That's a good idea. Do you know if Benchmark do this sort of thing with
groups? It's a nice venue and they have a really good range of wine by
the glass (we know what's important)... I also suspect we'll be able to
hear each other - something that worries me about other venues, and that
was tricky at Kingos when we started there many moons ago.

Another option would be some of the ethnic clubs. I'm not a member of
any, but I know that many have meeting rooms etc (the Austrian Club has
a nice one, and I think the Irish Club has a few). If anyone is a member
of one, could you find out what facilities they have and what they would
expect from us (some will want us to buy nibbles, some will be happy as
long as we buy drinks)

Donna

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On Jan 7, 2008 7:58 PM, Stephen Collins <trib@...> wrote:
>  Let's. I say we go somewhere that is similar to the Wooloomooloo
>  Hotel where IA Peers is in Sydney. Classy pub with mod-pub food for
>  the hungry among us. Have we such a thing in Canberra?

Hi Steve,

King O'Malley's is probably as good a choice as any in that respect,
even though it is (ack) Civic parking :)

Not sure I would call it classy, but they do have Stella on tap.

Cheers, Andrew

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All

On Jan 7, 2008 4:38 PM, Andrew Boyd <facibus@...> wrote:
>  it is time to start thinking about the venue thing again. We are
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>  don't have a venue. Given that we decided to try for an alternate
>  venue, the SMS boardroom has been snapped up by another group in our
>  regular timeslot.

Now that sucks. And will teach us!

>  My two cents worth is: if we go to the National Library then we won't
>  be a cocktail hour any more (unless we sneak something in with us and
>  pass it around in a brown paper bag, not my first choice!) :) But if
>  we are going to give it a go, then let's give it a go.

Let's.  I say we go somewhere that is similar to the Wooloomooloo
Hotel where IA Peers is in Sydney. Classy pub with mod-pub food for
the hungry among us. Have we such a thing in Canberra?

Steve
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Hi folks,

it is time to start thinking about the venue thing again.  We are
nominally due to have a meeting in a couple of weeks time, but we
don't have a venue. Given that we decided to try for an alternate
venue, the SMS boardroom has been snapped up by another group in our
regular timeslot.

My two cents worth is: if we go to the National Library then we won't
be a cocktail hour any more (unless we sneak something in with us and
pass it around in a brown paper bag, not my first choice!) :) But if
we are going to give it a go, then let's give it a go.

The alternate suggestion was something like King O'Malley's (where we
met in 2002-2003).

Again, I would ask for your thoughts such that we can start promoting
the new venue ASAP.

Best regards, Andrew

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On 26/11/2007, at 2:19 PM, Donna wrote:
> Sorry to be dumb about this, but does that always work? If I
> twitter @iacanberra, iacanberra can see it, but not everyone who
> follows iacanberra.
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> change day to day...
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IA Canberra should see it.  At least that's how I remember OzIA2007
working.

I've requested auto-friending for the account, so that the stream of
messages and friends is vsible at the page.

But yes, As andrew's follow-up indicates, there have been some
oddnesses with Twitter recently.  If it gives us a big enough case of
the irrits, we chould all lodge bugs and send @ messages to Biz Stone.

So no, you're not being dumb at all.  Your memory reflects current
(sometimes flaky) app behavior.  That said, it seems pretty good
today.  ;)

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Sorry to be dumb about this, but does that always work? If I
twitter @iacanberra, iacanberra can see it, but not everyone who
follows iacanberra.

Or is twitter just in a weird mood at the moment - it seems to
change day to day...

Donna



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> All
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> We now have a Twitter account for announcing and following group
> events.  You can follow iacanberra at
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>
> If you would like to make a group-related announcement to
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> @iacanberra somemessage
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> Thanks!
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> Steve
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All

We now have a Twitter account for announcing and following group
events.  You can follow iacanberra at http://twitter.com/iacanberra

If you would like to make a group-related announcement to everyone,
send a Twitter message like this:

@iacanberra somemessage

Thanks!

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Hi Jessica,

(and thanks to Kerry for the NLA suggestion)

central and free of charge would be good for me. Free of charge will get us away
from per-meeting sponsorship - that said, we can probably manage to scrape
together a small amount between our respective companies and organisations.

Best regards, Andrew

Andrew Boyd
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Somewhere in the inner part of Canberra, like the National Library, is
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Are we looking for somewhere that is free of charge?

Cheers

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Somewhere in the inner part of Canberra, like the National Library, is
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Are we looking for somewhere that is free of charge?

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Hi folks,

probably the most consistent suggestion that I receive as convener of
the Canberra IA Cocktail Hour is that the SMS office is not accessible
enough - that is, it's too hard for some people to get to the airport.
The traffic situation has deteriorated, certainly. I know that Julie
raised it as an issue based on feedback received frm group members.

I grant that we may attract more people if there is an alternate venue
- it is worth a go.

What I'd like to suggest is that over the next month and a half we
think about venue - my idea of what we need (and granted that this is
something we need to discuss as a group) is a relatively quiet space
with projection facilities and if possible an internet connection.
Access to bar facilities is a traditional thing but probably a "nice
to have" rather than a "must have".

What do you think?

Thanks, Andrew
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Hi all

What tag are we going to use to indicate a book that is relevant to the
group? IAC perhaps?

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My LibraryThing username is "shelterit".


Alex



On Nov 22, 2007 9:37 AM, Andrew Boyd <facibus@...> wrote:
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>  with using librarything to create a shared virtual library.
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>  email me (or contact facibus via Twitter) and let me know your
>  librarything username - I will then send you an invitation.
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>  test the process. Grateful you let me know if they came through.
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Hi Folks,

after some initial teething issues (i.e. my forgotten password) there
is now an iacanberra group on librarything.com.

As discussed at the last IA Cocktail Hour, we're going to experiment
with using librarything to create a shared virtual library.

Because the librarything.com group is members-only, you will need to
email me (or contact facibus via Twitter) and let me know your
librarything username - I will then send you an invitation.

Steve Collins/Donna Maurer: theoretically you have invites already to
test the process. Grateful you let me know if they came through.

Best regards, Andrew

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• We are going to work through the general categories of informaiton that is fed back to us this coming thursday to find the main themes of what is working and what could make the IA cocktail hour better
• The we are going to think and extend some metaphors of what the cocktail hour offers people
• Lastly we will do some broad based planning around the sorts of things that people would like to do in future IA cocktail hour sessions

So if you can squeeze the time in please feed back anyting that you would like to share with us on the attatched spreadsheet.

With many thanks in advance

Julie Hale

I, as often happens, will be late (Amber has gymnastics). I'll probably
get there around 5.50.

Donna

Andrew Boyd wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> The next Canberra IA Cocktail Hour is on Thursday 15 November 2007.
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> We have two topics:
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> - iacanberra.org library: we’ve talked about having a virtual library
> over the last month or so – and now it is time to put something in
> place. We all own some books that we don’t mind loaning to friends,
> and we don’t mind lending them from other friends – but how do you
> know what everyone else has and where your books are at the moment?
> What we’d like to do is use an existing online system (like
> librarything) or roll our own – so that those that want to share their
> books can.
>
> - Change Manager extraordinaire Julie Hale has been running a study on
> where we are as a group and where we want to go over the last couple
> of months. Julie would like to present the findings of her study so
> far so that we can discuss them.
>
> Time: 17:30-19:00
> Day/Date: Thursday 15 November 2007
> Venue: SMS Management & Technology
> Ground Floor, 8 Brindabella Circuit
> CANBERRA AIRPORT ACT
>
> Please RSVP as soon as possible for catering purposes.
>
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> parking (and this applies past the end of the meeting).
>
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Hi Andrew

I won't be able to make it this week due to work commitments, but look
forward to the next one :)

Tammy

On 10/11/07, Andrew Boyd <facibus@...> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The next Canberra IA Cocktail Hour is on Thursday 18 October 2007.
>
> Ruth Ellison from DIMA will present on Accessibility. Accessibility is
> often one of the last things to be considered when developing a
> system. This can happen for many reasons, including the organisational
> context and general misconceptions about accessibility. We will be
> looking at a case study of the challenges and learnings of
> implementing accessibility in a Government organisation.
>
> Time: 17:30-19:00
> Day/Date: Thursday 18 October 2007
> Venue: SMS Management & Technology
> Ground Floor, 8 Brindabella Circuit
> CANBERRA AIRPORT ACT
>
> Please RSVP as soon as possible for catering purposes.
>
> Parking: please remember that Brindabella Park has different parking
> arrangements than those found in many parts of Canberra - there is
> free parking for the first hour adjacent to the entrance of 8
> Brindabella Circuit. After that you have to move your car or pay for
> parking (and this applies past the end of the meeting).
>
> PS: there is a contact list for the Canberra IA Cocktail Hours: you
> can join via http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/canberra_ia_community or
> subscribe to updates to the Canberra IA Community Blog via
> http://iacanberra.org
>
> Best regards, Andrew Boyd
>
>
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Hi all,

The next Canberra IA Cocktail Hour is on Thursday 18 October 2007.

Ruth Ellison from DIMA will present on Accessibility. Accessibility is
often one of the last things to be considered when developing a
system. This can happen for many reasons, including the organisational
context and general misconceptions about accessibility. We will be
looking at a case study of the challenges and learnings of
implementing accessibility in a Government organisation.

Time: 17:30-19:00
Day/Date: Thursday 18 October 2007
Venue: SMS Management & Technology
Ground Floor, 8 Brindabella Circuit
CANBERRA AIRPORT ACT

Please RSVP as soon as possible for catering purposes.

Parking: please remember that Brindabella Park has different parking
arrangements than those found in many parts of Canberra - there is
free parking for the first hour adjacent to the entrance of 8
Brindabella Circuit. After that you have to move your car or pay for
parking (and this applies past the end of the meeting).

PS: there is a contact list for the Canberra IA Cocktail Hours: you
can join via http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/canberra_ia_community or
subscribe to updates to the Canberra IA Community Blog via
http://iacanberra.org

Best regards, Andrew Boyd


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