Updated agenda for tonight. 6pm Turf Bar – on the sofas!

1. Club Meeting venues?

Suggestion: Rotating Roster of 3-4 times per year

Talking points: Informal?

DAVID: UOM: I’ve always had my best and most vigorous discussions in more informal atmospheres, so anything that allows that gets my vote for venue.

2. Frequency & Time?

Suggestion: Fortnightly – Mondays? or 2nd & 4th Monday?

DAVID: UOM: – I would say that with regards to guest speakers, that you have one actual “speech” a month/every two months, and the other times have a guest “chair”, something that naturally encourages audience collaboration and engagement.

3. Website ?

Hosted by 2thinknow? Question: How do we manage updates?

Suggestion: Maybe we go entirely paperless

Talking Points:

DAVID: UOM: – I think entirely paperless is the best option for nothing else in that it limits a lot of costs associated with groups like this that start small and grow quickly.  When it comes to coordinating events, free services like http://www.mobaganda.com/ (my personal fav) help spread the word and manage responses (and Twitter of course).  If 2thinknow have the space for it, I dont see why it shouldnt be housed there.

What sort of content is going to be offered – will it just be a dumping place of official documents/reference material?

Perhaps it can incorporate some sort of Ideas Board (kind of like the bollards one sees around the Uni these days, big poles with lots of posters and musings on them) and requisite link sharing.

CONVERSATION ??

4. Themes & Speakers?

Suggestion: David Scott – rotating themes

Talking points: Speakers engage with audience, peers based discussion, flat not top down, emphasize collaboration

DAVID: UOM: – As flagged in previous correspondence, I think rotating themes (and relevant speakers) are the best way to keep things focussed and moving, and it also means that the people likely to turn up are those who feel they can add to the discussion.

Have a guest “chair”, something that naturally encourages audience collaboration and engagement.  Also is it worth setting modest aims at the start of each meeting/month/meeting cycle?  Perhaps something achievable, something attainable, something of a dream (im thinking Rudd 2020 style here perhaps haha).  Helps give a bit of conclusion to that cycle of issues/themes.  (As a non-business mind I dont know how this sits alongside entreprenuership and commercialisation and the like…)

5. Life Members?

Suggestion: First 13 Founders life Members

DAVID: UOM: - Life members – necessary? Role now/future? (I suppose these will be worked out in relation to the constitution).
Thoughts: will encourage a chorum/sponsorship? maybe other way?

6. Member Rules?

Suggestion: Adopted constitution framework from similar clubs

Discussion: How to ensure collaboration long-term, broad range of interests, prevent narrow interests (pitches) /boredom/problems seen in other groups? [Don't get too hung up on this]

Talking points: What checks & balances? Separate out ‘The Pitch’ aka Gruen. Shooting down ideas banned unless you say “Plus”, “Minus”, “interesting”? (aka Edward De Bono)? maybe a jester? All IDEAS welcome!

DAVID: UOM: - Member rules…I think these need to be worked out once a constitution/modus operandi is laid out, that way it can all be referenced back in a nice clear cogent way.  But I love the ‘plus’, ‘minus’ and ‘interesting’ idea.

7. Sponsors?

Suggestion: 2thinknow to provide board-room for Monday June 15th 2009, proposed date meetup.

Discussion: Who can provide a venue? Depends on numbers? Anyone provide drinks & nibbles?

8. Fees?

Suggestion: None. Free. Or Gold-coin donation on entry to cover admin – those not working /students/free!?

DAVID: UOM: - Like the gold coin donation fee – if nothing else it would help provide a token of something down the line to relevant sponsors/organisers.  Always nice.

FOLLOWED BY GENERAL HUB-BUB ABOUT WHAT TO DO.