[SWLUG] Carmarthen meeting timings

[Dick Bain]

Telsa Gwynne wrote:

>so last month 
>we tried the second Thursday of the month. At which stage Certain 
>People Who Asked For This Change promptly didn't come.
>  
>
Guilty as charged :-( In mitigation I was on stage (amdram) in Narberth
at the time and I thought I had said, humble apologies to all.
I would really like to come to meetings on the second Thursday because
my village community association have their meeting on the first Thursday.

>So that's why it is the way it is. Please do snip all of it
>in any replies: it looks mad enough just seeing it once. 
>
>Anyway, at the last meeting in Carmarthen we talked about changing
>the dates or the frequency or otherwise stopping Carmarthen meetings
>from always being right next to the Cardiff ones. 
>
>Any thoughts from people on that? Good plan, bad plan, "keep the
>curry" (Thursday nights are curry nights at the pub there)? If the
>dates or the rota should change, how should they change? How often
>should we be going where?
>There is an entire other thread someone could start about what 
>we _do_ at these. Some people are happy with a social. Others 
>want more out of it: talks, etc. But for that to happen, we need
>a (different) venue -- quiet, projector screen/flipboard/whatever,
>and probably enough power for more than one laptop to be plugged
>in, for starters -- and someone willing to talk on a topic and 
>people willing to show up even if it is not the topic they 
>particularly wanted. I can think of one which would do for small
>things in central-ish Swansea, but know nothing about Cardiff or
>Carmarthen. Anyway, perhaps that should be another thread. 
>
>Thoughts on "I would go to Carmarthen meetings if..." timing?
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>
I have recently joined the Carmarthen Computer Users Group who meet on
the first Wed every month in a nice venue which could be hired at £15 a
night. The venue is in Priory Street and there is plenty of power points
etc, and a car park opposite (Lidl's)  The said group have just acquired
a very nice projector, which I could ask them to lend us as it is stored
away for the rest of the month.
The CCUG people are very nice but I think I was the youngest at the
meeting and they are mostly just talking about nursing their aging Win98
machines along and such things, although at the last meeting I did a
little talk on The Open CD and Live Linux distros (very badly if I may
say so myself) I'm sure someone more used to doing this could have done
better.
Again sincere apologies to all for not being there last time!
Dick