[Cumbria] Next meeting...

[Ken Hough]

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>>Mat Brunt wrote:
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>>>And just to recall one of the earliest conversation's I read about
>>>where to advertise the LUG - what about flyers at the tills in
>>>mainline bookshops. Most of the techies I know always seem to end up
>>>there in search for something new to read.
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I did try to get my local W.H.Smith's to play ball, but they wouldn't, 
despite them selling both LXF and LXM

Ken

>Someone did mention possibly extra / informal meetings at other venues
>such as pubs. That sounds OK by me but we might get a reputation as a
>group of Linux Lounge Lizards.
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>Hrm, not sure if pubs would be such a good idea -- there's already been
>plenty of debate on this list, so adding alcohol to the mix might not help
>matters much :)
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Spoil sport! Can you suggest alternatives?

Ken

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>>Perhaps somewhere around Keswick could be good.  Anyone know a good pub
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>That's the problem with Cumbria -- despite being one of the best counties
>(there's nothing like the Lakes), it's gigantic. Keswick would be a very
>long way for us Furnessians to travel, so maybe we should all state our
>locations and find a place which on average is closest to us all :)
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>Then again, that'd probably be something like Oxen Park, which is dire
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I suggested Keswick as probably the least dificult common denominator, 
ie on A66. It's still a pain for me, probably moreso than Gleaston.

Ken