[Nottingham] Re: February

[Andy Davidson]

On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 08:08:06PM +0000, Marcel Taylor wrote:
[...] 
 > >12.50 (+1.00 for OHP) for the night.  I paid the last two meetings there 
 > >but obvioulsy don't want to keep doing this indefinitely.  How should we 
 > >as a LUG handle the issue of contributions and money ?
 >   Marcel: How about, the costs are paid by whoever turns up? e.g. ?12.50, 
 >   10 people at     the meeting, each pays ?1.25.

You could get around this with a little imagination.  No, I don't mean
by creative accounting, or inventing money (a la Enron), but selling
Linux distributions on CD to the public at large ?  Or collaborating
some efforts into a book which could be sold ?  If you only need to
raise 150 pounds to pay for the year's hall subscription then there's
everything to gain from a litle entrepreneurial thinking.

When it comes to venues, have you exhausted free options yet ?  Have the
student population of the list checked to see whether a room in their
respective SUs can be hired for free, with the promise that you'll drag
some users into the bar afterwards ?  That way, you can have a secluded
area with propper internet connectivity and power, and shouldn't feel
compelled to stay around in a boozy smoky atmosphere afterwards should
that be a worry.

Have you also considered talking to large computer stores asking whether
meetings could be held there ?  You could then tag together and release
a joint press statement, along the lines of 'Foobar computing supports
Notts Lug' and 'Notts lug at larger premises, check out us out at Foobar
when you next buy your components..'




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Regards, Andy Davidson, Systems Administrator
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