[EdLUG] In search of a new venue still

[Edinburgh Linux Users Group]

Hi all,

Just a recap on the state of things.

Happy new 'ears !


Last week's meetup was... not as comfortable as I'd hoped, owing to it
being a football night, AND the quiz was not put off in the slightest.

It remains that we cannot hope to continue to convene there and enjoy the
benefits we used to; the staff are quite ready to make it known that we are
secondary and even tertiary to their preferred activities.

The search for an alternative thus continues.



+++ Venus on a Thursday

It was suggested that we continue to search for a new venue ourselves in
person throughout the Thursdays of this month, rather than cause the
monthly meetup to hop around month-to month.

This week Shehraz and I will be meeting to try and find another place with
the right atmosphere on a Thursday evening which also would have
accessibility options and presentation space.

We're also still following up on Edinburgh Uni / Teviot, and Codebase as
options.



+++ Type of venue

While brainstorming last week we also thought about reading up on
alternatives such as libraries (if any stay open to run evening
events/programmes) and local community centres.

This brings a question back - do we really need the venue to be a pub? A
few raised hands when we discussed this in person last year indicated that
there was a preference for this, but I'd like to suggest we reconsider that
with regards to aligning our activities with talks... we can always move on
to a nearby pub afterwards.

>From Codebase notably, there's the Blue Blazer and The Chanter close by.



+++ Day of meetup

Finally, we might benefit from re-considering what evenings we want to
convene altogether.

We tried to move the evening at the Southsider but it turned out they had
events on every evening which put a stop to that. A change in venue might
also be well served by a change of evening. First/Second/Third/Fourth
Mon/Wed/Tues/Thu of the month?


+++

I'll have to gather all these thoughts into polls, but there's the lay of
the land on this front.

We still have Ross scheduled to talk in March, so let's hope we'll have
found our new home by then..!

Tai



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