Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2008/12/1 J.A. Humphreys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Thomas Dalton wrote: >> >>> 2008/12/1 Al Tally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> 2008/12/1 Sarah McCulloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> If I may interject, Salford is quite hard to get to, even for locals. >>>>>> Proximity to Manchester Piccadilly and Victoria would be a better >>>>>> criterion. >>>>>> :) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Well, yes, but that doesn't affect Alison's point. Anywhere in >>>>> Manchester would have been a bad choice of venue. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Not necessarily. You can get to anywhere in the world from Manchester >>>> Piccadilly. >>>> >>>> >>> Yes, but if everyone is travelling there via Euston, then somewhere >>> near Euston would be a far better venue. >>> >>> >> In that case, can I restate a vote for Birmingham? >> > > In what case? The case being discussed was a meeting Alison attended > and has nothing to do with our AGM, it was just an example of one of > the issues that needs to be considered. There is nothing wrong with > Manchester, per se, it's just a bad venue if all the attendees are > nearer to somewhere else. We don't know where are attendees are > (although we should probably try and find out - there are sites that > make maps of such things for you, although I don't remember what any > of them are called), so we don't know if Manchester is a good choice > or not. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > In case of Manchester not being good for people - I just think that having everyone travel down to London every time is a bit of a mission, particularly for those of us that don't drive - for me, coming down from Keele, for instance, it's pretty much a complete weekend that'd need to be assigned.
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