## Premeditation To provide the most value to our attendees, I think it's important to have an interactive event. This way, we will know what everyone needs, what everyone does or does not understand. This is also an opportunity for us to learn from new perspectives. To create such an environment: * Seating is arranged in a semicircle, so it is more "friendly". * Everyone (including attendees) should introduce themselves. * Questions should be asked. ## Agenda | When | What | | ---- | ---- | | `19:35` | Thank everyone for attending, brief introduction to BitDevs and today's agenda. | `19:45` | Pass mic around, everyone introduces themselves.<br>- What would you like everyone to know about yourself?<br>- What would you like to get out of Bitcoin tonight? Or, what is your impression and understanding of Bitcoin right now? | `20:00` | Calvin starts presentation!<br>- Will play Alex Gladstein's short presentation (video) for "Why Bitcoin?" section. | `~` | Q&A | `~` | Closing remarks: Thank everyone again, thank Calvin, thank the staff at The Hive. | `~` | Socialize. ## Evan's Notes * Introducing the [BitDevs](https://bitdevs.org/cities) ethos: * Community of local Bitcoiners who wish to learn from one another and understand Bitcoin in depth from all different perspectives. * Understanding the importance of open source software. Software that enforces the rules that make bitcoin, bitcoin. Software that is used as tooling for interacting with bitcoin. * Socratic Seminars, open discourse. > "A Seminar is a question-focused, student-led, and teacher-facilitated discussion, based on appropriate texts. Sometimes we call this activity a ‘Socratic Seminar’–after Socrates, well known for his open-ended dialogues. Sometimes we call it a ‘class discussion’ to signal that the class will discuss, with the teacher playing a moderator role. Whatever we call it, a seminar is different from a talk/recitation/ lecture-with-discussion. The goal is not the acquisition of knowledge via the expert; the aim is student understanding via active thinking out loud and probing of ideas by all students." -- Ernest J. Gaines (author of A Lesson Before Dying) * [Cypherpunk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypherpunk) movement.