[SWLUG] Swansea meet - the aftermath

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Other events?   How about badgering the education system for some local  
evening classes on Linux use?

How to clean up with Gimp?

Ilyan

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:00:00 -0000, matt <matt at matthewmoore.org.uk> wrote:

>
>> Anyone in favour of doing this again?  Given we have Carmarthen on a
>> third Tuesday and Cardiff on a first Wednesday, it may be worth
>> thinking about another night, and that the fourth anything probably
>> isn't a good idea.
>
> Well on the night most people seemed interested.  However the silence on  
> the
> list has been deafening.  My personal vote would be for the Second  
> Tuesday.
> Silence means you agree.  :)
>
>>
>> 2. Other events
>>
>> Also raised was the matter of non-pub events.  There seemed to be a
>> lot of interest in holding an event similar to the legendary lightning
>> talks or the awareness event we held { n: n>3 } years ago - both of
>> which are on the perennial to-do list.  Lots of people expressed an
>> interest in such events, nobody seemed committed to actually
>> organising it (so sky still blue, water still wet).  I believe there
>> may be some notes from previous lightning talks on www.swlug.org.
>>
>> Anyone willing to pick up the baton on this?
>
> I'm happy to pick up the baton on the lightning talks.  However I'm  
> getting
> married at the end of the month, so I'm going to pick a date a fair way  
> in
> the future and ask quite a few other people to do bits and bobs.  If any  
> one
> wants to say the following please feel free:
>
> a) you don't want me to do it and you'll do it
>
> b) don't do it at all
>
> My ideas are thus, we'll go for a date towards the end of March.  This  
> gives
> plenty of time to do some publicity and gives speakers time to get  
> organised.
> I think a start time of 1900 would be about right.  We'll aim for about  
> 4 - 6
> speakers each having a 20-30 minute slot.  4 seems like a good number as  
> it
> allows for a bit of nattering at the end.
>
> Who is interested in giving a talk?  As long as the subject is fairly
> technical anything is game.
>
> Venue wise, someone volunteered a room at Swansea uni, could that person  
> pipe
> up and let us know how soon we need to book a room and what size room  
> (and
> what facilities are available) can be got.
>
> Do we want to combine it with a key signing party?
>
> Again, if I'm totally off target or people don't want me to get the ball
> rolling please just say.  At this stage it's all just ideas so feel free  
> to
> put your opinion forward.  I'm willing to change any part of my very  
> loose
> plan.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Matt
>
>
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