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Let's bug Julia and try try try to go to Silicon Knights.
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Wyatt Carss
http://wcarss.blogspot.com, http://wcarss.ath.cx, http://socis.ca/~wcarss
seconded
seconded
Seminars
Something that was done wayyyy back when I was in first year, and got decent turnout, was having grad students/upper year undergrads give seminars to the lower years about foundational stuff (ie: Linux usage, basics of using valgrind).
In my year of dicatorship, we talked about also getting some post-grads to come do talks, in cooperation with the department. It never came about, but I've always thought it would be good. At the very least, the first idea did pretty well.
Then again, I'm old and rickety, so what do I know? :P
we actually had that earlier
we actually had that earlier last semester. When Chad was VP he ran several seminars, but the turn out wasn't great. I guess time has changed?
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Kelvin Lau
2nd Year BAH/CIS
Lots of "yeah, that's a
Lots of "yeah, that's a great idea" type stuff, but considering how most people plan their time [ie. "Assignment isn't due until midnight? Well it's only 6pm, I don't need to start yet."].
And people seem less interested in technical skills that matter vs. playing games instead.
To my recollection, I only
To my recollection, I only remember two seminars, and both of them were scheduled on top of Board Meetings for me, so I couldn't attend. Personally, I really wanted to attend that OS X talk, and I would have been there if I could.
However, I'm sure that there's a similar trend with most new ideas. Most of the regular events have their own crowds following them (such as the SBE or Paintball), but it's a lot harder to get people to get excited about something they're not used to.
It's also important to promote these events properly. You could make some posters and put them in the labs and around Reynolds. Send some posters to the Professors and ask them to show them to their classes. And if you want to promote something new, don't just bury the advertisements amongst the rest of the clutter here. Put it on top of the website or the mass e-mails. Be strategic about how you advertise your events.
Anyway, that's just some food for thought.
Oh yeah...
I do remember the talk about the OS X seminar. I wanted to go, but work or something cropped up. I was much busier those days. It's too bad, I would've like to check that out.
It's true, turnout always seems to be hit or miss. I'm still super impressed with how paintball turned out last time though. When are we doing that again?
I shudder to think of the SRM behind this, but now that there's snow on the ground... Snow Fort building competition, followed by a snow ball fight? Or a more insurance friendly idea: Snow structure competition? Prizes for size, artistic ability, and most original idea?