A great, positive response Britt! I get the feeling SkSp is in good hands... I only wish I could be there to participate and help our group in whatever way I can.
I think a really good idea to explore that wasn't on your list is funding through grants. I tried to kinda get the ball moving on this a while ago, but we needed a written organization plan, which never materialized. I think there's untapped resources we can take advantage of, and I would suggest talking directly to Mike Legary or the folks at RampUp Manitoba for ideas and support. Robert at AW is a great guy to talk with, or even Marnie. I'm looking forward to another year of our great organization flourishing and growing! Best, Justin On 28 February 2014 02:38, Brittany Postnikoff <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello everyone, > > As requested by some people in the membership I would like to present my > goals and expectations for SkullSpace, and myself, this year. > > I want to start by thanking those that voted for me for doing so, and for > those that didn’t, I hope my actions and representation of you this year > will convince you to vote differently in the future. > > My goals for this year directly align with our motto of “knowledge, > community, and technology”. I believe these ideas really are the > cornerstone of who we are. > > When I think of SkullSpace or explain it to those interested, the first > thought I try to convey is “community”. The idea of community in this sense > is not only the great connections available within SkullSpace and the > things we offer, but also the outreach we have done with the businesses and > other groups around us. I believe this is vital to SkullSpace’s identity > and sustainability. It is wonderful to see groups such as Winnipeg.rb, > PHPUG, Winnipeg Android, and others in our space and enjoying their > experience. This shows that we can be welcoming, supportive, and above all > else a good resource for many in our community. We are doing well with > this, but I would really like to see more engagement with new faces when > they walk in, more support for our community groups and businesses, and > more activities with the members we already have. I hope to achieve these > community goals by holding more socials and group outings/fundraisers, > increasing the amount of small services we offer or make them more > apparent, make booking our space easier, and help everyone learn different > ways to engage new members. > > Learning and knowledge is also a big part of why SkullSpace is important > in our community. It is impressive how many amazing people we have in our > membership, the type of skills spread over each of these people, and the > resources we have in the space for anyone to use. Part of our identity can > be expressed through our hack-a-thons, CTFs, books, projects, and > conversation (even if it is off-topic, raunchy, or completely silly). At > our present point we do not have as many hack-a-thons, talks, projects, or > other events compared to when I joined a little over a year ago. To solve > this issue I hope to focus on engaging the people in our membership to be > more involved with setting these types of events up. In order to do this I > will be willing to help plan, organize, and come up with ideas for future > events. > > The last point to highlight is technology. SkullSpace has many different > technologies all in one place. We have every type of user ranging from > inexperienced and only one device to those with years and years of > knowledge and so many devices that we could have an impressive technology > collection with each piece being completely different. This is supported by > the gaming consoles, projects, 3D printer, public use computers, and a > variety of other devices available at the space. This is a great start. In > the next year I would like to improve the number of projects we have to > display at conventions, the infrastructure we have available to members, > and invest in new devices for all to enjoy. To achieve this I am hoping to > talk to members to find out what wants are, hold fundraising events to buy > items the membership has expressed interest in, and improve our current > infrastructure. > > If anyone has any suggestions for things I can do to help make their > experience with SkullSpace more enjoyable or have projects for me to > tackle, email me directly, or the board at [email protected]. > > In closing, SkullSpace has allowed me to become friends with a variety of > people that I probably would never have met any other way. I hope to meet > many more people this year and can only wish that we have the same positive > effect on them as SkullSpace has had on me. > --Brittany Postnikoff > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Announce Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Announce > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-announce-archive/ >
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