On Thu, 4 Aug 2022 at 14:40, clive via Peterboro < peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> We may > have younger members so licensed venues are probably not appropriate > and I believe it has been said they can be a barrier to women > interested in joining. On the first of these points: PLUG has been pretty much inactive for long enough that I would be very surprised if we had any members young enough when it was active that aren't now old enough to be allowed (and comfortable) in a licensed venue. And I don't recall any young active members back then anyway. As to women: I don't know any who would be put off by a licensed establishment. Plenty - of both genders - who would be put off by a rowdy drunken venue (or a rowdy drunken meeting) but I very much doubt anyone is going to suggest such a venue. (If I were to ask my wife she'd tell me that a pub wouldn't put her off but talking about Linux would, so...) That said, personally I don't think a pub is suitable if you want to do anything beyond social - setting up PCs etc or hosting a talk becomes difficult. However, a meeting venue which happens to have a bar should be fine, and often they tend to be more readily available, as an empty room on a quiet night of the week becomes a bar revenue generator. Not sure yet whether I'll be at the meet when it happens - I'm dealing with a family bereavement at the moment that's leaving little other time for stuff (hence being pretty quiet on this topic since it kicked off). But I will mention a potential venue: I'm a member of Peterborough Lions Club and we have our monthly business meetings at The Grange in Netherton. It's a good sized room with projector and wifi (although the wifi isn't great). I don't know what it would cost; if there's interest I'll forward Nathan (the proprietor)'s contact details to someone off list. That said it looks to me like you have a decent list of venues developing anyway. Really pleased to see a spike of life in this old group! -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0344 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) 21 Drakes Mews, Milton Keynes, MK8 0ER
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