[Gloucs] Next LUG meeting

Dave Addison dave at redmoor.org.uk
Fri Jan 23 22:17:20 GMT 2004


In message <1074893717.5869.32.camel at linstation>, Guy Edwards 
<guy_j_edwards at HotPOP.com> writes
>On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 10:23, Glyn Davies wrote:
>[snip]
>> Are there any plans hatched for January's meeting? If not, can anyone
>> suggest a venue?
>>
>> We really need to sort out this venue malarky by the February meeting date.
>
>Since we could do with a meeting place, I was going to ask on Monday at
>work if we could use a room at Gloscat, Cheltenham. Anyone got any
>thoughts? I've written down what I can think of.
>
>Problems are:
>1) Although there's tonnes of parking there, you might have to pay 50p
>for a carpark token to get out of the car park. Sometimes the barrier is
>up in the evenings so you don't have to pay, other times you have to pay
>to get out.
>
>2) If you're bringing in a laptop etc then I will have to sort out some
>kind of security tag for the equipment at reception so they know you
>aren't running off with college equipment at the end.
>
>3) Can't have food/drink in the computer lab (college policy) so no
>sipping a coffee while watching a presentation.
>
>4) Classroom type seating arrangement which isnt easy to change.
>
>Good points:
>1) Great big "activeboard" in the room with a projector mounted in the
>ceiling. Good for presentations.
>
>2) lab machines can be used for practice installs (I can set the room up
>with blank hard drives before the meeting).
>
>3) It's not far from the Chelt motorway junction - Princess Elizabeth
>Way near the GCHQ building. This should make it easier to get to for
>those who don't live near Chelt.
>
>4) seperate restarant/bar where you could have a break from
>presentations etc. (we would have to lock the room when we went for a
>break)
>
>5) Hopefully no booking cost.
>
>6) I will place a filter on the internet - e.g. blocking anything like
>kazaa, blacklisted websites and the majority of nmap type traffic, but
>bandwidth in the evenings shouldn't be a problem though so people who
>normally just have a dial-up can download security updates for their
>distribution etc.
>
>Shout problems/requests/questions now. I'll be trying to sort it out
>next week in time for Febs meeting if eveythings ok?
>
>Guy
>
Sounds good to me. Certainly a better venue than anything I've been able 
to come up with.
-- 
Dave Addison
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