[Bradford] wuthering bytes and Stinky room

[Bernard Czenkusz]

Hi guys, note that Wuthering Bytes is on:

See: https://wutheringbytes.com/

*Friday 25th August to Saturday 2nd September*

Re on-line meetups - I'm a member of a U3A online astronomy group that 
works very well, however every meet is strongly structured, a lady runs 
it who controls and publishes an agenda with assigned speakers. She puts 
a lot of work into it.

Physical meets can be less formal,  with side discussions if someone has 
a linux problem etc.,

So  I wouldn't vote for replacing physical meets -




On 22/06/2023 14:11, John Robert Hudson via Bradford wrote:
> Hi Brian
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> BradLUG has always been an umbrella organisation for people wanting to share
> experiences - we have had social events, outings and for many years IT Stuff.
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> There is nothing to stop anyone from starting a Meetup or similar - other than
> their willingness to maintain it. Perhaps this would attract members who are
> not attracted to the current meetings. There have always been people who would
> get involved in activities other than our regular meetings.
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> John
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> On Wednesday, 21 June 2023 21:11:50 BST bradlug--- via Bradford wrote:
>> There was some talkat the last meeting about attendance and also on-line
>> meetings.
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>> Here is my view onthis matter. I definitely do not like that meeting room in
>> BCB. Youmay have noticed that whenever I have attended, in person, that
>> Ihave propped open the door to allow some air in. This time the roomstank
>> of sweaty bodies, it had obviously been occupied earlier andthe stink had
>> not moved out due to the terrible lack of ventilation.
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>> If we want to havemore participants then we need to use one of the
>> establishedplatforms. 'Meetup' is an obvious one and 'Discord' for
>> on-linemeetings. However 'Element' might be a better choice from the
>> FOSSviewpoint.
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>> I think that themeetings should all be on-line but interspersed with social
>> meetingsat the pub.
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>> As examples: ‘PCPro’ do their podcast live on Discord. ‘Malaga Mobile’
>> and‘Barcamp Manchester’ also use Discord. ‘IoT North’ use Meetupfor general
>> contact but ‘Youtube’ live video, together with useof text for questions to
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>> However, if there isa formal move to go on-line AND to get more participants
>> then we allneed to make a special effort to make sure that all our AV is
>> workingcorrectly in advance of the meetings.
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>> Comments and viewsplease.
>> Refs:
>> WordPress Leeds Online - Monthly Meetup, Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 5:30 PM | Meetup
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>> WordPress Leeds Online - Monthly Meetup, Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 5:30 PM | ...
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>> Our monthly meetup for WordPress users, bloggers and developers. The meetup
>> has been running online since March ...
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>> IoT North - Leeds (Leeds, United Kingdom)
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