<div dir="ltr">Thursdays are good for me. It would fit nicely with my wife doing her own Thursday thing as well.<div><br></div><div>I can taste the beer already.</div><div><br></div><div>Iain</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 27 Jul 2023 at 12:57, Adam Sweet via Wolves <<a href="mailto:wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk">wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Speaking to the Mrs, I can only really do Thursdays once she's back at <br>
work in a few months. I know Shrops have their meetings on Thursdays, I <br>
wonder if we can interleave between them, perhaps leaving the virtual <br>
meets on a Weds.<br>
<br>
Do you have stuff on the non-Shrops Thursdays John.<br>
<br>
Is there anybody else that would come to an in person meeting that could <br>
only come on certain days?<br>
<br>
Ad<br>
<br>
<br>
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On 26/07/2023 11:40, John Alexander via Wolves wrote:<br>
> Probably mondays for me as I'm busy for most of the others<br>
> JA<br>
> On Tuesday, 25 July 2023 at 12:52:46 BST, Adam Sweet via Wolves <br>
> <<a href="mailto:wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Absolutely all of this, especially the bite to eat, pint or two and<br>
> talking crap for hours.<br>
> <br>
> How about returning to a fortnightly schedule, with a physical meet one<br>
> fortnight and virtual the other?<br>
> <br>
> For me, Tues/Weds/Thurs are easiest for me, though Mondays would be<br>
> possible too. That said, my wife is due to return to work after<br>
> maternity in a few months, had a test day yesterday and didn't get home<br>
> til nearly 9pm so I'd best avoid her work days, which would make<br>
> Thursday a better choice, though we can always vary the day if need be.<br>
> <br>
> Anyone else have preferable days?<br>
> <br>
> Ad<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On 25/07/2023 12:11, Iain Cuthbertson via Wolves wrote:<br>
> > Reasons why I'm reluctant to join video calls instead of <br>
> physical meetings:<br>
> > 1. I spend my working life on a computer<br>
> > 2. All meetings I have at work are video calls<br>
> > 3. After work, I don't want to return to the office to have a call - it<br>
> > feels too much like work<br>
> > 4. Living with my wife means that I can't occupy a comfy location for<br>
> > the call (see point 3)<br>
> ><br>
> > I relish the thought of returning to a regular physical meet-up - be it<br>
> > fortnightly or monthly.<br>
> > I do miss the regular meetings, having a bite to eat, a pint or two, and<br>
> > talking crap for a few hours.<br>
> > The occasional discussion of Linux related things is acceptable as well.<br>
> ><br>
> > For general meeting venues, I recommend pubs rather than restaurants.<br>
> > The latter is more about having a meal and vacating once consumed.<br>
> > Whereas pubs expect people to be chatting for hours on end.<br>
> ><br>
> > Monday - Thursday suits me for physical meetings. Fridays are when my<br>
> > wife and I relax after a manic week :)<br>
> > And we might have more trouble finding setting on Fridays.<br>
> ><br>
> > Pretty much any location - have car, can travel!<br>
> ><br>
> > Iain<br>
> ><br>
> > On Mon, 24 Jul 2023 at 15:01, Chris Ellis via Wolves<br>
> > <<a href="mailto:wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>> <br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 2:08 PM Adam Sweet via Wolves<br>
> > <<a href="mailto:wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>> <br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>>> wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > On 22/07/2023 02:26, John Alexander via Wolves wrote:<br>
> > > > Hi everyone, recently the WLUG meetups have reduced in uptake<br>
> > to myself<br>
> > > > Chris and Dan, others come but it's not frequent.<br>
> > > > Chris came up with some good ideas and 'll leave it to him to<br>
> > explain them.<br>
> > > > What do people want in a meetup, events/social/Study etc,,,<br>
> > when and<br>
> > > > how often would be good for the members.<br>
> > > > I'd like to open up this as a discussion thread. What do others<br>
> > think?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Sorry to take a few days to come back on this. I'd be interested<br>
> > to hear<br>
> > > what Chris has to say, but from my point of view, I think the<br>
> > world in<br>
> > > general has had enough of video calls after the pandemic. They're<br>
> > > certainly useful but lack the qualitative and tactile nature of in<br>
> > > person meetings.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > For me, I now have a baby and I simply can't reliably turn up to<br>
> > video<br>
> > > calls as I'm never not doing anything. It would be easier for me<br>
> > to make<br>
> > > in person meetings as I can arrange to be out for evening. I could<br>
> > > probably make once a month if we agree on a location. They <br>
> could be<br>
> > > fortnightly as they were before, or once a month with a video <br>
> call on<br>
> > > the other fortnight. I'd be happy to go back to the Royal <br>
> Tiger as a<br>
> > > regular and then move around few other locations too.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > I had plans to hold events to build up some momentum and<br>
> > encourage new<br>
> > > members. Unfortunately some family news kicked the legs out for a<br>
> > while,<br>
> > > then COVID and later my wife becoming pregnant sucked all the air<br>
> > out of<br>
> > > the those intentions. The talks were quite popular but I was<br>
> > burnt out<br>
> > > after the Rocky Linux one, I wasn't able to find volunteers to<br>
> > give any<br>
> > > more talks and wasn't able to sustain it. There are a few pages<br>
> > on the<br>
> > > LUG website about proposed talks and events. We always need<br>
> > suggestions<br>
> > > and ideas.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > I don't currently have the availability and we're lacking other<br>
> > > organisers. We need volunteers and motivators.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Aside from that, what were you going to say Chris? Everyone else,<br>
> > what<br>
> > > would you be interested doing and what would encourage you to<br>
> > meet up?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Ad<br>
> ><br>
> > My thoughts are pretty similar.<br>
> ><br>
> > Given things have now moved on from the initial days of pandemic<br>
> > lockdowns,<br>
> > I think weekly meetings are a bit over the top, but I do still think<br>
> > there is value in<br>
> > having virtual meetings, and not just from a purely selfish view of<br>
> > being a bit remote.<br>
> ><br>
> > I would suggest that we reduce the frequency and that we also<br>
> > consider which day<br>
> > and time works best for people whom wish to attend. I know that a<br>
> > number of people<br>
> > have clashes on Wednesday evenings, it would also be sensible to avoid<br>
> > clashes if<br>
> > we go to alternate weeks<br>
> ><br>
> > I also think that having regular physical meetups would be good and<br>
> > I'll certainly aim<br>
> > to travel to make some of them.<br>
> ><br>
> > I would suggest we gauge interest in:<br>
> ><br>
> > 1) Restarting regular meat space meetups<br>
> > 2) Reducing virtual meetups<br>
> > 3) Alternating virtual meetups with evening and daytime<br>
> > 4) Discussing with days work best for people<br>
> > 5) What frequency of physical and virtual meetups to aim for<br>
> > 6) What venues work for people<br>
> ><br>
> > Thoughts?<br>
> ><br>
> > Chris<br>
> ><br>
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