On Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:23:27 +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
> Lyle <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I feel like it's time for a change. As Peter and Alex live
> > relatively close to each other maybe we should try a friendly
> > pub near there? Downside is it'd be a bit further for people
> > coming from the station...
>
> Near where?
Gloucester Road, but shouldn't we be holding meetings in places which
are easy to reach for people who wouldn't otherwise turn up, rather
than favouring the hardcore who are going to turn up anyway?
> My main problem getting to meetings is time: they seem to be
> irregular weekday evenings, I see the announcements fairly late
> (they might be sent earlier and I don't spot them soon enough,
It's only the locations which are irregular and decided late.
Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of every month, alternating
between Bristol and Bath. The next one is somewhere in Bristol on the
17th of March. I've updated the meetings page to reflect this more
clearly.
The Tinto Lounge would be pretty convenient for me, and the features
Alex mentioned seem appealing. He didn't mention that they also serve
nice food. Alternatively, Amias has previously suggested the Miner's
Arms in St Werburgh's, which is where I thought we had roughly decided
on for the March meeting. I might actually be able to get home before
midnight from either of those, which would please my wife no end.
There's nothing wrong with the Cornubia though, and it does seem to be
our default Bristol location now.
> Meets are attractive when there's some planned feature of the
> meeting. I mean, most of you are lovely people, but I know other
> lovely people to go sit in a pub with of an evening and can do that
> with less travel.
Good point, but the monthly meetings are more a social thing than
the tech meetings (assuming we get those going successfully). That
said, we have had lightning talks at previous meetings, and of
course everyone is more than welcome to suggest features which would
attract them.
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