1 PM works for me too. See you then.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Robert Eickmann <[email protected]> wrote: > > The gathering on the 25th sounds like a good idea and I will plan on > seeing everyone there. Say 1PM? > > I think that one of the things that we should discuss is rotating > 'Saturday House' to a monthly 'Big Cool Shiny' activity gathering. > Like the kite project last year, or the Aurdio project that John put > together earlier this year. > > -Rob > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Lion Kimbro <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think we need thicker bullets; >> These BB's aren't doing the trick. >> >> >> I came last Saturday for about an hour and a half, and there were >> a few people present. I was surprised -- in previous "crises," >> far more people have shown up. >> >> >> Patrick & I talked. He's accepted contract in Singapore, and so >> will be gone in a few months. >> >> "Why would we close Saturday House?", he asked. "It's free. Just >> leave it open on the weekends. No need to shut it down." >> >> A fair point. >> >> A few eager faces arrived, as fresh as the fresh enthusiasm on the >> list. "We can!", I hear them say; And I'm happy for this; There >> is a hope. >> >> >> My new proposal: >> >> * Leave Saturday House open, as long as Patrick's keyed and >> willing to open. >> >> * Tone down: http://saturdayhouse.org/ >> - remove ALL visionary elements >> - no hopes, outreach, or aspirations >> - say: "This is a place where some people meet on Saturdays. >> You're welcome to come." >> (It is not disloyal to reality, no?) >> - delete wiki content, link to wiki, "Participants," etc.,. >> >> * Leave the mailing list up, indefinitely. >> >> * If we can muster the will for it, hold a gathering between >> Saturday House guards, on the 25th. >> - Old guard: Lion Kimbro, Brian Dorsey, Justin Martenstein, >> Robert Eickmann, Patrick Haller >> - New guard: Any of the fresh faces who want to do something >> with this, who want to see it live, who have a >> vision and perhaps can make it into a mission or a >> plan. >> >> Sincerely, >> Lion Kimbro >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Robert Eickmann <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Saturday House is dying. The concept and the community that it has >>> fostered are unbelievably strong but as an weekend event the patient >>> is in pretty bad shape. >>> >>> This weekend we had a total of seven people come in. In the last month >>> there have been as few as five total attendees for the day. And this >>> has me worried because we are heading into summer and everyone has so >>> many other things going on. Last summer attendance dropped 50% on >>> average and with our current attendance totals... >>> >>> A huge number of the regulars have moved out of the Seattle region, >>> and people are coming in and leaving fairly quickly when they come to >>> check out the space. >>> >>> I have some ideas for marketing, I would love for a Saturday House >>> session at the upcoming bar camp, and a set of postings about Saturday >>> House on the various email lists, but I would love to hear from you >>> all on ideas to get people coming to Saturday House again. Or if we >>> should just pack it up and say this was a grand experiment whose time >>> has come to an end. >>> >>> -Rob >>> >>> > >>> >> >> > >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Website: http://saturdayhouse.org/ Post: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
