Just a quick reminder about the event on Tuesday, see below. Had a quick chat with Jim Killock (ORG's executive director) who mentioned DIDay.org and so we've posted it there too... https://events.diday.org/events/38b86901-97ad-4f9a-9608-808f853f80ea Hopefully see you all there :) Steven Maddox Lantizia On 26/09/2026 13:52, Steven Maddox wrote: > Hello! > > This is just a quick message to tell you the friendly people over at > ORG Stoke are running their second annual social in August OCTOBER!  > Yes yes, we know it's hardly summer  - but there were a bunch of > people not free this year in August... just go with it. > > Where? China Gardens (the Toby Carvery pub in Festival Park) > > When? Tuesday 6th October from 6pm onwards > > The event is purposefully designed to welcome anyone from the local > area, including from other groups. So you don’t need to be a member > to come along. > > Please see their official Meetup event here… > > https://www.meetup.com/org-stoke-on-trent/events/316722151/ > > If you don’t fancy RSVP’ing on that page… just reply to this (or > email stoke(a)openrightsgroup.org) if you could please, to get an idea > of numbers of people coming. > > Here is the summary from that page… > > ——————————————— > > Join us for our second annual Summer Open Rights Night! > > Yes, yes… October probably isn’t summer… but lots of people didn’t > seem like they were going to be free in August this year! So it is a > bit delayed, but sod it we’re keeping the name! > > This is a relaxed social gathering, both for ORG Stoke members > (including those of you who are just on the mailing list) and also > for anyone else from other local groups that have an interest in > digital rights, free speech, and privacy. > > We'll be meeting at the China Gardens pub (the To-B-y Carvery) in > Festival Park, and hopefully it’ll be sunny so we can all sit outside > in the beer garden… that is right on the canal! A couple of years > back this pub had £600k spent on it, so hopefully it’ll be a great > venue again that is fairly central to Stoke-on-Trent. It’s easy to > get to by both car, bus, and I guess barge too! > > Officially we’re not providing any food or drinks at this event, but > you can get whatever you need from the bar… and if you’re a student > or something I’m sure we can donate a pint or two! > > Mostly this will be a social with conversation occasionally (but it’s > not mandatory!) being related to current worries or ideas you have > about the ever changing digital rights landscape in the UK. > > We’ll also be running a team-based, multiple-choice quiz! (possibly > some prizes too!) Perhaps some other games and activities as well… > but yeah we’ll have stuff to do reason to get to know each other. > > Hope to see you there! Bring as many people along as you like! > > ——————————————— > >