Girl Geek Dinners Ottawa

So our Girl Geek Dinner Ottawa Kick-off party is happening on Monday July 6 at 7 pm (have you RSVPed yet???). The purpose of this first event is to get the Girl Geek community in Ottawa together in one room and discover what we can do to make sure every GGD event is awesome and enjoyed. The added bonus of course is we’ll all have a great time anyway!

We’ve come up with a few questions to consider that we’d like your input on. If you can, have a look before attending–otherwise we’ll just chat about them on Monday:

1. What kinds of topics are you interested in for GGD?
2. What kinds of speakers?  Do you have any recommendations or contacts?
3. Any ideas for sponsorships?
4. Any restaurant preferences?
5. Would you pay to confirm your attendance?
6. Would you rather pay a $10 fee ahead of time, or pay the cost of dinner ahead of time?
7. if you pay $10, what would you like us to do with the money?  Buy
   appetizers, use it for speakers, charity?
8. Anyone want to help organize?  Doesn’t have to be a long term
   thing.  If you have a contact who you think would be a good speaker,
   maybe you can help with just that one event.

Looking forward to seeing all you geeky girls there!

So we’ve been trying to launch Girl Geek Dinner in Ottawa for a few months now (actually Mel Gallant and Veronica Giggey have been thinking about it even longer!) and it’s been decided it’s *officially* launching in September. If you haven’t heard, Girl Geek Dinners was started in London, England by Sarah Blow as an event for geeky girls everywhere to get together, mix and mingle, learn something new and eat some great food.

However, before we kick things off, we want your help–we want to make sure that Girl Geek Dinner Ottawa is a) well attended, b) adding value to your life and c) tons of fun! So we’re inviting all geeky girls in Ottawa to our pre-launch kick-off party on Monday, July 6. It’s free to attend, but we ask you to please register in advance so we can give the venue accurate numbers.

Come, meet and greet, have some food and drinks and most importantly tell us what YOU want to see at Girl Geek Dinners. We’d love your feedback on everything from venues, speakers, time, day of the week–just let us know whatever you want and we’ll do our best to accommodate and make it the best geeky girl event in Ottawa!

Hope to see you there! Remember, Monday, July 6, 7 p.m. at the Fox and the Feather pub on Elgin Street. Don’t forget to register!