[EdLUG] In search of a new venue still

[Edinburgh Linux Users Group]

Hi Tai,

I'd be open to moving the meeting to a different Thursday of the month
(I almost always forget about it on the first Thursday). I'd also be
fairly open to moving to a Monday or a Tuesday.

RE: venue you raise a good point about whether the venue *has* to be a
pub. My suggestion is along the same lines as yours in we meet up in a
more tech-friendly place and have talks/demos there then move onto a
local hostelry for drinks of an alcoholic and non-alcoholic nature.


This would hopefully make it more appealing to people who either don't
drink or are more socially anxious and gives the option that those who
are more interesting in the social aspects could just skip to the pub part.

In terms of venues the only other one I could think of would be Techcube
at Summerhall but looking at their web they're mostly geared up for use
as office space and would probably be well outside our price range. I'm
not sure if Edinburgh Hacklab would be interested in offering us their
space (we used to have some members on the list, not sure if this is
still the case)

Kind regards,
Mark

On 08/01/2019 23:37, Edinburgh Linux Users Group wrote:
> 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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