[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: > edward mccaughan wrote: >> Just to mix things up a bit, @plymouthgeeks organising a DCLUG meeting >> in plymouth for chance, largely because we're too lazy to go all the >> way to paignton. >> >> BuuuUUUuuut, I've been to a few LUG meetings, but never organised one >> before, so first we've got to sort out a few things: >> >> * First off, who's coming? it would help to have a vague idea of >> numbers before we try book out the pavillions >> > I could possibly make it depending when it is. >> * second, when? Would people prefer an evening weekday meeting or a >> weekend daytime meetup? And since there's a meeting in holsbury with >> no particular date yet and the regular paignton meet on Saturday the >> 6th, how about vaguely the end of march (eg: the 20th or 28th ish?) >> > Weekend daytime is better for me. At the moment I can probably do the > 20th, possibly 28th (I'd have to check what the wife is doing). >> * Most importantly, what are we doing? Do we want to do a vaguely >> formal meeting with presentations and lots of organisation, or an >> informal social? if weekend daytime is better for you then go for that, saturday afer noon people come from plymouth to paignton, so i guess on that basis they are able to make it to a plymouth meet up. >> > Informal socials are always good. Maybe for the first one an informal > social would be a better idea unless someone can come up with a > presentation and/or talk before the meeting. I agree, if you make the first one an informal social, it gives you a chance to see what is available in terms of sockets, tables etc so you can plan talks around what is available >> I'm all up for setting a projector up and people doing talks (yes, >> you, person reading this! We want you to do a talk and teach us cool >> stuff!), but it requires a bit more organisation and enough people to >> make it worth the effort. >> > Oh I dunno about doing a talk, although maybe sometime it would be good > to do a talk on the happenings at Exwick and the Lighthouse Do you have an update on this, . Another > thing I'd like us to maybe do as a group sometime is maybe get together > and watch some Linux related movies such as Revolution OS, or maybe > Pirates Of Silicon Valley (we can all boo and hiss at Bill G and Steve B). > >> *and of course, where are we going to meet up? This largely depends on >> what we're doing and how many people are coming, but I'm all ears if >> anyone can think of a perfect, prefereably free and wifi'd venue >> (although as long as we get enough people so it only costs a couple of >> quid each, we could try and find a paid venue) either that we can fund raise at social events which then can be used to help pay for a paid venue. >> >> > Only venues I can think of off the top of my head would be something > like the Weatherspoons pub down the road from Toys 'r' Us. Sorry living > in Torquay I don't know Plymouth THAT well. I occasionally get e-mails > on Facebook about the Mutley Crown, not sure if that's any good, > although IIRC it wasn't that far from the city centre. >> *anything else I missed out? questions, suggestions etc? >> > Nope, can't think of anything. > > Rob > > - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Ubuntu 9.10 is out : Visit www.ubuntu.com for details DCGLUG MEETINGS - Details on www.dcglug.org.uk/drupal6, - please click on Group meetings link on right hand side Aged 11 - 19 then dfey may be for you, please goto http://www.dfey.org for more details -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkuEMfAACgkQaggq1k2FJq3xfQCfaYD44sAaVeJwPGO1UvQdpkZT vk0AnjeRcDf/40tLOXw0UCNk4d2QbeGA =Ndel -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html