[Scottish] The Future of the LUG (was: Re: Next Meeting)

[Kyle Gordon]

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On Tuesday 09 December 2003 19:03, Phil Deane wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 Dec 2003 14:40, William Anderson wrote:
> 
>
> >
> > Is it time perhaps to rename ourselves the Glasgow LUG?  Also, the
> > Scottish
 LUG could be reused as an umbrella organisation, perhaps
> > uniting the other LUGs in Scotland to form a larger community ... This
> > could be an excellent way of getting LUGs to work together in a variety
> > of ways, maybe encouraging other LUGs to be formed to cater for local
> > communities where there is no LUG (Inverness? Oban? Ayr? Orkneys?) and
> > would allow ourselves to refocus on the task of being a user group for
> > Glasgow, and not the whole of Scotland.
>
> 
> 
> But then we would be GLUG? Which in itself, sounds like a bunch of 
> pissheads(We at least have to keep up the facade of being sensible)
> 
Maybe GlasLUG then?  I dunno, maybe it sounds silly. We've referred to the 
group as ScotLUG for a long time, stick with the pattern?

> I have been to a few Meetings, which initially were held at Borders, which
> 
 suited me as I worked in town, and usually worked late.(why was Borders
> finished with?, I always thought it was a good neutral place)
> 

If I recall correctly, Borders ran out of space and an alternative venue was 
sought. Strathclyde Uni had space, and we were allowed to use it.

> Now with a different job, i finish at 5, and normally dont fancy hanging 
> around town for 2 1/2 hours before the meeting, which explains why I havn't
> 
 been to one for a few years. Also being customer facing, and having a 9am
> appointment on Firdays I dont like to drink the night before, and I its
> against my irishness to go into a pub and not drink :)
> 
> -- 
> 
> Phil Deane
> http://www.MiracleExpress.force9.co.uk
> 
Regards

Kyle
> 
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