At the end of the last meeting I “floated” the idea that some members in the past had expressed an interest in more specialist areas, or answers they wanted to specific questions about what they wanted to do.
Obviously there’s always the possibility (or probability) that there may not be anyone else able to provide advice, but on the other hand there might be more than one person interested in that area, or someone who wants to learn.
I can remember Jeff for instance enquiring about sound editing, and I’ve never got my head around video editing, and then there’s how you handle getting photos onto your computer – a question that was raised on Thursday, and one that’s a really good topic for discussion with so many variants … Smartphone, DSLR, etc etc.
After the meeting I approached Joel and he indicated that he was happy for us to continue to use the room until he left at 5:00pm – if we were interested, and there would not be any additional charge. So, if we’re interested in pursuing this idea further, there would appear to be no obstacle other than finding “experts”.
So as a first step, perhaps we could compile a “register of expertise”.
I’ll kick-off with a pretty long list as the first comment below, but please remember I did work in IT at the university so I should have some expertise. Please add your offers below, don’t be shy, they could be quite specific, eg doing a Powerpoint presentation, or preparing labels for Christmas cards, or (and Jeff will like this one) using Excel to run a small group’s accounts.
