Hi all! Please use this discussion thread to discuss Coffee and UX chat – London held on Jun 1, 2019. Feel free to ask questions about the place, date and time, agenda of the meeting, or anything else.
We
had a fantastic meet-up last night at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. We all
have different career backgrounds and reasons for wanting to move into
UX/UI, or for moving into new areas within it, and it really feels like
we all can contribute to and learn from each other. Anyone who is
interested in joining would be very welcome... please get in touch!
Hi, there seems to be some problem on this platform regarding posts – I haven't been receiving any messages so I'm guessing it's the same for everybody. I think I've now independently contacted everyone I can about the meet-up tomorrow evening – 6-9pm at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Let's all wear something red so we can identify each other! As you said, Janine, it can just be an informal chat, with a view to more structured meetings in the future.
Looking forward to meeting you tomorrow All the best Kathryn
Hi, unfortunately I had to cancel the attendance, it was supposed to be my first IxDF meetup. Is there any place (discussion/blog/recording) of the meetup I can follow later on?
Sorry you can't make it tomorrow, this is my first IxDF Meetup too! Hopefully there will be more like this to come. The Meetup tomorrow is just an informal coffee and chat, so I might just give a quick summary of what happened, I'll send a link somehow. We will try to ask people what they want for the next one...
Hello Janine. I have amended the date on Facebook. I may changed it by mistake while updating the location. I hope all will go well. Please message me through IxDF UK Facebook page if you have any further questions. It should be faster
Great you are coming, I phoned up to see if we could have a corner or a floor in the Royal Festival Hall, and it seems like there is a big concert on that evening, so I was proposing to redirect people to the Queen Elizabeth Hall, which is literally 20 secs away. Its in a different building , but same place more or less, actually I will ask Natalia to change the meet up Venue.
the meet up is happening on 11/06 @18.00 at Royal Festival Hall foyer - Southbank Centre. I advertised it on IxDF London LinkedIn groupIxDF UK Facebook and Twitter. I am not able to attend because I am not based in London. Hope all goes well.
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I would like to organise this event with Kathyrn (where are you?) On June 11th 2019 at the Royal Festival Hall, but not sure of other further events.... Do I need to go through the process of creating a Linkedin thread for this? Can I official set up this date now?
I'd love to join this meetup, however Tuesdays are a bit difficult for me at the moment, Saturdays and Sundays would be better. Thursday evenings as well. Keep me posted in case the date changes! Where are we thinking in terms of location?
Hello Maxwell here are responsibilities of an IxDF Local Leader
As a Local Leader, you will be involved in facilitating meet-ups in your city — where designers can network and learn from one another.
Your roles are to:
Schedule meet-ups for your Local Group. Local Group meet-ups are free, and can be attended by both IxDF members and non-members.
If a Local Group member decides to create a Local Group meet-up, you can provide assistance to the member so that the meet-up runs as smoothly as possible.
Set up and maintain a Facebook and LinkedIn group for your Local Group. This allows Local Group members to stay in touch and also facilitates the creation of meet-ups.
Once a month, link up with your Country Manager(s), who are your first point of contact. You can do so by simply dropping them an email with brief updates on what the Local Group has been up to
Hello all. IxDF LONDON needs two or three co-leaders to organise and coordinate meet ups. Please let me know if you are interested in the position. Thank you.
Sam mentioned a doddle poll, so I thought I would do one. https://doodle.com/poll/26g3pdedgqpiau3b If people could indicate which dates they are available then we can get a date that most people could/would attend, thank you! The time would be after work sort of time...6.30pm onwards
Ps, please complete as soon as you can so that we can finalise date. Thank you!
Anyday during the week generally, except Thursday evenings...I can do any of these dates:
Monday 3 June
Wednesday 5 June
Monday 10 June
Tuesday 11 June
Monday 17 June –
Tuesday 18 June –
We can't please everyone, so if people can't come to this one, maybe they can do another one...shall we decide on one date soonish...say by next week Wednesday?...otherwise this can go on and on forever!
Absolutely agree! As you suggest, let's wait until Wednesday to see if there's a preferred date, otherwise we can just choose one! All the best, Kathryn
Hello all, I often see large groups at the SouthBank Centre https://southbankcentre.co.uk/ come here for Meetups, and it's free! We could met there? We just need to turn up and find a suitable space for our group...Its generally better to met during a weekday, so Monday-Friday after work. Have a think if this is suitable for this group, otherwise I might start another thread for a May Meetup. Thanks, Janine Below.
Hi Janine, great idea, I was thinking of the Royal Festival Hall too. Are there any of the dates above that would be good for you? Best wishes, Kathryn
Great idea, Sam Heighes... but I just tried to set it up and it looked very complicated so I'm just going to do it the analogue way! Please let me know your preferred three options by end-of-play on Friday 10 May and I'll choose the most popular date. Thanks guys!
Here are the options:
Monday 3 June – 6-9pm, central London location
Wednesday 5 June – 6-9pm, central London location
Thursday 6 June – 6-9pm, central London location
Saturday 8 June – 10am-1pm, central London location
Monday 10 June – 6-9pm, central London location
Tuesday 11 June – 6-9pm, central London location
Saturday 15 June – 10am-1pm, central London location
Hi there! So sorry, I did post an update about the meet-up but it seems to have disappeared in the ether.
I said in the previous message that it'd be great if everyone could give some dates they are free from the beginning to mid June and I'll work out a date that as many people as possible can attend. The default date when I created the event was Sat 1 June but I'm not free unfortunately.
If you could let me know asap I will get it organised. I'm imagining central London will be the best location unless there's a bias towards one particular area.
Ahh, I can't make 1st June. I'm looking forward to meeting up with people though. My UX campaign has been faltering of late and I'm keen to invigorate it!
Hi there, the default date was set to Sat 1 June which I can't make. If everybody can give me a short list of dates and times asap they can make between early and mid June, I'll find one that we can all make and amend the deatils. I think central London is probably best unless there is a bias north, south, etc.