[Glastonbury] Glad Tidings !

[Andrew M.A. Cater]

On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 08:24:09PM +0000, Martin Wheeler wrote:
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>    A very Merry Christmas to all LUGoG members, and best wishes for the
>                     season of peace and goodwill.
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> 
Happy solstice - happy Hannukah for the 26th and Eid Mubarak (for any
Arabic speaking Christians :) )

> The good news is that, thanks to the understanding and forebearance of 
> Somerset County Council and local Centre Manager Steve Lazenby, we can 
> now continue our meetings free of charge in the purpose-built IT training 
> premises of the ICT Centre in Glastonbury.
> 
What "stuff" do they have, and how is their connectivity arranged -
any obvious problems with say, booting into Knoppix on their machines?

> Thus the next meeting will be (as suggested last week) on the second 
> Tuesday of January -- Tuesday, January 10th -- at 19.00, Glastonbury ICT 
> Centre. Abbott's Court, Benedict Street, Glastonbury; and every second 
> Tuesday of the month thereafter (unless we decide otherwise fairly soon).
> 
> There is ample off-street parking -- and for those not too au fait with 
> the street layout of the centre of town, it's easy enough to find -- 
> starting at the Market Cross, proceed west down Benedict Street for about 
> 250 yards (Benedict Street is the one that *isn't either the High Street 
> or Magdalene Street), and Abbott's Court is on your right almost opposite 
> the King Arthur pub.
> 
> See you there !
> 
> I would like to take this occasion to give a very heartfelt thanks to 
> Steve Leonard-Clarke, who, for the past two and a half years, has borne 
> the brunt of being the sole person responsible for ensuring that meetings 
> take place at all, given the requirements of St. Dunstan's School.
> (More accurately, the dictates of the school's insurers!)
> 
> Steve -- I hope you don't feel in any way personally targetted by this, 
> but I sincerely hope that by moving meetings to new premises where we have 
> far greater leeway in who is considered responsible for the premises, that 
> the group will be able to ensure meetings take place on a regular and 
> predictable basis, unaffected by school holidays or other term-time 
> events, or even by the availability or otherwise of any one person.
> 
A heartfelt thanks on my part also to Steve. Best wishes to all
of the LUGoG, including list lurkers - here's hoping that 2006
will dawn brightly and that all will be well with each of us: a
death earlier this year made me realise that you can never appreciate
others enough but its worth trying :)

> So could those who would like to be considered as 'key-holders' please 
> contact me off-list as soon as possible, so that we can present the Centre 
> with a list of names before the first meeting in the Centre?
> 
Don't need to be a key holder - but am glad to know where I may be
heading :)

> More on the facilities available to us anon.
> 
> But meanwhile -- any comments?
> -- 
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