[HLUG] Thursday meeting & Finding a new Meeting Venue.

[Chris Owens]

Hi everyone

    Very sorry to have missed the meeting wherever it was - spent a very
pleasant 30 mins from 7-7.30 in the 'garden' at the Spread Eagle but
then abandoned ship and returned home.

    Just to say that I think to really make the Group function access to
live hardware is essential. Nice though it is in the pub its not really
conducive to systematic learning and to my mind nothing beats a)
Structured presentation/demonstration of key software b) Tutorials on
key operations or c) A group project with a leader involving the
development of a useful application or service. Informal gatherings with
everyone doing their own thing is great (or at least has been for me)
especially if one has a specific problem to fix but doesn't really bind 
the group together. Just having a chat I reckon is best kept for 
informal evenings and these are best in the pub.

    Incidentally if meetings do get canceled for any reason it would
really help to have say 24 hours notice to save people like me from
polluting the planet more than I already do!.

All the best

Chris

Julian Robbins wrote:
> j michaelson wrote:
>> hi all,
>>
>> sorry i didn't make it to the meeting. for some reason i went to the
>> volunteer instead of the spread. it wasn't till i got home and re-read
>> the emails that i realised my mistake.
>>
>> it wasn't a complete loss, they some black bush whiskey and a nice
>> little garden out back so i drank a few whiskeys, read a book and
>> listened to the birdsong. quite a nice evening, really.
>>
>> i'll pay more attention next time.   :-)
> Hi John & HLUGGERS
>
> Here's a quick rundown of what we discussed, for those who couldn't 
> make it.
>
> Yes, the three of us, Me, Ben and Graham turned up and had a pleasant 
> chat about Linux, Open Source, etc.
>
> I asked the others if there was anything we could do to get more 
> members to come to the meetings. Graham said he very much liked the 
> facilities at the college, and the many extra possibilities offered 
> there to _really do_ stuff.
>
> Ben said that he would prefer if we were able to get the group project 
> back up and running. For this we obviously need some premises to meet 
> at that we can do some real computing, rather than outside at the pub, 
> however nice it is.
>
> Graham said he had heard of a place in Hereford that community groups 
> could use for free, that we could possibly try. He will find out more. 
> The idea is that you might want to buy teas and snacks which helps the 
> hall, but without any room hire charge. The local Oxfam group holds 
> their meetings there.
>
> Obviously, we ideally need somewhere to go alongside the College, for 
> the times that we're not able to go there, (which might be for a while 
> with summer holidays, and half term breaks).
>
> We would need :-
>
> /*Essential*/
>     /*Desirable*/
> Mains Power
>     Broadband Internet Access
> FREE Room Usage
>     Food and Drinks
>
>     Toilets
>
>     Located centrally in the county, i.e. Hereford or close by
>
>     Other PC's there we could use
>
>
> Anything else I've forgotten?
>
> So, although Graham is going to try and get more in info, if anyone 
> else has any ideas for a medium-long term room, that we can use for 
> free, _please_ reply. We have nothing to lose asking.
>
> The meeting attendances have got to the point, ie less than 4 or 5, 
> that we may be in danger of disappearing, which i'm sure you would not 
> want. If we can get another alternative venue to use alongside the 
> College, that would really help us get set-up and organised better and 
> I think, get more members along.
>
> We can still go to a pub occasionally, for a LUG meeting or social 
> meeting, especially in the summer evenings, but its not an ideal venue 
> for the proper meets, I feel...
>
> Comments ??
>
> Julian Robbins
>
>>
>> john.
>>
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