> Does anyone have something in particular they'd like to present about? In > mid-December, I should have enough data for a talk about using Racket to do > some > Machine Learning on public transit data. > > Does anyone else have something more concrete and ready to go?
I have a few Racket-related topics about which I could make a 10 minute presentation. Assuming Racket 6 is out by then, that could be some good material, too. > People with opinions, what do you think of the format? My first idea is to > have > a talk followed by an outing to a local eatery. Thoughts on other formats? I think that's a good format. Just FYI, not saying it's better, the handful of meetups I've been to so far all used a format like: Weeknight 6:00: Network. 6:30: Pizza. 7:00: A half dozen 10 minute presentations. 8:00: Network/bye This seems to work well for people stopping by after work, and leaving the rest of the evening for family or a big dinner or whatever people want to do. Sometimes there's an optional go-to-nearby-bar-X after. A gotcha is finding some company to sponsor pizza. If the crowd includes entrepreneurs, it seems a law firm or other services provider will do it. But even if that would be a good format, eventually, maybe that's not the way to kick it off. On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Daniel King <daniel.zidan.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Greg Hendershott > <greghendersh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I've attended a few things in Boston via Meetup.com, lately.[1] I've >> thought, dang, I wish there were one for Racket. > > My thoughts exactly ;) > >> Question for NEU folks, or others with local space: If someone like >> Daniel did the organizing, could you provide some space? > > So we can definitely get space at NEU and I could look into Harvard space if > that's more convenient for folks. > > People with opinions, what do you think of the format? My first idea is to > have > a talk followed by an outing to a local eatery. Thoughts on other formats? > > Does anyone have something in particular they'd like to present about? In > mid-December, I should have enough data for a talk about using Racket to do > some > Machine Learning on public transit data. > > Does anyone else have something more concrete and ready to go? > > Are weeknights better than weekends? > > -- > Dan King ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
