is playgroup interested?

Wednesday, 30 November 2005
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The next playgroup is tomorrow

Thought I would make a new post to tell you all that Playgroup will be tomorrow (Wednesday) at 1.30pm, there might not be to many of us but if worse comes to worse we can go Christmas shopping hehe. But hopefully that wont happen. I wonder if it’s going to be sunny, then we might move it outside somewhere. Well hope you have a great week Liam.

Quick post

Ok so the next playgroup meeting I was thinking early in the week dose that suit everyone? So either Tuesday or Wednesday, maybe at 1.30pm again as people seem to find it easier to get to (or like to sleep in.) From memory the interviews also start soon so I think we should avoid holding playgroup then don’t want to scare them all so what do you think? Oh yeah and check out Kate’s blog for some of the techniques, it’s very good. A special thank you to Kate and Liam for volunteering for the graduate exhibition manning the bar and not to mention the promoting of playgroup on the t-shirts.

Playgroup today!

Just thought I would write up a quick playgroup for the people who missed it. (mainly for Ben) We kind of looked into the lack of motivation, within each of us and just discussed Hermes a bit as that is due next week. I think we decided that there would be individual submissions and we haven’t gotten further within it in play group. We also have a nice surprise for tomorrow’s catering more shall be revealed later. So not missing out on to much but nearing the end we had achieved a higher level of motivation, which is good. So it seems where hitting a bit of a busy patch of the year but we all agreed it doesn’t matter if we need to stop for a bit depending on people playgroup wont die! (that last bit was for Liam ;)

Just a quick update

Ok how about we have playgroup on Thursday? Dose that suit people, not sure about the time either 10am if people want it in the morning or 1.30pm if people want it in the afternoon. Thanks to all the people who are helping out with the catering we have been promised that we can take breaks, so we’ll get the chance to look and chat.

A request from Dana

As you know about the catering for the exhibition night, they are desperately looking for people to help out. I also know that we had enough catering fun at the with the delight project at the mid semester exhibition but I think we could at least put us down as emergency people so they don’t have to freak out and wonder who’s going to do it. Because as it turns out (surprise) there’s not a strong interest from the 1st and 2nd years. Dana thinking how enthusiastic people (as we are doing playgroup in the holiday’s) have a good community spirit would help out. I am going to even though it’s with much resentment, but apparently we push around trolleys which will help put an end to that sore arm from caring stuff. So please put your name down and I’ll email him back saying that we are emergency people and that he’s welcome to fill up all the places before us. Thanks

tuesday meeting

on tuesday we had a big turnout. four (4) people. but we were very productive.

we used 2 techniques- brain swarming and mind bottling

we can go over them at the next meeting.

Last Tuesday

Well a short update on last Tuesday’s meeting, Andrew invited along some of his friends whom he said where interested but only one could stay so there where a total of for of us. We tested out the laddering technique where we start with one thing then ladder up then down. It was quite a good technique. We didn’t use it on Hermes as with one of Braden’s last comments we where kind of tiring of it, and we did seem to have so interesting conversations and discussions that sprung form know where, I think that it was a success of the leader thing where there’s a tad more direction. So for the next meeting when do people want to hold it? Early next week sometime or there is tomorrow but I do feel that’s way too late to organize something.

Not using the air of Paris theme was good as it doesn’t work when there’s not the same people there each week, just something to consider. But I don’t mind the idea of working on it all together maybe just not all the time.

questions from the slow poke.

A little behind the 8 ball here. What time is the play group tommorrow? what shall i bring?