[Chester LUG] LUG social and future talks - your thoughts please

[Les Pritchard]

he he, I thought about handing a plate around. Well the church hasn't done
too badly out of that method!

Seriously though, thanks for your feedback.


On 30 January 2013 17:07, David Holden <dh at iucr.org> wrote:

> I'd be happy to contribute to something like this - I think keeping it
> voluntary would be best though. I suggest you put a hat down and may be do
> a little song and dance to loosen peoples pockets :)
>
>  Cheers,
>
>  Dave.
>
>
>
>
> On 30/01/13 16:40, Les Pritchard wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> I'm sure you don't need reminding as there have been a few emails about
>> this month's LUG social. But in case you've missed it, the next one is
>> tomorrow evening from 7.30 at the Rake & Pikel.
>>   I hope to see you all there.
>>
>> Alongside the usual social meets, in the past we've had a few good
>> evenings of more formal talks. The problem stopping us holding more has
>> always been the venue. I've looked around several times and have managed
>> to find some fairly reasonable prices for room hire. However the concern
>> has always been the payment. I know that we generally get a good turnout
>> for these events, but if it's a quiet night, the few who turn up would
>> end up having to fork out a bit.
>>
>> So one thought that has popped into my mind was to set up a small
>> subscription kitty of sorts. If regular members were to pay into
>> something we could book venues for talks with more confidence. Anyone
>> else who comes to the talks could put some money on the night. Obviously
>> our socials would still be free, but doing this would allow us to
>> schedule more regular talks or techie get your laptops out and do
>> something style events.
>>
>> I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter, would you be willing to
>> put in say £1/£2 a month? We could change that depending on how many
>> people are doing it and the cost of the venue.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Les
>>
>>
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