The current arrangements suit me, but I'm conscious that under 18s and moslems are unlikely to come to a pub. Having a loo that weelchair users can't use doesn't help either. The advantage of a pub is that provided you have a few drinkers such as myself the venue is free, but with the current state of Wikimedia UK funds I think we might be able to get some grant money to sometimes hire a different venue.
I'd like to try moving round a bit and maybe theming a few events - a joint Wikimedia UK/Bangla Wikipedia meetup at the http://www.eastlondonmosque.org.uk/facilities would be interesting. If the chapter were willing to fund it we could use this for some really interesting outreach work. WSC On 16 May 2011 22:45, James Forrester <[email protected]> wrote: > On 16 May 2011 21:51, Lewis Cawte <[email protected]> wrote: >> I don't know, I'm 14, (15 in September), I live in Brighton, so it >> wouldn't be too hard to get there, but the idea of getting lost in >> London by myself scares me, and going unaccompanied into the pub (the >> regular venue I believe)... I guess I like the hackathon because theres >> a fair amount of time for talks and bugsmashing as well, and there are >> lots of techy people in one room... > > As the organiser of the London meetups, I should throw in here that > I've been mindful of the lack of variation in venues and a worry that > as a pub, the location discourages some of our community - I'd be > happy to move it to another spot if that would work better for people > (Lewis and others). :-) > > J. > -- > James D. Forrester > [email protected] | [email protected] > [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
