Ben Thorp wrote: > [snip] > > As long as there was reasonable response from the list, then my intention > would be to advertise it outwith the list as a 'special' meeting, rather > than a 'regular' meeting, and throw the doors open to, say EdLUG, and any > other people we can drag along. My original intention was to make the fee > nominal (£2-£3), and, should the need arise, I am willing fund any > shortfall myself. Our usual attendance on a normal meeting is between 10 > and 20 people, which would equate to a minimal of £20 or a maximum of £60. > However, I think that there would be an opportunity here to interest a lot > more people, or at least to encourage some of the 'lurkers' on the mailing > list to make a special trip for the special meeting.
I personally think too much hay is being made of this. I'll happily chuck in a tenner for this. If a few other generous ScotLUGgers do the same, the question of charging at the door becomes moot. Also, for a theoretical arrival of 10:00 on Sat 25th March and 08:45 departure on Sun 26th March, Flybe can deliver a return fare of £56.14 (cost good as of a minute ago). Couple that with perhaps someone putting Jono up for the night helps keep the costs down further. That would be just 6 people stumping up a tenner to deliver ScotLUG a special event speaker (possibly something to co-incide with an install day or other event?). -- _ __/| William Anderson | Tim: Your cheese game is strong. \`O_o' neuro at well dot com | Zane: My cheese game. It's all about the =(_ _)= http://neuro.me.uk/ | cheese platter. U - Thhbt! GPG 0xFA5F1100 | -- Tim Westwood, Zane Lowe, R1, Dec 2005 _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
