[EdLUG] In search of a new venue still

Mon Jan 14 15:52:58 UTC 2019

Hi all

Thanks for the extra suggestions, and reviews

* BrewDog Garage - if anyone foot-commutes via that way or will be there
this week, could you pop in and have a look and mail in your discoveries
please? I might not be able to get to it before the week-end otherwise
* Akva - same thing.

The two are close by so if nobody does either of these by this week-end
I'll see if I can give it a go

* Waitrose in Comely Bank - I'd fear that is a bit out of the way. I know
someone out that way and the buses aren't the most frequent...

Shehraz and I went to The Royal Dick at Summerhall last Thursday, it's
accessible (side entrance) and has a private room. I'm still waiting on the
price from them, which they've tentatively indicated as being a "£50
deposit for food bookings of 10+ people," the person on the phone did not
have the lee way to answer to the full details of what I was asking so I've
directed them to a mail I sent last week for extra info. I'm hoping that if
we became a confirmed monthly thing, they might cut us a nice deal, if
prices are involved at all

As far as the room goes, in principle it should work ; the only caveat is
that the room has a large dining table in it. Ideal for placing a projector
and putting computers on, and everybody's round the same table; though it
does mean the experience could feel like a cabinet meeting...

Finally, the day. I take on board Thomas's remark about other relevant
meetup on the same day-pattern ; Kris also attends an alternative meetup
(ethical hacking?) that happens on the same evening. This is a quick poll
to figure out what might suit best as alternatives - if you vote for
"something else", please make a suggestion in the comments of the poll.

https://framadate.org/5JnBnivPjPpIA68k ; please respond there.

Cheers

Tai

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On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 at 16:51, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <
edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> ===
> Tai Kedzierski
> Linux Operations and Deployments Engineer
>
> RHCSA # 170-060-834
> <https://www.redhat.com/rhtapps/services/verify?certId=170-060-834>
>
>
>
>
> I use LibreOffice <https://www.libreoffice.org/> , a free,
> Freedom-respecting replacement for MS Office
>
> *Open Source Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price.*
> https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software
>
>
> 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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