WGMeetings

Goal
Members
Mailing List
Meeting Venues
Meeting Equipment
Meeting Roles
Meeting Internet Access

Useful Information

Goal

To organize effective meetings for the benefit of MelbWireless members.

Members

TysonClugg

DarrenDreis

MichaelBorthwick

JamesHealy

TroyMitchell

Mailing List

The WGMeetings mail-list has been closed although the group is still active, contact members directly from their details pages above, or alternately mail committee@wireless.org.au for input / queries.

For information on past and present meetings, see MelbWirelessMeetings.

A template for meeting wiki has been created.

MeetingProcedure describes what needs to be done for each meeting.

Meeting Venues

Venues should:

Provide easy access via common modes of transport.
Be in the populous central of Melbourne. This is regarded as being further towards the east of the city. The reason is of course so that the distance travelled by most members is minimised.
Allow us to hold our meetings in the format which suits us. At the moment this means the venue should:

Be congenative to talking amoungst members during designated breaks.
Have both indoor and outdoor areas to afford protection from the weather, while allowing the demonstration of large equipment.
Have seating capacity for at least 50% of attending members. Most people can cope with not being seated during demonstrations and presentations, but people are more comfortable when seated.
Have sutiable accoustics to allow attendees to hear presentations without requiring the use of amplification.
Have a reasonable amount of power and table space available to allow attendees to:

Demonstrate equipment (but not to sit idle and waste valuable space).
Participate in group testing.
Sell equipment or services, by prior arragement with WGMeetings.

Have an area that can be set aside as a "stage". It is desirable for this area to have:

A camera, projector and screen, to allow all members visibility of intricate demonstations.
A public address system (preferably with a wireless microphone)
Sufficient lighting control to allow lighting of the stage on its own.

For a list of venues, see MeetingVenue.

Meeting Equipment

CommitteeEquipment
BarbequeEquipment

4 burner gas barbecue (owned by scouts at HawthornScoutHall)
LPG gas bottle (stored at HawthornScoutHall)

PortableShelter
PresentationEquipment

Data/video projector and leads (DarrenDreis)

HawthornScoutHall

Tables
Chairs

NickSibbing

Name tags & marker
Signs

No Alcohol
Gold coin donation

TysonClugg

Attendance Roll

MichaelBorthwick

Digital video camera

Video CD: Modifying a Galaxy Antenna

DarrenDreis

Meeting Roles

There are common roles required to be fulfilled at each meeting, these include at the least:

MC - To generally direct the focus of the event.
Door - To greet people, take donations and encourage name tags and ensure people feel welcome.
Cook - To direct and manage food and drink.

Other roles include a Second for all above defined roles, this is almost required on nights with more than 50-60 people, especially at the door.

'Helpers' - To generally assist people, whether they look lost, in need of direction or linking up with someone in their Regional group.
Tech - To assist with network / configuration / hardware issues.