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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Probably mondays for me as I'm busy for most of the others<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">JA<br></div>
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On Tuesday, 25 July 2023 at 12:52:46 BST, Adam Sweet via Wolves <wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Absolutely all of this, especially the bite to eat, pint or two and <br clear="none">talking crap for hours.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">How about returning to a fortnightly schedule, with a physical meet one <br clear="none">fortnight and virtual the other?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">For me, Tues/Weds/Thurs are easiest for me, though Mondays would be <br clear="none">possible too. That said, my wife is due to return to work after <br clear="none">maternity in a few months, had a test day yesterday and didn't get home <br clear="none">til nearly 9pm so I'd best avoid her work days, which would make <br clear="none">Thursday a better choice, though we can always vary the day if need be.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Anyone else have preferable days?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Ad<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 25/07/2023 12:11, Iain Cuthbertson via Wolves wrote:<br clear="none">> Reasons why I'm reluctant to join video calls instead of physical meetings:<br clear="none">> 1. I spend my working life on a computer<br clear="none">> 2. All meetings I have at work are video calls<br clear="none">> 3. After work, I don't want to return to the office to have a call - it <br clear="none">> feels too much like work<br clear="none">> 4. Living with my wife means that I can't occupy a comfy location for <br clear="none">> the call (see point 3)<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I relish the thought of returning to a regular physical meet-up - be it <br clear="none">> fortnightly or monthly.<br clear="none">> I do miss the regular meetings, having a bite to eat, a pint or two, and <br clear="none">> talking crap for a few hours.<br clear="none">> The occasional discussion of Linux related things is acceptable as well.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> For general meeting venues, I recommend pubs rather than restaurants.<br clear="none">> The latter is more about having a meal and vacating once consumed. <br clear="none">> Whereas pubs expect people to be chatting for hours on end.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Monday - Thursday suits me for physical meetings. Fridays are when my <br clear="none">> wife and I relax after a manic week :)<br clear="none">> And we might have more trouble finding setting on Fridays.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Pretty much any location - have car, can travel!<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Iain<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> On Mon, 24 Jul 2023 at 15:01, Chris Ellis via Wolves <br clear="none">> <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a> <mailto:wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk>> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 2:08 PM Adam Sweet via Wolves<br clear="none">> <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a> <mailto:wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk>> wrote:<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > On 22/07/2023 02:26, John Alexander via Wolves wrote:<br clear="none">> > > Hi everyone, recently the WLUG meetups have reduced in uptake<br clear="none">> to myself<br clear="none">> > > Chris and Dan, others come but it's not frequent.<br clear="none">> > > Chris came up with some good ideas and 'll leave it to him to<br clear="none">> explain them.<br clear="none">> > > What do people want in a meetup, events/social/Study etc,,,<br clear="none">> when and<br clear="none">> > > how often would be good for the members.<br clear="none">> > > I'd like to open up this as a discussion thread. What do others<br clear="none">> think?<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Sorry to take a few days to come back on this. I'd be interested<br clear="none">> to hear<br clear="none">> > what Chris has to say, but from my point of view, I think the<br clear="none">> world in<br clear="none">> > general has had enough of video calls after the pandemic. They're<br clear="none">> > certainly useful but lack the qualitative and tactile nature of in<br clear="none">> > person meetings.<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > For me, I now have a baby and I simply can't reliably turn up to<br clear="none">> video<br clear="none">> > calls as I'm never not doing anything. It would be easier for me<br clear="none">> to make<br clear="none">> > in person meetings as I can arrange to be out for evening. I could<br clear="none">> > probably make once a month if we agree on a location. They could be<br clear="none">> > fortnightly as they were before, or once a month with a video call on<br clear="none">> > the other fortnight. I'd be happy to go back to the Royal Tiger as a<br clear="none">> > regular and then move around few other locations too.<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > I had plans to hold events to build up some momentum and<br clear="none">> encourage new<br clear="none">> > members. Unfortunately some family news kicked the legs out for a<br clear="none">> while,<br clear="none">> > then COVID and later my wife becoming pregnant sucked all the air<br clear="none">> out of<br clear="none">> > the those intentions. The talks were quite popular but I was<br clear="none">> burnt out<br clear="none">> > after the Rocky Linux one, I wasn't able to find volunteers to<br clear="none">> give any<br clear="none">> > more talks and wasn't able to sustain it. There are a few pages<br clear="none">> on the<br clear="none">> > LUG website about proposed talks and events. We always need<br clear="none">> suggestions<br clear="none">> > and ideas.<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > I don't currently have the availability and we're lacking other<br clear="none">> > organisers. We need volunteers and motivators.<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Aside from that, what were you going to say Chris? Everyone else,<br clear="none">> what<br clear="none">> > would you be interested doing and what would encourage you to<br clear="none">> meet up?<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Ad<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> My thoughts are pretty similar.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Given things have now moved on from the initial days of pandemic<br clear="none">> lockdowns,<br clear="none">> I think weekly meetings are a bit over the top, but I do still think<br clear="none">> there is value in<br clear="none">> having virtual meetings, and not just from a purely selfish view of<br clear="none">> being a bit remote.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I would suggest that we reduce the frequency and that we also<br clear="none">> consider which day<br clear="none">> and time works best for people whom wish to attend. I know that a<br clear="none">> number of people<br clear="none">> have clashes on Wednesday evenings, it would also be sensible to avoid<br clear="none">> clashes if<br clear="none">> we go to alternate weeks<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I also think that having regular physical meetups would be good and<br clear="none">> I'll certainly aim<br clear="none">> to travel to make some of them.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I would suggest we gauge interest in:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> 1) Restarting regular meat space meetups<br clear="none">> 2) Reducing virtual meetups<br clear="none">> 3) Alternating virtual meetups with evening and daytime<br clear="none">> 4) Discussing with days work best for people<br clear="none">> 5) What frequency of physical and virtual meetups to aim for<br clear="none">> 6) What venues work for people<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Thoughts?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Chris<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> -- <br clear="none">> Wolves LUG mailing list<br clear="none">> Homepage: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.wolveslug.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.wolveslug.org.uk/</a> <<a shape="rect" href="http://www.wolveslug.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.wolveslug.org.uk/</a>><br clear="none">> Mailing list: <a shape="rect" href="mailto:Wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br clear="none">> <mailto:Wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk><div class="ydp7b897cb8yqt3881745519" id="ydp7b897cb8yqtfd41526"><br clear="none">> Mailing list home:<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wolves" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wolves</a><br clear="none">> <<a shape="rect" href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wolves" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wolves</a>><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">Wolves LUG mailing list<br clear="none">Homepage: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.wolveslug.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.wolveslug.org.uk/</a><br clear="none">Mailing list: <a shape="rect" href="mailto:Wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br clear="none">Mailing list home: <a shape="rect" href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wolves" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wolves</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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