Re: [Staffslug] March 2010 Meeting (Monday 8th March)

>Did you expect me to magically discern your gender >from your gender ambiguous name? No, I didn't. But I also didn't expect you to assume I was male. Apology accepted, but please don't play the blame game for your faux pas. That's definately not cool. Charlie. On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 15:45, Jonathan Marriott <jon(a)kiwiuk.net&gt; wrote: > I didn't mean any offense, sorry. That said, the fact is that we're mostly > blokes and I'm not psychic. > > Did you expect me to magically discern your gender from your gender > ambiguous name? > > Jon > > On 18 February 2010 15:41, SonniesEdge <sonniesedge(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > > > For the gentleman who mentioned that he wouldn't get his > > > laptop out in a  pub > > > > And that gender assumption has probably just sealed the deal for me. > > > > I'll stick with the meets in the big cities. > > > > Charlotte > > > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 15:32, Jonathan Marriott <jon(a)kiwiuk.net&gt; wrote: > > > > > Firstly, for those who have never attended, our meetings tend to be > > social > > > events where we have a chat about current issues and exchange > > > recommendations and talk about Perl a lot and have some food and beer. > I > > > think most regulars would be happy to help out anybody with an open > > source > > > problem if they came along. > > > > > > I'm curious why people expect there to be some sort of "event" going on > > and > > > why they expect someone else to be organising it for them. Although > there > > > has been talk of a technical evening covering a specific subject at the > > > meetings and mentioned on the list, the lurkers have not bothered to > > > contribute any ideas or suggestions from what I've seen. You seem > expect > > > Dave and the rest of us who attend to organise something of interest to > > > everybody even though we've never met you and have no idea about your > > > abilities or interests. > > > > > > As for the "it's too far" problem, are we all non-drivers or something? > > > Staffordshire from tip to toe is about 45 minutes on the M6 so it's not > > > going to be a particularly arduous journey for anyone. I'd be happy to > > find > > > a pub somewhere more suitable for everybody if people actually want to > > turn > > > up. Stafford was chosen originally because it was a roughly central > > > location. > > > > > > For the gentleman who mentioned that he wouldn't get his laptop out in > a > > > pub: I wouldn't worry about The Yard. It's very quiet on Monday > evenings > > > and > > > we have an entire section of the pub to ourselves. There's no yobs or > > > football hooligans. I've had my laptop out and left it lying around > with > > > the > > > group while I went to the bar or loo and it was still there when I got > > > back! > > > > > > Regards, > > > Jon > > > > > > On 18 February 2010 15:13, Matthew <m(a)z.je&gt; wrote: > > > > > > > On 18 February 2010 14:56, SonniesEdge <sonniesedge(a)gmail.com&gt; > wrote: > > > > >> Some moan its too South, I'm with the moaners who moan it's too > > North. > > > > > > > > > > Sounds to me like the LUG encompasses too large an area in that > case. > > > > > > > > Will the amount of people that show up on irc ( irc.freenode.net > > > > #staffslug) or at the meets it doesnt seem like we're overflowing > with > > > > people though ;-) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Staffslug mailing list > > > > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > > > > http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Staffslug mailing list > > > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > > > http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Staffslug mailing list > > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > > http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > > > _______________________________________________ > Staffslug mailing list > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug