[Liverpool] Potential Venue Change For Future Meetings

[animation animation]

Just had it pointed out that Merseyside black magicians has been
interpreted in a way I did not intend. I meant black magician as someone
who practices black-magic.
If I offended anyone please accept my apologies.

On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 2:57 PM, animation animation <animation1138 at gmail.com
> wrote:

> It sounds like a no brainer if the room is available. Just hope that the
> room isn't used by Merseyside black magicians or similar on the first
> Wednesday.
> On 7 Apr 2015 21:00, "Dan Lynch" <dan at danlynch.org> wrote:
>
>> Good questions Barry, most of them have been answered but I'll do so
>> again below for the sake of completeness. Scroll on :)
>>
>> On 07/04/15 13:01, animation animation wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Do you know how much the room is to hire? Some months are not that well
>> > attended.
>>
>> It's free because we're a community group who doesn't charge for
>> membership or meetings. They also seem keen to have us as part of their
>> community.
>>
>> > Parking nearby?
>>
>> Duke St pay and display bays are free after 6pm as are many others
>> nearby. There's also a Q Park multi-storey next door by the Novotel.
>> I've no idea how expensive it is but that's open 24hrs.
>>
>> > Pubs nearby?
>>
>> Yep there's a good one on the corner of Duke St and Hannover St right
>> below DoES. It's called The Hub and while it looks pricey from outside
>> it actually turns out to be cheaper than Shipping Forecast for drinks. I
>> checked that personally hehe. Most of the groups in DoES use it after
>> meetings or events. It's also not that far from the Shipping Forecast,
>> only 5 minutes walk. So there's nothing to stop us continuing to go
>> there if people prefer.
>>
>> > End of an era?
>>
>> To an extent it is but we didn't always meet in LSC anyway. LivLUG
>> starting in around 2002-03 and originally met in the offices of Blue
>> Fountain at the Liver Buildings. We've met in many other locations
>> since. It was at FACT when I joined in 2008. We've been at LSC since
>> about 2010 so it probably is the longest serving venue that's for sure.
>> >
>> > Is a place at DoES available?
>>
>> Yep, I also get the feeling they've been keeping the first Weds of the
>> month free in the hope we'd eventually join. The organisers did ask me
>> about it 2 or 3 years ago when DoES opened.
>>
>> > Will meetings remain on a first Wednesday of the month?
>>
>> Yep. See previous answer.
>>
>> > Does Sonic the Hedgehog ever feel blue?
>>
>> I dunno, I was always more of a Nintendo kid but I can tell you Mario
>> never feels blue ;-)
>>
>> Perhaps we should discuss it next month as Will suggested. I just
>> thought it may be easier to do that on the list rather than in the venue
>> we're talking about leaving. That could be awkward.
>>
>> For what it's worth I don't think LSC will be that bothered. At the
>> moment they seem to feel they're doing us a favour and usually someone
>> has to come down specifically to open up for us. I suspect they won't
>> miss that part. The computer support arrangement we had has fallen by
>> the way side. I do want to make clear to them if we move that we'll
>> still happily help them out with technical stuff. Speaking for myself
>> that is at least.
>>
>> In the past 5 years we've set up those computers they use, one of which
>> is always unplugged, and I've been called down once on a Saturday to fix
>> a printer. That's it. They either don't have any technical problems or
>> don't feel they can ask us.
>>
>> Right, another rambling email must end. Any more thoughts on all this
>> anyone?
>>
>> Dan
>>
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