[HLUG] Suggestions for LUG Meeting Place for Workshops etc ?

[Julian Robbins]

thanks for that tim

probably a bit pricey for us.

Shame as good facilities there

Any other suggestions anyone? We can only make informed choices on what our
LUG wants to do if you tell us what you want from the LUG

Julian
 On Mar 19, 2013 5:33 PM, "Tim Spivey" <tim at spiveyworld.net> wrote:

> My work has a hire able conference room for 20 ish people, it has a big
> screen tv connected via VGA (D-Sub) to a laptop for demos etc.  The
> downside is that it is £21 an hour which is probably a bit much for us.
>  The upside is it is part of the Blind College so the wifi is 19megabit!
> On 19 Mar 2013 08:04, "Julian Robbins" <joolsr1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello
> >
> > Its nice to see so many members coming along to our monthly meetings.
> > Although the Courtyard is a good option in many respects, ie central,
> close
> > to town/city centre, accessible, food/drink available, free etc its one
> big
> > drawback is that there isn't anywhere to plug in and have a quieter space
> > to put of a demo or presentation.
> >
> >
> > Sarah has come up with a number of possible venues, of which there are
> many
> > and various, but on the most part there is a charge of approx £8 per hour
> > for the room for the group.
> >
> > We previously went down this route of hiring a hall, but due to various
> > reasons it didn't quite work out.
> >
> > So a couple of questions :-
> >
> > *1) Ideas for a suitable venue*
> >
> > Criteria:
> >
> >    - Needs to be ideally in a town or Hereford City Centre, we';re not
> >    averse to meeting outside of Hereford if a good place comes up
> >    - Food and drink at the venue or very close is always popular
> >    - Car parking close by and ideally close to bus/train station
> >    - Would need to be a separate meeting space, where we can setup
> >    projector, have mains power ideally
> >    - Accessibility ideally
> >    - Free ?
> >
> >
> > *2) Would you mind paying to attend some meetings ?*
> >
> > Most good meeting venues are charged, and if we get enough people along
> the
> > costs to each person coming along isnt great. However, if numbers go down
> > you get a problem, where the less come along, the more that people who do
> > come along end up paying each ...
> > But we should be at least keen to consider this option, if no good 'free'
> > venues come up
> >
> > We have met previously in pubs, community rooms with IT support, Hereford
> > 6th form college, and even an airfield cafe once (!), so there are lots
> of
> > places out there to think about.
> >
> > I must stress that we won't be leaving the Courtyard; for a social
> 'chatty'
> > meeting area its absolutely fine, but the plan is to have more meetings
> > where we can put on demos/workshops to the group, presentations etc even
> to
> > other groups in the County about FOSS. Ideas have included Owncloud,
> > Virtual Machines, DTP Open Source software, Open street map etc, etc
> >
> > So please come forth with any ideas here, on the two questions above - if
> > you have a venue you are linked with (ie work, etc) that we can attend
> for
> > free (or paid), all the better.
> >
> > Julian
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