[Lincoln LUG] [IMPORTANT UPDATE] Lincoln LUG first social meeting Tuesday 27th September at 7.30pm

[Carl Inglis]

Hi Becky,

Personally I think out of town venues discriminate against those who
don't (or can't) drive.

Whilst I accept your point about Freshers Week, that was last week,
and I'm sure another venue in the town center (or somewhere with some
semblance of public transport) could have been found.

In your reply you said "at our first LUG meet." - but in your original
email you said "on a regular basis".

Can you confirm that the plan is either:

1 - revert back to the original venue after the first meet or
2 - continue to hold the meets at the proposed new venue.

I'm also concerned at the unilateral action taken in changing the
venue with only a couple of days notice. Shouldn't this have been
discussed with the members beforehand to make sure people were in
agreement?

The new venue may indeed be 1.4 miles from the Ritz, however it's
unaccessible by public transport at that time of night and therefore
would require cycling along Cannock Road and Washingborough Road - not
the best places to be cycling late at night after a couple of pints.

Thank you for your offer of transport, but I would rather be able to
leave when I choose instead of being beholden to others - also
Bracebridge Heath is the other side of town from where I live and
therefore you'd need to come all the way through the town center
anyway.

Regards,

Carl

On 25 September 2011 20:05, Rebecca Newborough <bobobex at bobobex.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Carl Inglis <carl.inglis at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Becky,
>>
>> Outside my cycleable radius I'm afraid - what was wrong with the original venue?
>>
>> Carl
>
> Hi Carl (and others)
>
> The new venue is just 1.4 miles from Ritz, and has a nice quiet area
> of the bar which could accommodate us.  It's been Lincoln Fresher week
> this week, and the Ritz has been over-run with the new Uni students in
> the evenings, as there is nearby student accommodation opposite
> Debenhams and around Portland Street.  The Ritz is their nearest,
> cheap watering hole.  I thought we all deserved somewhere a little
> more quiet to be able to get to know each other at our first LUG meet.
>
> Philip and I will driving down from Bracebridge Heath; if you are
> en-route (ish), we will swing by & pick you up if you would like, and
> drop you home later.  Also, I forgot to say in my earlier email that
> we will also be being joined by 5 or so members of the Hull LUG, who
> are kindly driving down to join us and meet their LUG neighbours :)
> Another reason for choosing a quieter venue for this meeting.
>
> Mail me direct if you need a pick up.  Hope to see some of you there on Tuesday.
>
> Becky
>
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