Sadly I'll be away Steve, but feel free to post a message in the WhatsApp group too for visibility.
On Thu, 31 Jul 2025 at 22:24, Steven Maddox <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello! > > This is just a quick message to tell you the friendly people over at ORG > Stoke are running a new annual social in August! > > *Where?* China Gardens (the Toby Carvery pub in Festival Park) > > *When?* Tuesday 12th August from 6pm onwards > > The even is purposefully designed to welcome anyone from the local area, > including from other groups. So you don’t need to be a member to come along. > > Please see their official Meetup event here… > > https://www.meetup.com/org-stoke-on-trent/events/310298752/ > > If you don’t fancy RSVP’ing on that page… just reply to this (or email > [email protected]) if you could please, to get an idea of numbers > of people coming. > > Here is the summary from that page… > > ——————————————— > > Join us for our first annual Summer Open Rights Night! > > This is a relaxed social gathering, both for ORG Stoke members (including > those of you who are just on the mailing list) and also for anyone else > from other local groups that have an interest in digital rights, free > speech, and privacy. > > We'll be meeting at the China Gardens pub (the Tony Carvery) in Festival > Park, and hopefully it’ll be sunny so we can all sit outside in the beer > garden… that is right on the canal! I’ve read that this pub recently had > £600k spent on it, so hopefully it’ll be a great venue that is fairly > central to Stoke-on-Trent. It’s easy to get to by both car, bus, and I > guess barge too! > > Officially we’re not providing any food or drinks at this event, but you > can get whatever you need from the bar… and if you’re a student or > something I’m sure we can donate a pint or two! > > Mostly this will be a social with conversation occasionally (but it’s not > mandatory!) being related to current worries or ideas you have about the > ever changing digital rights landscape in the UK. > > We’ll also be running a team-based, multiple-choice quiz! (possibly some > prizes too!) Perhaps some other games and activities as well… but yeah > we’ll have stuff to do reason to get to know each other. > > Hope to see you there! Bring as many people along as you like! > > ——————————————— > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Potteries Hackspace" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/potteries-hackspace/F8DFCD11-A1F0-4362-A8CE-955B35A08035%40lantizia.me.uk > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/potteries-hackspace/F8DFCD11-A1F0-4362-A8CE-955B35A08035%40lantizia.me.uk?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Potteries Hackspace" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/potteries-hackspace/CAFikcsnqWaH%2B%2BKFooh0pvkJW3Ctce_v-m_Jc%2B_JEcUwjD06h9Q%40mail.gmail.com.
