Ines Brannock
Host and speaker bookings
Keeps the speaker list and calls people back. Usually the one who says yes first.
Organisers
Four organisers who run Huddle unpaid, on the second Thursday of each month
We book the speakers, open the doors, make the tea and stack the chairs afterwards. Nobody is paid, and the group has never charged for entry.
Who does what
Tomasz Obi
Venue, projector and sound
Brings the projector on its trolley and checks the mics before doors. Also the last to leave.
Priya Lowe
Notes and the talks archive
Writes a summary for every talk so the archive stays useful to someone who missed it.
Sam Hewitt
Doors and the sign-up sheet
Keeps the door list honest, counts the tea money and holds a spare seat for whoever turns up late.
Venue
The Grain Store, Lowmarsh
A brick store with a long table, a projector on a trolley and chairs set in a loose circle. Step-free entry from Tanner Yard. Street parking is free after six.
How a Thursday runs
Doors open. Tea, name badges and the sign-up sheet for the open half hour.
Talk one: twenty minutes, then questions.
Talk two, same shape.
Talk three. The talks end at 8:30 pm.
The room talks back. Anyone can take the mic for two minutes with an idea, a question or a complaint.
Chairs go back, bins go out and the group photo goes up on the noticeboard.
House rules
Huddle is for anyone who turns up. We ask people to listen, to credit the work they build on, and to say so in the room when a talk gets something wrong. If someone makes the room unsafe, we ask them to leave, and we tell the room why.
Write to hello@example.com if something happened on the night and you want the team to hear about it.