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

For the gentleman who mentioned that he wouldn't get his laptop out in a pub

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