[Beds] Meeting day was: October 2005 Meeting

[Lee Larcombe]

We could always hang out with the skater kids in Harper Square and use the
Library's new WiFi. There are always seats there and we can bring our own
cans ;-)


On 02/11/05 17:50, "Adrian St. John" <adrian at stjohn-home.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 07:41:54PM +0100, Neil Darlow wrote:
>> 
>> I think the problem is more one of value i.e. what can we do to encourage
>> more people to attend meetings. I'm all for arranging activities with e.g.
>> hardware and Internet access but there would be a financial cost involved
>> and I would need some level of commitment from members to attend.
> 
> I think what would help is to for the meetings to be more structured and
> have specific topics that are known about well in advance.
> 
> Having a bit more publicity might help as well. I know its not UK
> specific but a posting on comp.os.linux.announce might help - enough
> other LUGs post meetings there.
> 
> Another thing I was thinking about was the venue - its always quite
> noisy and crowded and occasionally we have problems getting seats. I was
> going to suggest another pub in Bedford that is a lot quieter (and would
> be happy with the increase in trade, no matter how small), but it
> doesn't have suitable parking nearby.
> 
> As for things like internet access there is WiFi in The Pilgrims
> Progress at around 6 quid per hour which wouldn't have to be purchased
> in advance. If we could get agreement from the management for power then
> we can always have a laptop that connects in.
> 
>> Regards,
>> Neil Darlow
>> 
> 
> Adrian St. John
> 
> 
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