Non-hacknight hack times
At our Open Mic Night, it was brought up that breakout groups need more time and space to actually hack. Tuesday hacknights are mostly used for networking, onboarding, and project management, so groups need more time to get stuff done.
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Summary
- :mag: Ideas raised here are NOT necessarily the responsibility of core organizers to execute. (patcon)
- :heart: I feel that more responsibility that CTTO organizers take on, the harder it'll be to do the most important stuff well (gabe)
- :bulb: CTTO as an organization should focus on running awesome weekly inclusive hacknights with minimal admin overhead.
Poll Created Wed 25 Apr 2018 5:58PM
How could we provide more time for hacking? Closed Wed 25 Apr 2018 7:00PM
Here are some options, feel free to suggest others!
Results
Results | Option | Rank | % of points | Points | Mean | Voters | ||
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Book meeting space at CSI outside of hacknights for work time | 1 | 30.0% | 9 | 4.5 | 2 | ||
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Find venue sponsors who can provide work space for us outside of hacknights | 2 | 20.0% | 6 | 3.0 | 2 | ||
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Shorten the introductions/announcements/etc, all the stuff that's not the presentation | 3 | 16.7% | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | ||
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Have some hacknights with no speaker | 4 | 16.7% | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | ||
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Pick a coffee shop and invite people to meet/work there (like what the Coffee & Code meetup does) | 5 | 16.7% | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | ||
Undecided | 0% | 0 | 0 | 11 |
2 of 13 people have participated (15%)
Avery Au Wed 25 Apr 2018 6:12PM
1 - Find venue sponsors who can provide work space for us outside of hacknights | ||
2 - Book meeting space at CSI outside of hacknights for work time | ||
3 - Shorten the introductions/announcements/etc, all the stuff that's not the presentation | ||
4 - Have some hacknights with no speaker | ||
5 - Pick a coffee shop and invite people to meet/work there (like what the Coffee & Code meetup does) |
CSI costs $$$ which I'm not sure we have

Patrick Connolly Wed 25 Apr 2018 6:51PM
1 - Book meeting space at CSI outside of hacknights for work time | ||
2 - Pick a coffee shop and invite people to meet/work there (like what the Coffee & Code meetup does) | ||
3 - Have some hacknights with no speaker | ||
4 - Shorten the introductions/announcements/etc, all the stuff that's not the presentation | ||
5 - Find venue sponsors who can provide work space for us outside of hacknights |
Ranked decision-making feels a bit premature before we've truly had a discussion yet (aside from the 40 people at the event, only a few of whom had a chance to speak)
Sharon Wed 25 Apr 2018 6:59PM
Ok maybe I jumped the gun with the poll... I'll close it for now.
Sharon Wed 25 Apr 2018 7:01PM
Let's discuss the options in the thread... I'm sure there are other options I haven't thought of! And then later we can revisit the poll when we clarify the options.

Patrick Connolly Fri 27 Apr 2018 2:49AM
@sharon48 & co: thoughts on making title of thread something like this:
How can project work be better supported both inside and outside hacknights?
Also, to calibrate, I'm hoping we can run this thread for a few weeks, or even longer. I was going to start a Loomio thread about this too, but instead could merge my intent in here :) (Not that nested proposals can't bubble up before then.)

Patrick Connolly Fri 27 Apr 2018 2:50AM
:heart: I feel worried about putting more onus/complications on venues and the organizer booking them.

Patrick Connolly Fri 27 Apr 2018 3:48AM
:mag: A handful of CivicTechTO members are also members of HackLab at Queen & Dufferin.

Patrick Connolly Fri 27 Apr 2018 3:48AM
:mag: HackLab members can host events at the space for free, at any time.
Patrick Connolly · Wed 25 Apr 2018 6:13PM
Updated context to guide people new to Loomio based on some reading I did :)
I still have some related thoughts to put forward, and hoping to hear other's thoughts, so I might hold out on voting until I understand motivations a bit better :)