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

> 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