accept debit cards-Partnerships with other techonology companies supporting small and independent business -Training for independents- (Highlight the benefits of accepting card, explain card systems a little more)

It’s a project which deserves a good chunk of time and attention to do well so we’ll most likely revisit this at a later date.

Current Account Launch

We determined to do something for the community to celebrate this. Once we have some concrete idea of timeframes for the rollout of current accounts and the bigger plan we’ll be able to discuss this and swap suggestions with you guys.