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

[Stuart Burns]

Hi,

I think it is a good idea. In reality it is also probably the only way we
are going to get it to work!

Regards

Stuart

On 30 January 2013 16:40, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> 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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