[Glastonbury] next meeting

[steve]

Martin Wheeler wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Ian Dickinson wrote:
>
>> Hi Martin,
>> Wednesdays have got a bit complicated for me with family commitments,
>> so getting to the next meeting could be tricky.
>
>
> I'm actually beginning to favour something like the second Thursday of 
> every month myself, so don't worry.
>
> I've just been on the phone to Steve, and there's more than a chance 
> we may change the official status of the group as far as the school is 
> concerned so we can then use the school premises whenever we want; but 
> what this all entails I'm not sure about as yet.  Maybe Steve will let 
> us know when he gets on line.

the linux user group of glastonbury began because at st dunstan's we had 
a small thin-client network and as a linux user i wanted to give 
something back. i arranged with the school that i could set up such a 
group at the school for free as long as i was prepared to be present as 
a representative from the school which i was more than happy to do. the 
school themsleves have had very little to do with it. most importantly 
it has been the caretaker team that has helped us out the most over 
meetings etc:
however I agree that this now needs to be changed.
the community side of the school run by the leisure centre for evening 
(mainly sports) clubs are the prople to help out here.
we will probably have to hire a room for use through them because of 
insurance. (ultimately the school is run by the LEA of somerset).
there will need to be a named person(s) responisble for the use of the 
room and some way of registering attendance I would have thought.
i will speak to them and see what they say.
in august why can't we hire the town hall and have an "install fest" and 
put on music in the evening to raise awareness? money i guess.
anyway i''l get back to this list by saturday.
regards,
steve leonard-clarke

>
> Also, the reason next week's meeting was changed is because Steve will 
> be in London that day -- *exactly* the sort of thing Sean and I want 
> to avoid.
> Mainly because it puts an unfair onus on Steve to be around for the 
> meetings whether he wants to be there or not --  and has repercussions 
> on whether we can, or can't, meet on a regular basis.
> This *has* to be sorted.
> Almost three years down the line, and the conditions in place when we 
> set up the group no longer obtain -- there are now more than 60 of us, 
> each with different limitations; and we have to have a little more 
> tightness in the organisation of what we do, and when we do it.
>
> I throw this open for comment and discussion.