[EdLUG] In search of a new venue still

Thu Jan 10 16:50:55 UTC 2019

I certainly wouldn't restrict the possible venues to pubs; I don't think
many pubs will have good spaces for talks, and as Mark mentioned, it can
feel awkward going to a pub if you don't want to drink. Moving on to a
pub afterwards, or mixing pub-based social meetups with talk meetups
seem like better ideas.
I was at a (very small) meetup in Akva recently - they had reserved a
table in a quiet-ish corner, which I imagine didn't cost anything. It
was comfortable, and the atmosphere made it easier to order a tea or
coffee if you didn't want alcohol. A nice place for a social meeting,
but the area we were in wouldn't work for a presentation. I haven't seen
the upstairs space.
Waitrose in Comely Bank has a 'community room' which is free for
'charity events or regular community get togethers'. I don't know if
there's any projector or screen, though, and it might be a bit out of
the way (20-30 minutes walk from the city centre).
The first Thursday of the month is the same schedule as PyData
Edinburgh, which I also often want to go to, so I'd personally prefer a
different day. But looking at
https://opentechcalendar.co.uk/area/62-edinburgh/calendar? most weekdays
already seem to have some kind of event, so it's probably not feasible
to avoid conflicts.
Thomas

On Thu, Jan 10, 2019, at 4:14 PM, Edinburgh Linux Users Group wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I checked the asking price to get the Codebase room. For the evening,
> it's approximately £230 incl AV suite. £215 without. Needless to say,
> this is not a viable option.> 
> I intend to meet up with Shehraz this evening, the two places I wanted
> to have a look into are Spoon, the cafe on Nicolson street which has a
> large space and might be amenable to a bunch of people talking and
> presenting on a quieter night ; and the Royal Dick at Summerhall which
> has a few rooms, any one of which we could potentially try to reserve
> for an hour and a half... enquiry to be made.> 
> 
> @Mark thanks for the vote of support and suggestions ; from my last
> visit to Hacklab, their space is near entirely devoted to projects in
> various stages so I doubt having more than 3-4 people in a room there
> would work ! I presume TechCube might look like similar prices as to
> Codebase ...?> 
> The receptionist at Codebase suggested looking into Aqva by
> Fountainbridge, apparently they have an upstairs space that could be
> suitable and there's already a meetup or two that convene there she
> believed.> 
> Cheers
> 
> Tai
> 
> 
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> On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 at 23:37, Edinburgh Linux Users Group
> <edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> 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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