Sorry for this short report coming so late, but I was quite busy with attending the Cruisecamp in Carrick-On-Shannon and in addition some not so pleasant private things came up, too.
The 12th Mayo Open Coffee Club meeting was held on the 29th of July in the IiBC in Castlebar amongst the eleven attending, there were three new faces:
We also saw a few faces, we hadn’t seen for a while, like Frank Samms from Eircast and Sean McGuire from Aniar IT Services.
It was an interesting round and a good mixture of open discussion and questions. One thing put forward for discussion was Frank Samms idea of a vertical mouse pad, which he wanted to be made out of recyclable materials.
I asked the question, if a summer break for the Open Coffee Club was a good idea. Al Steger-Lewis from mylifelists gave a very short answer to that: The Open Coffee Club is supposed to meet on a regular base, even if there is only one showing up… You’re right Al, how could I forget 
The the question of an Open Coffee Club BBQ some-when in September came up again, the response was mixed and not very energetic. It seems that quite a few people would attend, but nobody really wanted to commit to the organisation, except Frank Samms. Anyway, we want to go for it, so whoever wants to join the comittee, please contact me.
03.Aug.09 
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Yesterdays Meeting came as a surprise with regards for new faces. As I said a few weeks ago, we have new people coming in every time. After having seven new last time, another seven joined the MOCC this time, bringing the total numbers of people, that ever attended to 52.
plus two more… But unfortunately “the dog ate the list”, so please tell me who I forgot
After an interesting introductory round, I wanted to know from the new people how they had heard about the MOCC. The answers showed that apparently the word is spreading: through Twitter, castlebar.ie and “Irish Business Women” were the answers this time. Unfortunately it appears that it is unclear, what the Open Coffee Club Idea is about, so we will have to do some more marketing and branding … I could need some help with this, so again I want to ask, who would like to join me as organiser?
This time the meeting was kind of formal, which added to the dynamics of the meeting. We were in th Royal Theatre Pub, but moved from “Study” to the back part of the Pub, to give us more space. After turning down the volume of the TVs we had a few tables arranged, which at first gave a little feeling of a board meeting. But it turned out to be a very good decision, as the discussion that came up was very focused.
The main question was, how we can increase the awareness for the MOCC to attract more people and as a result maybe even some “investors”. A few ideas came up, which we will discuss and implement further over the coming days. So stay tuned!
I will not be there at the next MOCC in the IiBC, as I have to go to Germany. It would be great to have somebody telling us about his business, business idea, presenting useful tools or whatever might be interesting for the others. You can still get in touch with me, so I can organise things from a distance. Get involved! You can do it!
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