[HLUG] Tuesday's OpenStreetMap Presentation Demo

[Ben Proctor]

Hi all

I'd also like to thank everyone who turned.

And I'd particularly like to thank Julian for organising the venue.

Cheers

Ben


On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Julian Robbins <joolsr1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone
>
> Great talk last night from Ben Proctor <
> https://www.facebook.com/benproctor> on
> OpenStreetMap - thanks Ben. Anyone who missed the talk can catch up with
> the tweets.
>
> Thanks also to everyone who turned up, 15 came along so it proves that the
> organised events in a suitable surroundings work out well. May have had
> even more if we had more time to promote it. St John's Ambulance were easy
> to deal with but lots of little niggles, in booking the event and during
> it. The alarm went off when we put in the code they supplied, as .... they
> supplied the wrong code !
>
> Likewise, no-one could get wifi there, as it was the wrong code again.
>
> Mainly these issues seemed to be from a disjunct between the the local
> Hereford folk/site and the Birmingham centralised booking office, where
> Birmingham seemed to have incorrect info all the way along.
>
> In fact we were lucky to use the main hall, we had only paid a much smaller
> amount to book the smaller meeting room, which when we entered had lots of
> fake dead bodies and stretchers, ie it was a more a store room for St
> Johns, and never setup as a 'meeting room'
>
> But all in all once the alarm was sorted, Ben put on a great presentation,
> and lots turned up to attend!
>
> We hope to put on more events like this every so often.
>
> Julian
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