[cumbria_lug] Meeting dates?

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Hi,
I would not worry about your meetings being big and prepare accordingly. 
Why not meet in a pub(or cafe etc) that is open anyway? If you take a 
friend/partner then it's not a loss if nobody turns up. Have some 
pre-arranged object like a penguin or a certain geeky book on the table 
so new comers can identify the group.
Yes it's much better if people say they are coming, and text/phone you 
if they can't make it(or are late) at the last moment. But just in case 
they don't, set yourself a time or drink limit (maximum 60minutes after 
the start time) at which you give up if nobody has turned up.

Moving the topic on...
I actually live in the North East (Durham).
I've been given a tiny bit of travel money to tell people in the North 
West about OpenStreetMap and encourage anyone to get involved. If you 
don't know already, in short it is the wikipedia of maps. Due to it 
being about data, not just arty maps, it has a lot of open source 
software built for it. In it's early years(2005 onwards), talks at LUGs 
in the South got a good reception. So I wondered if Cumbria LUG might be 
interested in meeting an OpenStreetMap surveying addict and bad 
programmer but Linux user.

I'm thinking I might make my trip in early-March, and it will be around 
the Carlisle area. If you have a meeting then, I could try and 
co-ordinate with it. It doesn't have to be traditional talk style. I 
could just join you in the pub and chat about OpenStreetMap, with 
demos/help on editing using my laptop (wifi preferable but not required).

Gregory Marler
http://www.livingwithdragons.com

On 24/01/12 13:06, Damian Hellstrom wrote:
> @Andy
>
> I haven't organised any, because there has only been 3 ppl showing an 
> interest - as I've posted before, on occasion I've waited from 7:30 - 
> 11:00 on my own for ppl 2 turn up.  I would gladly open the Lodge 
> again if there was a guarantee ppl would turn up!
>
> Damian
>
> On 23 January 2012 13:32, Andrew <hugmail1023 at yahoo.co.uk 
> <mailto:hugmail1023 at yahoo.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     When is the next meeting?
>     Where can i find a list of dates?
>
>     Cheers
>     Andy
>
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