[Chester LUG] LUG social and future talks - your thoughts please

[David Holden]

I'd be happy to contribute to something like this - I think keeping it 
voluntary would be best though. I suggest you put a hat down and may be 
do a little song and dance to loosen peoples pockets :)

  Cheers,

  Dave.



On 30/01/13 16:40, Les Pritchard wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
> I'm sure you don't need reminding as there have been a few emails about
> this month's LUG social. But in case you've missed it, the next one is
> tomorrow evening from 7.30 at the Rake & Pikel.
>   I hope to see you all there.
>
> Alongside the usual social meets, in the past we've had a few good
> evenings of more formal talks. The problem stopping us holding more has
> always been the venue. I've looked around several times and have managed
> to find some fairly reasonable prices for room hire. However the concern
> has always been the payment. I know that we generally get a good turnout
> for these events, but if it's a quiet night, the few who turn up would
> end up having to fork out a bit.
>
> So one thought that has popped into my mind was to set up a small
> subscription kitty of sorts. If regular members were to pay into
> something we could book venues for talks with more confidence. Anyone
> else who comes to the talks could put some money on the night. Obviously
> our socials would still be free, but doing this would allow us to
> schedule more regular talks or techie get your laptops out and do
> something style events.
>
> I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter, would you be willing to
> put in say £1/£2 a month? We could change that depending on how many
> people are doing it and the cost of the venue.
>
> Thanks
>
> Les
>
>
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Dr David Holden. (dh at iucr.org)