[Wolves] Amending Meeting times /days/frequency etc

Adam Sweet adamsweet at gmail.com
Thu Jul 27 11:57:31 UTC 2023 

Speaking to the Mrs, I can only really do Thursdays once she's back at 
work in a few months. I know Shrops have their meetings on Thursdays, I 
wonder if we can interleave between them, perhaps leaving the virtual 
meets on a Weds.

Do you have stuff on the non-Shrops Thursdays John.

Is there anybody else that would come to an in person meeting that could 
only come on certain days?

Ad



On 26/07/2023 11:40, John Alexander via Wolves wrote:
> Probably mondays for me as I'm busy for most of the others
> JA
> On Tuesday, 25 July 2023 at 12:52:46 BST, Adam Sweet via Wolves 
> <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> 
> Absolutely all of this, especially the bite to eat, pint or two and
> talking crap for hours.
> 
> How about returning to a fortnightly schedule, with a physical meet one
> fortnight and virtual the other?
> 
> For me, Tues/Weds/Thurs are easiest for me, though Mondays would be
> possible too. That said, my wife is due to return to work after
> maternity in a few months, had a test day yesterday and didn't get home
> til nearly 9pm so I'd best avoid her work days, which would make
> Thursday a better choice, though we can always vary the day if need be.
> 
> Anyone else have preferable days?
> 
> Ad
> 
> 
> 
> On 25/07/2023 12:11, Iain Cuthbertson via Wolves wrote:
>  > Reasons why I'm reluctant to join video calls instead of 
> physical meetings:
>  > 1. I spend my working life on a computer
>  > 2. All meetings I have at work are video calls
>  > 3. After work, I don't want to return to the office to have a call - it
>  > feels too much like work
>  > 4. Living with my wife means that I can't occupy a comfy location for
>  > the call (see point 3)
>  >
>  > I relish the thought of returning to a regular physical meet-up - be it
>  > fortnightly or monthly.
>  > I do miss the regular meetings, having a bite to eat, a pint or two, and
>  > talking crap for a few hours.
>  > The occasional discussion of Linux related things is acceptable as well.
>  >
>  > For general meeting venues, I recommend pubs rather than restaurants.
>  > The latter is more about having a meal and vacating once consumed.
>  > Whereas pubs expect people to be chatting for hours on end.
>  >
>  > Monday - Thursday suits me for physical meetings. Fridays are when my
>  > wife and I relax after a manic week :)
>  > And we might have more trouble finding setting on Fridays.
>  >
>  > Pretty much any location - have car, can travel!
>  >
>  > Iain
>  >
>  > On Mon, 24 Jul 2023 at 15:01, Chris Ellis via Wolves
>  > <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> 
> <mailto:wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>> wrote:
>  >
>  >    On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 2:08 PM Adam Sweet via Wolves
>  >    <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> 
> <mailto:wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>> wrote:
>  >      >
>  >      > On 22/07/2023 02:26, John Alexander via Wolves wrote:
>  >      > > Hi everyone, recently the WLUG meetups have reduced in uptake
>  >    to myself
>  >      > > Chris and Dan, others come but it's not frequent.
>  >      > > Chris came up with some good ideas and 'll leave it to him to
>  >    explain them.
>  >      > > What do people want in a meetup, events/social/Study  etc,,,
>  >    when and
>  >      > > how often would be good for the members.
>  >      > > I'd like to open up this as a discussion thread. What do others
>  >    think?
>  >      >
>  >      > Sorry to take a few days to come back on this. I'd be interested
>  >    to hear
>  >      > what Chris has to say, but from my point of view, I think the
>  >    world in
>  >      > general has had enough of video calls after the pandemic. They're
>  >      > certainly useful but lack the qualitative and tactile nature of in
>  >      > person meetings.
>  >      >
>  >      > For me, I now have a baby and I simply can't reliably turn up to
>  >    video
>  >      > calls as I'm never not doing anything. It would be easier for me
>  >    to make
>  >      > in person meetings as I can arrange to be out for evening. I could
>  >      > probably make once a month if we agree on a location. They 
> could be
>  >      > fortnightly as they were before, or once a month with a video 
> call on
>  >      > the other fortnight. I'd be happy to go back to the Royal 
> Tiger as a
>  >      > regular and then move around few other locations too.
>  >      >
>  >      > I had plans to hold events to build up some momentum and
>  >    encourage new
>  >      > members. Unfortunately some family news kicked the legs out for a
>  >    while,
>  >      > then COVID and later my wife becoming pregnant sucked all the air
>  >    out of
>  >      > the those intentions. The talks were quite popular but I was
>  >    burnt out
>  >      > after the Rocky Linux one, I wasn't able to find volunteers to
>  >    give any
>  >      > more talks and wasn't able to sustain it. There are a few pages
>  >    on the
>  >      > LUG website about proposed talks and events. We always need
>  >    suggestions
>  >      > and ideas.
>  >      >
>  >      > I don't currently have the availability and we're lacking other
>  >      > organisers. We need volunteers and motivators.
>  >      >
>  >      > Aside from that, what were you going to say Chris? Everyone else,
>  >    what
>  >      > would you be interested doing and what would encourage you to
>  >    meet up?
>  >      >
>  >      > Ad
>  >
>  >    My thoughts are pretty similar.
>  >
>  >    Given things have now moved on from the initial days of pandemic
>  >    lockdowns,
>  >    I think weekly meetings are a bit over the top, but I do still think
>  >    there is value in
>  >    having virtual meetings, and not just from a purely selfish view of
>  >    being a bit remote.
>  >
>  >    I would suggest that we reduce the frequency and that we also
>  >    consider which day
>  >    and time works best for people whom wish to attend.  I know that a
>  >    number of people
>  >    have clashes on Wednesday evenings, it would also be sensible to avoid
>  >    clashes if
>  >    we go to alternate weeks
>  >
>  >    I also think that having regular physical meetups would be good and
>  >    I'll certainly aim
>  >    to travel to make some of them.
>  >
>  >    I would suggest we gauge interest in:
>  >
>  >    1) Restarting regular meat space meetups
>  >    2) Reducing virtual meetups
>  >    3) Alternating virtual meetups with evening and daytime
>  >    4) Discussing with days work best for people
>  >    5) What frequency of physical and virtual meetups to aim for
>  >    6) What venues work for people
>  >
>  >    Thoughts?
>  >
>  >    Chris
>  >
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