[Wolves] CANCELLED - Meeting at the Royal Tiger, Wednesfield

Wed Mar 18 19:37:44 UTC 2020

Ah well, nimbleness is maybe more of a commercial attribute!

atb,

B

On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 11:23 AM baden powell <badens at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ad,
>
> Well done you re taking on the lead for Wolveslug by the way, hope you can
> roll with it for a good while :-)
>
> I'm just north of the M54, just off the A449 ( a vague memory has you
> nearby once upon a time ).
>
> After having an MRI scan last year I was diagnosed with 4 TIAs, and have
> thus pretty well stopped driving at night -- I get dazzled too easily for
> comfort. That said, if the roads are well lit and known, I manage pretty
> well.
>
> Ron's suggestions of Jitsi and Jami both look worthy, do we know what Slug
> have gone for ( I'm presuming they're mulling over a similar move )?
> Certainly Open Source is way to go.
>
> I'm at home most of the day most days, so am happy to do what I can to
> help get summat in place, and in fact would vote for holding a virtual meet
> this evening, even if it was simply to test stuff for the next one. Being
> nimble is a good thing....
>
> As to weekly vs fortnightly, this virtual approach probably lends itself
> to more frequent meetups... however no doubt others will have a view on
> that.
>
> atb,
>
> B
>
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 11:01 AM Adam Sweet via Wolves <
> wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi Baden
>>
>> Nice to hear from you :) Hopefully we'll get something up and running
>> soon, it would be good to include you. Where are you roughly? We could
>> always hold a meeting to near you once people are circulating again.
>> I've been trying to move us around a bit to encourage some of the lurkers.
>>
>> Ad
>>
>> On 17/03/2020 23:04, baden powell via Wolves wrote:
>> > I'll come out of the shadows to say that, as someone who finds
>> night-time
>> > driving a challenge, virtual meetups would be of interest, especially
>> if we
>> > were to try out the various tech for those as a part of the meetups
>> > themselves.
>> >
>> > atb
>> >
>> > B
>> >
>> > On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 8:35 PM Chris Ellis via Wolves <
>> > wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> >> We could do some kind of virtual meet up over Zoom or similar, if
>> people
>> >> are interested in thst kind of thing?
>> >>
>> >> Chris
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, 17 Mar 2020, 15:09 Adam Sweet via Wolves, <
>> >> wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> As Iain pointed out to me on IRC, I gave out the wrong IRC channel.
>> It's
>> >>> #wolveslug, not #wolves. Sorry to anyone who might have been sitting
>> in
>> >>> the wrong channel for hours.
>> >>>
>> >>> Ad
>> >>>
>> >>> On 17/03/2020 11:01, Adam Sweet wrote:
>> >>>> As it happens since government advice is now to avoid unnecessary
>> >> social
>> >>>> contact, including pubs and restaurants, I think it's a good idea to
>> >>>> cancel this meeting and postpone future ones until further notice.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Personally, I was thinking this should be the last one for a while,
>> but
>> >>>> with Mother's Day on Sunday and my own mum being over 70, I decided I
>> >>>> should probably not risk exposing myself then visiting my mum a few
>> >> days
>> >>>> later in the period when people are still asymptomatic. The guy who
>> >> used
>> >>>> the urinal and walked out without washing his hands at the last
>> meeting
>> >>>> sticks out as a good example of why.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> That said, the LUG exists with or without me so if people still want
>> to
>> >>>> meet up then feel free, post a meeting list or ask me to.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Perhaps we can organise something online, there's a #wolves on the
>> >>>> Freenode IRC network (I'm the only person in there), run some kind of
>> >>>> weekly/fortnightly online game, or something else fun. Suggestions
>> >>> welcome.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Ad
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On 17/03/2020 08:53, Andy Chamberlain via Wolves wrote:
>> >>>>> Hi All,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I won't be attending for the foreseeable future. I am classed as
>> >> elderly
>> >>>>> regarding the Virus and therefore must be careful.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Best of luck everyone and hopefully see you all when we are through
>> >> this
>> >>>>> crisis.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Regards
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Andy
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On 16/03/2020 13:59, Simon Burke via Wolves wrote:
>> >>>>>> On 2020-03-16 10:22, Iain Cuthbertson via Wolves wrote:
>> >>>>>>> On Sun, 2020-03-15 at 20:05 +0000, Ron Wellsted via Wolves wrote:
>> >>>>>>>> On 15 March 2020 19:34:16 GMT, Andy Chamberlain via Wolves <
>> >>>>>>>> wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk
>> >>>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>> On 15/03/2020 16:31, Adam Sweet via Wolves wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>> Living with a concerned GP means that I'm constantly subjected
>> to
>> >>>>>>>>>> all
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> of
>> >>>>>>>>>> the latest COVID-19 updates, statistics, projections and a
>> >>>>>>>>>> liberal
>> >>>>>>>>>> amount of social panic.
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> For that reason I'm going to ask that if you've had a fever,
>> >>>>>>>>>> cough or
>> >>>>>>>>>> any cold or flu like symptoms in the last 2 weeks, or been in
>> >>>>>>>>>> contact
>> >>>>>>>>>> with anyone who has then please don't come.
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Please don't be selfish. It probably won't be any of us that
>> are
>> >>>>>>>>>> at
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> risk
>> >>>>>>>>>> of the worst consequences, but it disproportionately affects
>> >>>>>>>>>> those
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> over
>> >>>>>>>>>> 70 and those with underlying health conditions, so any of us
>> that
>> >>>>>>>>>> contracts it could pass it on to one of our grandparents, or a
>> >>>>>>>>>> friend
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> or
>> >>>>>>>>>> relative, or one of their children that has an existing
>> illness.
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Government advice is changing daily so we could well see the
>> >>>>>>>>>> banning
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> of
>> >>>>>>>>>> public gatherings in the coming weeks or months. Hopefully it
>> >>>>>>>>>> won't
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> come
>> >>>>>>>>>> to that but until then we can let people vote with their feet.
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> In the meantime, please cough or sneeze into a tissue and throw
>> >>>>>>>>>> it
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> away,
>> >>>>>>>>>> or into the sleeve on the inside of your elbow and wash your
>> >>>>>>>>>> hands a
>> >>>>>>>>>> lot. Also, stop touching your face and buying all the pasta.
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Anyway...
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Date:
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> 19:30 - 23:00, Wed 18th March 2020
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Place:
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> The Royal Tiger
>> >>>>>>>>>> 41-43 The High Street
>> >>>>>>>>>> Wednesfield
>> >>>>>>>>>> Wolverhampton
>> >>>>>>>>>> WV11 1ST
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Map:
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> http://osm.org/go/euzQda~6w--?m=&node=260118166
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Purpose:
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Eat, drink and talk Linux, amongst other things.
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Please put your names below.
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Goes:
>> >>>>>>>>>> 1. Ad
>> >>>>>>> 2. Iain
>> >>>>>> 3. Simon
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Late/Maybe:
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> No Goes:
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> 1.Andy
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> 2. Ron
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
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