[Swlug] Cardiff SWLUG meetings

[Ceri James]

On 23/05/14 10:16, Mark Jones wrote:
> What about a Barcamp style of event, where each member can bring a 
> topic to discuss for around 10 minutes at the table, followed by 5 - 
> 10 minutes to answer questions (see attachment)
>
> Attendees can be notified of the subject(s) beforehand, and the Just A 
> Minute! will need someone to time the speakers, along with an 
> appropriate sound (so a whistle, air horn app on phone or countdown 
> timer with alarm)
>
> As for not finding people (mentioned by the Carmarthen thread), ask 
> the bar staff to direct anyone who says the word Linux to your 
> table(s), and if you're the first to arrive, hand them a bit of paper 
> with the table number(s) and LINUX written on them and explain that 
> they may get asked about the word written at the top, so send them 
> your way
>
> Hope this helps
>
>
> On 22 May 2014 22:45, Clifford Perry <coperry94 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:coperry94 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Abergavenny or Newport area would potentially work for me. In
>     general for me, even though Cardiff is the closest location, I'm
>     not a big pub person, I prefer quieter places for talking, vs
>     shouting over background noise. Additionally Tuesday night isn't a
>     great night for me, then add travel to/from Cardiff to make the
>     meeting.
>
>     I love more structured meetings, but other than the recent
>     Saturday meetup in Cardiff, I've never made it to a regular
>     meeting, so I don't know how they go typically. I enjoyed the
>     Saturday presentation event.
>
>     Cliff
>
>
>     On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:33 PM, Philip Barnes
>     <phil at trigpoint.me.uk <mailto:phil at trigpoint.me.uk>> wrote:
>
>         On Wed, 2014-05-21 at 21:21 +0100, s t wrote:
>         > Would it be worth having a meeting in Abergavenny, or maybe
>         Talybont
>         > in the near future?
>         >
>         Abergavenny would be doable for me, depending on the day.
>
>         Talybont is off the railway, so not really an evening option
>         for me, or
>         I suspect many Cardiff/Newport people.
>
>         Phil (trigpoint)
>
>         >
>         >
>         > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 8:16 PM, Mark Einon
>         <mark.einon at linux.com <mailto:mark.einon at linux.com>>
>         > wrote:
>         >         On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 07:44:19PM +0100, Dick Bain
>         wrote:
>         >         > Five of us turned up last night,Ming, Dave,
>         Daniel, Chris
>         >         and me. We
>         >
>         >
>         >         Now you're just rubbing it in ;)
>         >
>         >         > marveled at Dave's phone charger and there a bit
>         of laughter
>         >         at my
>         >         > stupidity using test disk, Dave told us of
>         telnetting into
>         >         his WiFi kettle
>         >         > ( I kid you not) there was discussion about the
>         size and
>         >         location of the
>         >         > "home office" generally seems to be the last
>         resting place
>         >         of stuff swmbo
>         >         > doesn't want see.
>         >         > We also so had to fight off inebriate young women
>         who were
>         >         enamored of
>         >         > Oddbod the penguin that I lugged along ?
>         >         > Somewhere quieter might be easier for this old git
>         but is
>         >         good to meet up?
>         >
>         >
>         >
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Weekends would work better for me as I work in Bath. However, I will get 
to a weekday meet-up if physically possible. :-)

No preference on venue type as both work for me, but the Talks at the 
Founder's Hub were really enjoyable!

Regards
Ceri
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