[StaffsLUG General] Re: Fwd: LibreLocal 2026 meetup in London

Hey! Just forwarding on the below message I just sent to the FSFE Potteries mailing list... just in case anyone from the LUG would be interested too! Note to Meetup.com users... I don't think you'll EVER find FSF LibreLocal meetings on Meetup.com!  MEETUP.COM IS NOT FREE (as in FREEDOM) :P FSFE meetings /*possibly*/ might start going on there? (I've always avoided it so far)... but there has always been an argument over the absolutist v.s. pragmatist nature of FSF vs FSFE :) Steven Maddox Lantizia -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: LibreLocal 2026 meetup in London Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 06:56:32 +0100 To: potteries(a)lists.fsfe.org Hello everyone! Only just found out about this 2 days ago as I got an automated invite in my mailbox. It seems that there will be a LibreLocal 2026 meetup in *London* this *Saturday, May 16, 2026, 12:00-16:00 BST*. I had no idea about these events!  Apparently they now happen every May and only started last year... so if you're interested in FSFE Potteries running one too then let me know!  (perhaps 23rd or 30th could work for us?) I've had a quick chat with the organiser of this London event (his name is Matthew) who seems nice enough, and told him about FSFE and the ILoveFS events... it seems he has heard of FSFE Potteries too :) This is the the original invite below... so I'm sharing it out... I do have some plans that day, but nothing I can't re-arrange so I'm tempted to nip down on the train after all... --- Organized by the Greater London GNU/Linux User Group <https://gllug.org.uk/>;, this LibreLocal meetup welcomes everyone from those curious to find out more about free software to longtime contributors. Join other free software supporters for casual conversation, community, and free software! For the latest information, please visit the LibreLocal 2026 wiki page <https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Librelocal/2026>;. Below are the details as provided by the organizers: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ /*Date and time*: 2026-05-16 12:00-16:00 Europe/London/ /*Exact location*: Corner Corner <https://cornercorner.com/>;, Maritime Street, London, SE16 7LL. OpenStreetMap <https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/12718169329>./ /I'll be wearing a plain purple t-shirt and black tracksuit bottoms. I'll also put a green toy dinosaur on our table. Email me <mailto:matthew@fennell.dev> if you can't find us on the day!/ /*Registration*: Please email me <mailto:matthew@fennell.dev> if you plan to come, so we know rough numbers./ /*Organizer*: Greater London GNU/Linux User Group <https://gllug.org.uk/>./ /*Description*: We will have a casual chat about free software over some food./ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The organizers are very excited to welcome other free software supporters like you. --- -- Steven Maddox Lantizia