[kwlug-disc] December meeting and Cory Doctorow talk

[Paul Nijjar]

Both our presenters are available to present on December 11, and Bob
from the nonprofit sysadmins is open to moving his meeting, so I have
decided to shift the meeting to the 11th. This way there will be no
conflict if tickets for the Doctorow talk should be made available to
the public. 

Could whomever manages Watcamp for KWLUG please update the entry
there?

- Paul


On Thu, Nov 09, 2017 at 12:12:00AM -0500, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> As discussed at the meeting, the University of Waterloo is hosting
> Cory Doctorow for a talk during the evening of Monday, December 4,
> which just happens to be our KWLUG meeting time.
> 
> Originally we had planned to defer the meeting and just go to the
> Doctorow talk instead. But it looks like this will be awkward or
> impossible, because I have received word that the talk is intended for
> current Math/CS faculty people at UW. They have booked the Modern
> Languages Theatre (which seats 400 people) but they expect this to
> "sell out" with just Math/CS people. 
> 
> They may be open to letting others in after Math/CS people have had
> first dibs on getting tickets, but they might not do this, and we
> would not find this out until days before the KWLUG meeting.
> 
> What do the rest of us do? Apparently plans are in the works for
> Doctorow to do an afternoon event (maybe 3pm?) at the KPL. That
> reading should be open to the public (and that auditorium seats
> another 200 people). This sucks for people who have jobs (including
> me, who will have the privilege of missing both appearances) but is an
> option for those who can get the afternoon off.
> 
> 
> The question now is what to do about the December meeting. Both of our
> presenters would prefer attending the Doctorow talk instead of doing
> their own presentations, but if they cannot get in then probably they
> will present for us as a second best option.
> 
> Given this situation I can think of the following strategies: 
> 
> - We can hold the KWLUG meeting as planned, and just expect that
>   turnout will be lower if the Doctorow talk is opened to the public.
>   This means that the presenters (and I) are locked into hosting the
>   meeting on December 4.
> 
> - We could cheat and move our KWLUG meeting to Dec 11. Then if we are
>   allowed to attend the Doctorow talk we can attend. If we are
>   prohibited from attending we can still go to KWLUG the following
>   week. Unfortunately this has domino effect implications for other
>   meetups, including the nonprofit sysadmin meetup, and maybe
>   HackerNest?
> 
> - We could cancel the December meeting, which ruins our KWLUG streak
>   and puts us in the failure mode of being locked out of both the
>   Doctorow talk and KWLUG. I like this option the least.
> 
> 
> I do not know how to make a decision between these three options.
> Maybe the presenters could weigh in? Is there an overwhelming
> consensus on what we should do? 
> 
> For selfish reasons (ie being allowed to see Doctorow speak even
> though many of you won't) I would prefer moving the meeting to Dec 11,
> but if the presenters cannot move to that date then this will not
> work. 
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> - Paul
> 
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