[Wylug-discuss] New to Leeds Need to find a LUG

[Rob Speed]

I'm also in Alwoodley.
There's the option of hiring the Moortown Social Club opposite the fire station for around a tenner an hour.
Or simply go to the pub! 
Lord Darcy maybe...?

It's a shame the Chained Bull's been destroyed to make way for hyperspace M+S...

My preference though would be to resurrect proper WYLUG meetings in town as it's a central focal point.
That said, when WYLUG was first setup back in ooooohhhhh 94...95ish maybe - Jim, Simon, Nigel, James - can you recall when the seed for using the room in the EC Stoner building was first sewn?... - Linux was in its infancy as a user group was ideal for the time.

These days... Is there such a requirement for an actual user group? We've gone a little more mainstream, and the ways of keeping up to date, in-touch, etc have morphed. Which is why when Jim retired and the University changed its stance on the room, we started meeting in pubs in town, simply to have that meet and greet, social space.

What do people think, does Linux still need propping up. Is there still a need for a get-together?

Working in Manchester, I see the various Silicon Drinkabout events that run cross platform/language/framework
and there's a good vibe.

To that end, would it be better to link WYLUG (what's left of it) with say the Hackspace just off Regent Street?
Free parking, a pub (of sorts) round the corner (and along the road a bit...) and it's only just outside town so
buses/trains are also easily get-at-able (is that a word?)

Come on people - shout up!


HTH
R.


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From: wylug-discuss-bounces at wylug.org.uk [wylug-discuss-bounces at wylug.org.uk] on behalf of Graham Whaley [graham.whaley at gmail.com]
Sent: 28 January 2015 09:45
To: John Robert Hudson
Cc: wylug-discuss at wylug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Wylug-discuss] New to Leeds Need to find a LUG

I too am in North Leeds (Meanwood) - if anybody fancies trying to get
together for a meet then I'm game. We could start off discussing my
theory of why the activity of LUGs seems to be inversely proportional
to the success of Linux... :-) We could try North Leeds, or town for a
venue?

Afraid to say I rarely made it to the wylug in the past, but the odds
are better now (circumstance change). The chances of me getting to
Sheffield or Bradford are slim.

Currently running some Fedora and Ubuntu machines at home.

 Graham

On 27 January 2015 at 21:42, John Robert Hudson
<j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com> wrote:
> HI Andrew
>
> The most active LUGs in Yorkshire are Sheffield which regularly advertises its
> meetings on wylug and http://www.bradlug.co.uk/ - neither of which are within
> easy reach of Moortown. But I would urge you to try out Bradlug (which has now
> taken over what was traditionally the wylug meeting date - second Monday of
> the month) as it has a wide range of members from enthusiasts to devops, many
> of whom have links into other networks.
>
> John
> --
> On Tuesday 27 Jan 2015 20:17:27 Darren Menachem Drapkin wrote:
>> Unfortunately, wylug is somewhat moribund. There is an out-of-date
>> website, this list and some more webby stuff that I do not know about.
>>
>> However, unless I have been officially sniped, we do not meet in public
>> anymore.
>>
>> If you do want to try re-starting a linux user group in Leeds, I would be
>> happy to lend a hand. I live in your general area, in Alwoodley.
>>
>> On Tuesday 27 Jan 2015 20:01:36 Andrew Glass wrote:
>> > Evening all
>> >
>> > I moved to Leeds last year as my girlfriend was expecting, so Ive left
>> > Durham LUG as I now live in Moortown.  Im interested in joining and
>>
>> meeting
>>
>> > up at the monthly meetings but not sure you are all still meeting up?
>> >
>> > A little about myself - 37 Years old, Swimming Teacher and RLSS
>>
>> Trainer,
>>
>> > Linux user for 5 years, moved around the distros a bit, my little HP
>>
>> micro
>>
>> > server is currently running Debian, Desktop was Ubuntu however Im
>>
>> moving to
>>
>> > Fedora this week.  Battling with the move to systemd and studying for
>>
>> the
>>
>> > Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator exam then the Linux
>> > Foundation Certified System Engineer.
>> >
>> > It would be great to meet likeminded Linux people and come for a
>>
>> chat and
>>
>> > drink, do the meetings still take place?  Be nice to network a little as I
>> > don't know many people down here in Yorkshire.
>> >
>> > Hope to hear from you all.
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> >
>> > Andrew
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