[LRUG] CFP for lightning talks in Feb

[Murray Steele]

Hi all,

Our February meeting on Monday 13th is our annual lightning talks event
where all the talks are no longer than 10 minutes.  There’s room for short
talks at all our meetings, but in Feb that’s all we do.  It’s one of my
favourite meetings of the year because we get to hear from so many people
on so many topics.

Of course, it does mean we need lots of volunteers to talk, which is where
you come in.  If you made a resolution to speak at your first event this
year our Feb meeting is the perfect way to make that happen.  There’s room
for 8 speakers, and I’ve filled about half of the slots already, so I
wouldn’t hang around if you’re interested.

If I get more applicants than slots I’ll give preference to new speakers.
Missing out on a slot for Feb doesn’t mean we don’t get to hear your talk
though.  I’ll keep you on my list and we’ll hear from you at the next
meeting with space for a short talk.

To put yourself forward to give a talk reply to me off list and we’ll sort
it out.

As usual, if you’ve spoken, rather than putting yourself forward for a slot
consider offering to help your friends and colleagues to prepare something
and submit it.  Sometimes all it takes for someone to realise they have
something worth saying is for someone else to give them a little push,
particularly if that push is a specific one.  I certainly get a better hit
rate if I say to someone “I noticed you were working on <that thing>; have
you thought about giving a talk about it?” compared with saying “hey, what
have you done recently you could talk about?”.

Of course, if you do prepare something and you realise there’s more to say
than a 10 minute talk allows for get in touch anyway.  There are LRUG
meetings stretching far into the future and we’ll hear from you as soon as
we can.

Cheers,

Murray

ps. Details are blank at the moment, but you can already sign up with
Skills Matter to attend if you’d like via:
https://skillsmatter.com/meetups/8503-london-ruby-usergroup-meetup (remember
to read http://readme.lrug.org/#code-of-conduct first).
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