[HLUG] Preston as a venue for LUG meeting & CAPS Herefordshire

[Julian Robbins]

GRAHAM COLE wrote:
> The CAP at Preston on Wye uses a small room and the organiser expects to not 
> have enough space for us. BUT we could use an adjacent room which holds 
> about 10 people and we would be able to use the wifi of the CAP. So we can 
> have our own space but it would cost £8 for the hire. It would have to be a 
> Wednesday evening.
>   
Hi Graham

Can I suggest we book it for our normal slot , third Weds on Month at
Preston and give it a try ?

This will mean next week, but I don't want leave things for another month.

Please can you go ahead any book it, if you don't mind, we'll take it
from there. Although it costs £8, its only about the same as normal, ie
we usually pay a £1 each at the Day Centre. I guess if we have a really
poor turnout anytime, it'll be more expensive, but the aim is get MORE
members coming along, MORE momentum, and MORE help offered, etc. So
hopefully this wont be the case ;-).

Would also be handy to find out,

    *  how long they allow us there til ?
    *  car parking
    *  and if there's a pub, or refreshments/toliets at/near the venue.

This is only a trial - if it doesn't work out, we'll try another CAP or
back to the Day Centre.

Once booked, we'll get more info ie a map, parking etc.

On another matter, I've got my 20 odd Ubuntu 8.0.4.1 CD's yesterday to
give away if anyone wants them.

Julian
> Graham
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christopher Evans" <reactiv8 at hotmail.co.uk>
> To: <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 5:54 PM
> Subject: [HLUG] Preston as a venue for LUG meeting & CAPS Herefordshire
>
>   
>> Greetings all!With reference to alternative venues for future LUG 
>> meetings, I'm delighted that the concept of using Herefordshire CAPS 
>> 'centres' appeals! - Hooray for 'Democracy', especially if we can 
>> 'circulate' around these centres to share the location of our meetings 
>> more 'equably'. Meeting in a village hall with all the facilities also 
>> makes it so much easier for us to discuss and learn together, and show 
>> Linux to other interested parties! - We could even go as far as installing 
>> Linux on CAPS laptops too, but in my local CAPS (Lingen), that would 
>> inevitably meet the 'bureaucracy' of a certain person who shall remain 
>> nameless - Better still that the CAPS higher administration made a 'policy 
>> decision' about Linux, and we would be laughing! - Incidentally, The 
>> Norwegian Government has already ruled in favour of Open Source for all 
>> government software in future! - As usual the Scandinavians are decades 
>> ahead of us in Blighty ... Anyway, my father and I are quite happy to meet 
>> at Pre
>> ston-on-Wye next - I see that it is at Grid Reference SO384416, and those 
>> of us from N-W Herefordshire can reach it avoiding Leominster and 
>> Hereford, crossing the Wye at Bridge Sollers or Bredwardine. Let's keep 
>> this one rolling, eh?!Chris.Bridge Sollers