Well done Athula...terrific initiatives. Those are impressive numbers but yes face to face meets can be very high value, in our experience.
My perception too is that it is a long game...a 10 to 15 year marathon...the true believers have to keep on trucking even during the boring times when the media and government have either lost interest or moved on due to the shortish cycles of tenure in both of those spheres. There are really only 2 metrics that we care about - apps/software/tech being developed and skills and jobs created. Maybe that's just one metric...or arguably 3...ah who cares...you get the picture :-) Love to have a Skype or phone catch up...will contact you off-line. Liam Sent from my iPhone > On 29 May 2016, at 11:34 AM, Athula Bogoda <siliconbeachmelbou...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Thanks for the link Liam. We opened Geelong Silicon Beach > http://www.meetup.com/Geelong-Silicon-Beach/ last year to test the waters, so > to speak - what with Ford and Alcoa closing there and Deakin Uni in town it > was a logical move. I would say it's a partial success we have 200+ members > in little over a year. I say partial because attendance at meetups have been > very poor. This maybe a regional thing - long distances and lack of public > transport. We will be trialing livestreaming events from Melbourne (and vice > versa) via Periscope.tv > > Opened Ballarat last month - http://www.meetup.com/Ballarat-Silicon-Beach/ > Bendigo on the wings. Submitted a funding application to LaunchVic the Vic > Govt body with $60million to spend on the startup eco-system. Holding my > breath... NOT! > > Watch this space... > Athula > Lead Organiser > Melbourne Silicon Beach > http://www.meetup.com/melbourne-Silicon-beach/ > >> On Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 6:01:07 PM UTC+10, Liam O'Duibhir, Director, >> SoccerFit wrote: >> Can't say I disagree with any of the points in this article except that you >> have the potential added cost of ferrying kids up and down to Uni in later >> years...hey someone should really fix that (what moi!)...these MOOCs though >> should be more commonly used. >> >> We desperately need Unis out bush...new-style Unis...this really craves >> disruption...and I am not saying Unis are the be-all and end-all of >> learning...they just sorta partly work (or seem to)... >> >> Anyone got any ideas? >> >> NBN is a factor in regional Oz but an 'NBN on demand' purchase could hit >> that...so there are some capital costs for sure... >> >> http://www.smh.com.au/money/tree-change-for-families-financial-pros-and-cons-of-moving-to-a-country-town-20160331-gnusu9.html >> >> -- >> Liam O'Duibhir >> 0417 579 079 -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
