[SWLUG] Swansea meet - the aftermath

[matt]

> Anyone in favour of doing this again?  Given we have Carmarthen on a
> third Tuesday and Cardiff on a first Wednesday, it may be worth
> thinking about another night, and that the fourth anything probably
> isn't a good idea.

Well on the night most people seemed interested.  However the silence on the 
list has been deafening.  My personal vote would be for the Second Tuesday.  
Silence means you agree.  :)

>
> 2. Other events
>
> Also raised was the matter of non-pub events.  There seemed to be a
> lot of interest in holding an event similar to the legendary lightning
> talks or the awareness event we held { n: n>3 } years ago - both of
> which are on the perennial to-do list.  Lots of people expressed an
> interest in such events, nobody seemed committed to actually
> organising it (so sky still blue, water still wet).  I believe there
> may be some notes from previous lightning talks on www.swlug.org.
>
> Anyone willing to pick up the baton on this?

I'm happy to pick up the baton on the lightning talks.  However I'm getting 
married at the end of the month, so I'm going to pick a date a fair way in 
the future and ask quite a few other people to do bits and bobs.  If any one 
wants to say the following please feel free:

a) you don't want me to do it and you'll do it

b) don't do it at all

My ideas are thus, we'll go for a date towards the end of March.  This gives 
plenty of time to do some publicity and gives speakers time to get organised.  
I think a start time of 1900 would be about right.  We'll aim for about 4 - 6 
speakers each having a 20-30 minute slot.  4 seems like a good number as it 
allows for a bit of nattering at the end.

Who is interested in giving a talk?  As long as the subject is fairly 
technical anything is game.

Venue wise, someone volunteered a room at Swansea uni, could that person pipe 
up and let us know how soon we need to book a room and what size room (and 
what facilities are available) can be got.

Do we want to combine it with a key signing party?

Again, if I'm totally off target or people don't want me to get the ball 
rolling please just say.  At this stage it's all just ideas so feel free to 
put your opinion forward.  I'm willing to change any part of my very loose 
plan.

Cheers,

Matt