On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 00:14 +0000, C A Wills wrote: > John Cooper wrote: > > On 08/11/09 21:42, Mark Elkins wrote: > >> I would have thought that if the location of the Bournemouth meeting was > >> too move then it should be to somewhere with wireless. Although that said > >> the presence of wireless may interfere too much with face to face > >> discussion, which is the purpose of physical meetings I would have thought. > >> > >> For the record parking for the Goat is not a problem (for those of us in > >> the know over free parking places in that area after 1900 hours). However > >> I don't see what advantage the location has over the present one unless > >> one happens to live in the centre of Bournemouth. Also the Goat may not be > >> as quiet and relaxed as the Kings Arms in terms of background noise etc. > >> > >> Maybe if the location is moved it should be near to Bournemouth Rail/Coach > >> Station - but then parking might prove to be problem unless you want to > >> take advantage of ASDA and 3 hours worth of free parking. > >> > >> Mark Elkins > >> > > > > I've never thought Wallisdown was a good venue as few attend the Uni and > > not a particular pleasant area. Bournemouth Asda location is even worse > > as nothing around there and no parking. Dorchester Wetherspoon is a good > > location for people in that area. In Poole/Bournemouth the pubs are > > pretty poor venues as either no wireless or too noisy. Plus the fact all > > the pubs have CCTV, so the paranoid amongst us will feel big brother (is > > that M$ ?) is watching them. So I doubt this issue will ever be resolved > > as in all the years no one has come up with anything better than the > > Kings Arms. > > > > As a recent convert to Linux the only reason I've heard raised for > moving the Bournemouth venue would be to obtain a wireless connection. > Reason for that is so that anyone trying to show someone (like me!) how > to do something could connect to the internet. Kings Arms is usually > comparatively quiet and space is not normally a problem (as long as one > of us gets there on time) and parking is not a problem either. I have > tried to attend both location whenever possible so feel I can compare > sites objectively (please no flame wars over this comment!!). > No pub is going to be ideal for demonstrating on a laptop but wireless > connection can be useful sometimes. > > Clive > >
Well, it sounds like time for a pub crawl!. But I had a look for pubs in Poole, & Parkstone, and I would never last the course. a work group used to meet at the Grasshopper on Branksome Road in Parkstone, which I seem to remember had the sort of layout conducive to small meetings, But whether it has wireless or not I don't know. Peter. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2009-12-02 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
