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Geeks are interesting, energetic and passionate people, with much to talk about and very little chance (or inclination) to do it. Geekdinners are about your passion not your corporation - an opportunity to get together and share ideas.

"Geek Dinners are Open Source in nature" … Although we may occasionally get sponsorship for specific events, Geekdinners are not associated with any corporation

This is the planning wiki for these dinners.

Upcoming dinners:

• Geekdinner - next one to be held in Cape Town on 28th May 2007

Dinners we've had:

• Geekdinner - Cape Town 28th March 2007
• GardenRouteGeeks - 9th February 2007 in George
• Summer in Cape Town - 22 Dec 2006
• JoziGeekDinner - 5 October 2006
• Cape Town mini-geekDinner - 10 Nov 2006 (Sinn's)

• BloggersGeekDinner - 30th August (Cape Town)

Lessons Learnt from Geekdinners:

• Miguel - Learn to be a good fantastically amazing speaker
• Charl - Always bring enough business cards!
• Add yours here

Dinners that may yet spring to life:

• BladeRunner (Now also for Jo'burg, and possibly a charity project for animal wellfare - get involved!)

Ideas for other dinners:

• Ramon Thomas here I'd like to arrange a monthly screening of TED/other Geek videos at Preview Theatre in Johannesburg so we can reach a broader audience with these amazing video presentations. Between myself and Rafiq we've downloaded all 60 videos from the TED Talks. Anyone interested in helping me with the organising please contact me via my blog.
• Even if you are debating producing that expertness in-house, you will be able to cut down on the learning curve by investing in a do-it-yourself seo marketer services. Plus, it is hard to discover expert SEO people for hire because there is so much competition in the marketplace right nowadays.
• (From Tania) I arranged several Chess Parties in 2005-2006, and I think it's high time for another one. (It is not a requirement that everyone should be able to play chess well or even to play chess at all; novices and lurkers are always welcome.)
• (From Jonathan) The first Cape Town dinner is on the same date as a CLUG talk http://wiki.clug.org.za/wiki/CLUG_Meetings after which the geeks of CLUG also meet for dinner. Perhaps it may be a good idea to combine both dinners into one, then some of the geeks who might be interested in finding out more about Linux and open source could come along to the ta lk as well?
• Dave seconds that idea! ("...let our powers combine!" lol)
• Max stoked! Hey Jonathan.. so good to see you on the wiki :) perfect timing
• You second that? Then I "third" it.
• I "fourth" it. - Tania
• Awesome idea. - Big Geek
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