Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM in Manchester

2009-03-08 Thread Gordon Joly
At 16:22 + 8/3/09, Thomas Dalton wrote: >2009/3/8 AndrewRT : >> Personally, I think a meeting in a pub or even a pub room gives a very > > different impression to a meeting in a university room, and we need to >> bear that in mind. Imagine giving a presentation or holding hustings. > >*Funct

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM in Manchester

2009-03-08 Thread Gordon Joly
At 00:42 + 8/3/09, David Gerard wrote: >2009/3/8 Thomas Dalton : > >> Have you looked at non-free venues? A function room in a pub probably >> wouldn't cost all that much, we don't need much more than that. B'ham >> is better located than Manchester. > >Function rooms in pubs are frequently

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM in Manchester

2009-03-08 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/8 AndrewRT : > Personally, I think a meeting in a pub or even a pub room gives a very > different impression to a meeting in a university room, and we need to > bear that in mind. Imagine giving a presentation or holding hustings. *Function room* of a pub - they are specifically designed fo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM in Manchester

2009-03-08 Thread Tom Holden
As we currently are, the AGM is basically going to be a friendly chat round a table. Given this, holding it in a pub does rather make sense to me. T > -Original Message- > From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l- > boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of An

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM in Manchester

2009-03-08 Thread AndrewRT
Personally, I think a meeting in a pub or even a pub room gives a very different impression to a meeting in a university room, and we need to bear that in mind. Imagine giving a presentation or holding hustings. Although we're only small now, I hope this is the start of something big. I say let's

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM in Manchester

2009-03-08 Thread AndrewRT
The Board was very clear to me - only free or nearly free (i.e. <£10) would do! If we're not able to get a free room, I guess we can start looking at non-free ones. On Mar 8, 12:38 am, Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2009/3/7 Andrew Turvey : > > > Hi all, > > > Unfortunately we've drawn a blank with find