I quite like the Cambridge format of meeting in a cafe and later decamping to a
pub (especially since the pub is between the cafe and the railway station!).
Bear in mind, though, that meetups aren't necessarily just about meeting random
Wikipedians - many regulars turn up month after month
While agreeing with Harry about meeting the regulars, I would maintain that
much of the success of a meetup relies on someone who finds the time to
schedule the meetup on a regular basis: Charles in Cambridge; Bazonka in
the North-West; Redrose64 in Oxford. Once you've got a steady schedule,
then
After having been discussed with many non-pub suggestions raised in
the past few years, I'd really like to see this change. I hope the
survey supports that viewpoint.
People have many reasons for not wanting to meet in pubs, not just
religious. I've been teetotal for the last 15 years, and after
Ping.
My email mentioned below has now been sitting on moderation for 18
days and 9 days has passed since Mike forwarded my requested that the
moderation of my email to this list is removed or an explanation as to
why it is necessary for my account to have an effective ban. My
orginal request
It has now been over a year that my email address was put on
moderation (perhaps someone would like to provide a date, I have not
trawled the archives). In the absence of any appeal process, I ask
that this is lifted.
My most recent email to this list has yet to be posted, it has been
waiting for
Martin,
Good post.
I am very excited about losing my Wikisource virginity too. I was on the
Wikimania Scholarships Committee this year, and saw that many of the
candidates were heavily and in some cases almost solely focused on
Wikisource.
I've had some good conversations about this since, with
On 15/05/15 16:18, Fæ wrote:
People have many reasons for not wanting to meet in pubs, not just
religious. I've been teetotal for the last 15 years
I strangely like daytime pub meets now, having stopped all alcohol 18
months ago. I never liked lunch time drinking. Now, I go to the pub at
Whilst I take Fae's point, I don't think we need to call closing time on meeting
in pubs, but rather innovate other places to meet. And yes, this has been
discussed for ages, but all it needs is for someone to find a venue and start
organising a meet up, rather than talk about it.
all the best
