Informal meetings of professional groups play a valuable role. Potential recruits are identified by company executives. Startups make valuable contacts. New and hot topics are sometimes covered in informal short talks. Industry professionals and academics meet. Society officers find volunteers. The list could be longer but let us focus on Samosas!
Some
professional societies think of acquiring club-like premises. I think that is a
bit like keeping a cat to protect your clothes from rats. Visit https://www.itstimetomeditate.org/loin-cloth-old-indian-story/
Other
societies have a simpler solution for getting a place for monthly informal
meeting. Find a suitable restaurant which gives meeting space and serves a
snack and tea. IT in India is profitable enough that members coming to the
meeting will not hesitate to share the bill!
I wish that
the Computer Society of India (CSI) would find restaurants for monthly meetings in
every city where it has an active chapter. The meetings could serve hot Samosas
and tea first, so that people would come in time! We could then have one or two
speakers who would give informal short talks (10 minutes or less and no
presentations) on interesting topics. A moderator could introduce the speakers
and keep things under control.
Srinivasan
Ramani
1-June-2022
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