Meeting in Melbourne (Aus) of Blender users (Sat. 17th)

[1Samildanach]

Status: Done successfully. About 6 of us turned up and we quite enjoyed it.


Date: Saturday 17th March (2007 AD)

Time: 11 (AM) to... 3, 4 PM?

Location: State Library, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, etc.

Bring: pretty much anything you feel like -paper, pencils, computer, whatever. Clothing is probably a good idea.

Cost: If you know what Blender 3d is its free, if you don't I'll fine you $1000.

Way of recognising which group of weirdos you want: Maybe a print out of Suzanne? (be creative with it)

Food: Six course banquet paid for by me. Or you have to work something out yourself (decide yourself which is most likely). We might all go somewhere together, see below.


I've been meaning to do this for a few days, sorry 'bout there being less than a week's notice. I'm expecting to be in Melbourne for around a week starting on Tuesday or Wednesday (13th/14th) so I thought I may as well have another go at this.

My current thinking is that we'll meet around 11 and hang around till 11:30 to allow for latecomers then maybe head somewhere to eat something. That should be over and done with by 12:30, 13:00 and leave us with a couple of hours to spend being arty together. Whenever it is we get sick of each other we'll go our seperate ways.

One option for eating is a Hare Krisna place on Swantson street called Crossways. It offers an (all you wish to eat) two course meal between 11:30 and 2:30 Monday to Saturday for $6 ($4.50 for students, pensioners, health care card holders). Another is the Hare Krisna restaurant nearish by called Gopals (I think...) which costs more restaurantishly. There's also the food selling places in melbourne central (and I'm open to suggestions). We call always just bring our own sandwich lunches, too.

EDIT: The part of the library to hang around is the steps of the main entrance.


Ummm... I think that's all. It is about all I can think of at the moment. Comment, offer me money, tell me I'm stupid, whatever, just don't have this fade away to nothing (self esteem good for not, mhmmm :P).

[didu]

Hi,

I'd like to come and meet everyone, but how are we supposed to recognize each other? Is someone going to wave a blender flag or something?

Is this meet just a social thing? Or do we have some kind of political/technical agenda?

Thanks a lot for organising this!

-D

[ideasman42]

Hey, Im an hour from Melbourne so Im in if others are also interested..
(will wear a blender tshirt)

btw- if meeting place is a problem, what if we meet at the purse? its this big stone purse and theres only 1 of them in melbourne

just walk or tram from Spencer St (southern cross station)- down Burk st untill you get to an intersection with a church and a big stone purse....

[didu]

Oh! I'd definitely go if ideasman rocks up!

-D

[artificer]

Hi, I'll be there. I don't have any blender paraphernalia but I can wear a Google summer of code T-shirt

Artificer

[ddwagnz]

haha, im sorry but i am a few hours flight from Melbrone , heh i bet mfoxdogg is annoyed that he aint near melbrone or can get there hahaha

[ideasman42]

ok, so apart from the people who aren't near Melbourne, is anyone else interested in coming? we have 4 so far...

has this been tried before.. I recall artificer saying meeting in the library didnt work out.

[fatfinger]

Eyeball !! Yeah, that sounds good. So, do we meet on the steps of the library or inside?

[1Samildanach]

Originally Posted by didu Hi, I'd like to come and meet everyone, but how are we supposed to recognize each other? Is someone going to wave a blender flag or something? -D

I suggested a print out of Suzanne (the monkey head). Its something most people should be able to get their hands on, plus people can be creative with it if they want.

Originally Posted by didu Is this meet just a social thing? Or do we have some kind of political/technical agenda? -D

Just social/learning. No plotting revolution. Nope, none at all. Please take no notice of the machine beside you.

Originally Posted by didu Hi, Thanks a lot for organising this! -D

You're welcome . I just hope it works out well.

Originally Posted by fatfinger Eyeball !! Yeah, that sounds good. So, do we meet on the steps of the library or inside?

Must have forgot to say this in the OP. I was thinking the steps of the main entrance.

Originally Posted by ideasman42 has this been tried before.. I recall artificer saying meeting in the library didnt work out.

Yes, it has been tried before. By me, too. One person showed both interest and ability to get there, and the two of us managed to miss each other.


If you like, you can advertise this a bit by putting links in your sig (Just copy mine if you like).

[1Samildanach]

Okay, so no-one has any problems with anything? No questions? No sudden inablity to come?


I might be wearing a black tunic* on the day, depends whether I get it done by then. If I haven't, I'll most likely be wearing dark cargoes and either a t-shirt with my (long) hair tied back or a hooded jumper.

*kinda like a t-shirt, but longer and baggier. Mine will most likely be around knee-length.

[Meta-Androcto]

Sounds like a good plan. I'm up for it too. 11:00, Library steps.
I'll have a nvidia (well it's graphics orientated) tshirt on.

[fatfinger]

11 a.m. Check. The Grand prix is on, so anyone coming from that direction, avoid Albert Park/Sth. Melb. See ya's there.

[fatfinger]

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone that rocked up today (and anyone who thought of rocking up). It was good to discuss Blender in RL. From little things, big things grow. . .

[luckybreak]

Noooooooooo!
If only I had known guys, I was working at the SLV today in the experimedia space, (groovy room with the big screen, couches, free wireless and Emac pod).
I had no idea you guys were on the very steps outside. Next time (if there is one) PM me well in advance. and I'll enquire about installing Blender on the Emacs. No promises but as long as we dont have any offical events on in the space, the Emac Computer Pod could cope with an handfull of blenderheads - its intended for creative use.

Hope you had fun though.
LB

[didu]

Guys, that was a rather good meeting. Following up on the discussions, here are the details for the digital symposium:

The event will be hosted by the VCA at a venue yet to be determined but that would allow full audio/visual presentations and an area for informal discussion between sessions. The final structure of presentations is still being developed but it was agreed that short, sharp informal presentations of 5 to 10 minutes each would be ideal. These may be grouped into thematic sessions if there are clear sympathies evident in the responses. A final dinner event allowing participants to cement relations formed during the sessions is to be a central event. Contact: Stephen Haley [mailto:shaley@unimelb.edu.au] Deadline: 19/Mar/2007

Google talk at Melbourne Uni:

Google will be on campus at the University of Melbourne on Thursday 22nd March. Come meet Google's Sydney Engineers and find out: " How does Google deal with massive amounts of data? " What cool applications can Google build with that data? " What does Google's Sydney Engineering Centre do? (and is it true there's free food&?) In this talk, Google will answer these and other technical questions and offer a glimpse of Google behind the scenes. Join them to find out how they work, play and change the world& Where: Theatre 1, ICT Building, 111 Barry Street, Carlton. When: 4.30-5.30pm, Thursday, March 22nd, 2007. Who: Of interest to the entire school, students (UGrad, PGrad) & faculty alike. Refreshments will be provided. If you would like to register your interest with Google, do so at: www.google.com.au/melbourne-talk

Hope to see you there, a million thanks to Connor for organizing the meet!

-D

[1Samildanach]

Originally Posted by didu Hope to see you there, a million thanks to Connor for organizing the meet! -D

You're very welcome . Its good that it worked out this time, I quite enjoyed it (though I'm a bit tired now)*. Hopefully it'll become a regular event.

*might have something to do wih late-ish night last night plus having to get up about nine this morning combined with walking around 2.5k to get back from the station...


We discussed a variety of things including... mental blank, sorry . I do remember that didu demoed his Blender Movie Maker (still on this computer o' mine), and talking about various scripts and talking about plenty of other stuff.


Anyway, I'll leave it at this for now and maybe give something more detailed later.

[JaX2MiLz]

Seeing as I'm a 15 yr old Sydney residing guy. I don't think I can go let alone have the guts or anything that could take me there so record the event if you can or want to please so i can know if this is worth going to.

[1Samildanach]

Would anyone be interested in having another an a couple of months? (That'd be may). I would probably be able to get there.

[ideasman42]

Yep, Every so often would be great. Seems some people didnt make it to this one because they didnt find out in time.

How about we set up a mailing list? I guess we'd mainly discuss times and such but it means we dont need to keep checking on a thread, and easier for others to join.

[fatfinger]

Yep. Sounds good. the M.B.U.G. b.t.w. ideasman42, i joined bf-funboard, what now?