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 you can look at varying times, days, venues to see if more editors can be attracted. I'll certainly discuss the ideas at the next meetups that I get to.
-- Rexx On 2 June 2015 at 19:48, HJ Mitchell <hjmitch...@ymail.com> wrote: > 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 because they > enjoy socialising with the other regulars (as well as new people). We want > to attract new people without alienating the existing regulars. > > Harry Mitchell > http://enwp.org/User:HJ > Phone: +44 (0) 7507 536971 > Skype: harry_j_mitchell > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "leu...@fabiant.eu" <leu...@fabiant.eu> > *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > *Sent:* Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 18:32 > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeet survey > > 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 > > Fabian (User:Leutha) > > > > > > On 15 May 2015 at 16:18 Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > 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 sadly > > supporting two relatives who eventually died from medical conditions > > made much worse by never giving up drinking alcohol, I really don't > > want to be part of encouraging others to have the same lifestyle. I > > have never liked being near people affected by booze, they spook me a > > little due to being unpredictable. I guess many who are not big butch > > men like me, find the environment intimidating even on a quiet day or > > in a quiet pub. > > > > Call closing time on this tradition, we know better. > > > > Fae > > > > On 15 May 2015 at 12:31, Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > >> Of course, it’s not mandatory to drink while in a pub. ;) > > >> > > >> Joe > > >> > > >> -- > > >> *Joe Sutherland* > > >> http://jossu.co.uk > > > > > > Yes, but I had a birthday party in a pub and a Muslim friend refused > to > > > join us. > > > > > > Gordo > > -- > > fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >
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