[nodeval] Re: [nodel-vis] RE: NODE.London Visioning session - capacity/remote participation

Fri Jun 30 13:44:32 CEST 2006

Hi Tim,

Somewhat related to your dialogue with Saul here --a whlie back we 
talked about offering people who couldn't make the session (at that 
point, thinking about people who were busy / out of town, etc) a chance 
to feed back in advance about some of the points we were going to be 
talking about. That is, sending out a list of discussion points / 
questions to interested people who couldn't come, and asking them to 
write comments in an email and we could assign someone to be 
"ambassador" for their ideas at the event.

Do you think this would still be useful? If so, we could even announce 
that this would be available to the VOs list.

Its sort of a really lo-tech way of remote participation... and if the 
option is between no remote participation and this, this might be a good 
plan B?

Heather

Tim Jones wrote:

>Hi Saul
>
>Sorry for not getting back to you recently about remote participation as
>well as this capacity point.
>
>Your thoughts come at a really useful time I think though I would
>suggest we don't adjust the format/capacity of this paticular event now.
>Instead the point about meeting structures/locations/capacities/remote
>involvement should be brought up prominently as a point for discussion
>on the 8th.
>
>Those (few) of us who have made it to recent nodel-vis meets have
>struggled to develop a robust workshop plan for the 8th (you should have
>received a copy of the workshop plan draft in the most recent nodel-vis
>minutes). I did flag up and raise questions about what to do if we hit
>capacity in a recent skype conference. The collective feeling was that:
>- a strong and well facilitated workshop structure will be necessary for
>the day to be useful
>- the proposed workshop structure, much of which is based around small
>group discussions and feeding back in intervals, won't work as well if
>we have a larger group
>- the free lunch has been actively used as a carrot to get people to the
>event - if more prople come there won't be lunch for them (or rather,
>the whole 'who's eating my lunch?' scene will get really confused) - we
>have to use the LCACE money for evaluation activity and with 50 people
>coming we basically blow what's left of that budget and have no more we
>can allocate
>
>I have suggested that we might hold a second event of this kind to take
>advantage of enthusiasm (waiting list currently has 9 confirmed and
>another 4-5 who may want to be added, so we may be plateau'ing though).
>We wouldn't have a budget for space hire, catering, notetaking,
>materials though in this event.
>
>Also I think it's vital we have a VOs meeting pretty swiftly after the
>8th (one has been pencilled for the 17th July @ space) to start making
>some hard VO led decisions and to move the whole thing forward.
>
>Remote participation:
>- in a similar vein I feel that while rp is a great idea and something
>we should definitely be exploring about how to build in to the shape of
>our future get togethers, I don't think it's feasible for the 8th.
>- we lack budget/time/expertise to set it up properly and I would guess
>it wouldn't interlock with the workshop strcuture in a way that was
>sufficiently useful and time efficient
>- we are paying a notetaker to record and write up everything from the
>session so that can be tipped to the VOs at the next meeting
>- but definitely one for the future I think and it would be great to
>think this through so it can inform future meeting structures and
>funding bids
>
>What I feel is most important to recognise right now is that significant
>motivation clearly exists for people who have maybe not been such
>'seasoned' VOs to at least input ideas into what node.london should be
>doing and making their voices heard - a great thing!
>- also - in terms of putting this event together - we have done
>something right in terms of attracting this crowd - and we should take
>the time to understand exactly what that is.
>
>Tim Jones
>tim at tim-jones.co.uk 
>skype timjones27
>mob. 00 44 (0) 7939 231163 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Saul Albert [mailto:saul at theps.net] 
>Sent: 29 June 2006 23:19
>To: tim at tim-jones.co.uk
>Subject: Re: NODE.London Visioning session now full - please inform if
>you no longer want your place
>
>hi Tim,
>
>Do you think it might be sensible to book a larger space at the ica? I
>mean, if we're in the Nash room, perhaps there's nothing going on in the
>Brandon room.
>
>How many people are asking but are too late? It's crazy not to include
>them.. although I guess we have to be sensible about how many people can
>participate...
>
>I'm just so loth to miss anyone out.
>
>X
>
>S.
>
>On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 09:28:28PM +0100, Tim Jones wrote:
>  
>
>>The NODE.London Visioning meeting set for Sat 8th July (noon - 4pm) at
>>the ICA is now fully booked, and a waiting list is building up
>>    
>>
>quickly.
>  
>
>>We naturally want to provide the chance for as many people as possible
>>to input ideas for NODE.London's future as possible, so - if for any
>>reason you feel that you may not attend (whether other commitments,
>>change of heart or whatever) it's not a problem, but it would be great
>>if you could email me on tim at lists.nodel.org as soon as you know you
>>want/need to surrender your place - so I could inform someone else
>>    
>>
>that
>  
>
>>a place had been freed up for them. 
>>
>>Thanks. Otherwise, we look forward to seeing you on the 8th, for which
>>we have a great session planned!
>>
>>Best wishes
>>
>>Tim Jones
>>tim at tim-jones.co.uk 
>>skype timjones27
>>mob. 00 44 (0) 7939 231163 
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