[Wolves] Amending Meeting times /days/frequency etc
Iain Cuthbertson
iain at cuth.uk
Thu Jul 27 12:35:02 UTC 2023
Thursdays are good for me. It would fit nicely with my wife doing her own
Thursday thing as well.
I can taste the beer already.
Iain
On Thu, 27 Jul 2023 at 12:57, Adam Sweet via Wolves <
wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> 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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