[ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour Reading 29th March
Hi all, back from an extended christmas break the Happy Hour tour is starting up again, with our first stop for 2012 being in Reading at the end of this month http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1600/detail/ The pub is the Back of Beyond, which is a Weatherspoons pub slightly out of the town centre. Hope to see loads of you there. If you want a Happy Hour near you then all you have to do is specify the pub and a day that you can be there, give me a shout and I will add it to the tour. http://ubuntu-uk.org/happy-hour/ Alan. -- The Open Learning Centre is rebranding, find out about our new name and look at http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour Reading 29th March
On 06/03/12 17:16, Alan Bell wrote: Hi all, back from an extended christmas break the Happy Hour tour is starting up again, with our first stop for 2012 being in Reading at the end of this month http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1600/detail/ The pub is the Back of Beyond, which is a Weatherspoons pub slightly out of the town centre. Hope to see loads of you there. If you want a Happy Hour near you then all you have to do is specify the pub and a day that you can be there, give me a shout and I will add it to the tour. http://ubuntu-uk.org/happy-hour/ Alan. Might try to make the Hobbit on Southampton when it get's there piskie -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour Reading 29th March
On 06/03/12 17:52, Piskie wrote: On 06/03/12 17:16, Alan Bell wrote: Hi all, back from an extended christmas break the Happy Hour tour is starting up again, with our first stop for 2012 being in Reading at the end of this month http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1600/detail/ The pub is the Back of Beyond, which is a Weatherspoons pub slightly out of the town centre. Hope to see loads of you there. If you want a Happy Hour near you then all you have to do is specify the pub and a day that you can be there, give me a shout and I will add it to the tour. http://ubuntu-uk.org/happy-hour/ Alan. Might try to make the Hobbit on Southampton when it get's there piskie +1 for southampton!! Pete -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour Reading 29th March
On 06/03/12 17:57, Pete Smout wrote: On 06/03/12 17:52, Piskie wrote: On 06/03/12 17:16, Alan Bell wrote: Hi all, back from an extended christmas break the Happy Hour tour is starting up again, with our first stop for 2012 being in Reading at the end of this month http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1600/detail/ The pub is the Back of Beyond, which is a Weatherspoons pub slightly out of the town centre. Hope to see loads of you there. If you want a Happy Hour near you then all you have to do is specify the pub and a day that you can be there, give me a shout and I will add it to the tour. http://ubuntu-uk.org/happy-hour/ Alan. Might try to make the Hobbit on Southampton when it get's there piskie +1 for southampton!! Pete so this is simple. One person has to pick a date and a pub and let me know and there will be a happy hour there. All it needs is one person to agree to be there, I think there are a heap of people in the Southampton area and we tried to organise one in Southampton for January, but lacked a person to commit to a date. Alan. -- Libertus Solutions http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour Reading 29th March
On 06/03/12 17:16, Alan Bell wrote: Hi all, back from an extended christmas break the Happy Hour tour is starting up again, with our first stop for 2012 being in Reading at the end of this month http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1600/detail/ The pub is the Back of Beyond, which is a Weatherspoons pub slightly out of the town centre. Hope to see loads of you there. If you want a Happy Hour near you then all you have to do is specify the pub and a day that you can be there, give me a shout and I will add it to the tour. http://ubuntu-uk.org/happy-hour/ Alan. I'll do my best to be there! Cheers, Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour Surbiton Tomorrow at the Victoria
Hi all, the next Happy Hour is in Surbiton, from about 7pm ish onwards http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1412/detail/ everyone is meeting in the Victoria, which is about 500m from the station, nice and easy to find. have fun everyone! If anyone would like to suggest a date and pub for the next one in January that would be great (we had thought possibly Southampton, but could be anywhere else in the country) Alan. -- The Open Learning Centre is rebranding, find out about our new name and look at http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour Surbiton Tomorrow at the Victoria
On 7 December 2011 12:47, Alan Bell alanb...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi all, the next Happy Hour is in Surbiton, from about 7pm ish onwards http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1412/detail/ everyone is meeting in the Victoria, which is about 500m from the station, nice and easy to find. have fun everyone! If anyone would like to suggest a date and pub for the next one in January that would be great (we had thought possibly Southampton, but could be anywhere else in the country) Yay! Better late than never. -- Liam Proven • Info profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour Surbiton Tomorrow at the Victoria
Thanks Alan, I've had the (dubious?) honour of organising this one! I''l be there from about 18.45 an wearing a natty t-shirt. All welcome as always. Regards Dan Hi all, the next Happy Hour is in Surbiton, from about 7pm ish onwards http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1412/detail/ everyone is meeting in the Victoria, which is about 500m from the station, nice and easy to find. have fun everyone! If anyone would like to suggest a date and pub for the next one in January that would be great (we had thought possibly Southampton, but could be anywhere else in the country) Alan. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour December
Hi all, On 22 October 2011 22:48, Alan Bell alanb...@ubuntu.com wrote: Candidate areas are Manchester, Oxford and Southampton. What I need is someone to step forward from one of these places and suggest a date in early December (Thursdays seem good) when they can be certain of their availability to go to a suitable pub. Nothing taxing is required in terms of organising anything, I just want someone (or several people) to confirm their availability with some confidence. Since I believe I am the one responsible for suggesting Oxford, I'd like to make it known that I couldn't make it after the first week of December, since term ends that weekend. I'd be more than happy to see some folks if we made it to my home town of Worcester at some point over Christmas though. Thanks, -- Josh Holland j...@joshh.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour Nottingham
I am pleased to announce the next Happy Hour will be in Nottingham, event page and signup sheet here: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1373/detail/ The first two happy hour events have been great fun, a chance to get together with people who you might know online, and a chance to meet new people. The Nottingham Hour will provisionally be at the Round House pub http://www.theroundhousenottingham.co.uk/ which used to be part of the old General Hospital. I am just waiting for confirmation from the pub that it has wheelchair access to the bar and toilets because following a chat online the other day we decided the happy hour tour should only go to pubs that have suitable facilities for all users of Ubuntu. Alan. -- The Open Learning Centre is rebranding, find out about our new name and look at http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour December
Now is the time to start thinking about the Happy Hour after Nottingham. Candidate areas are Manchester, Oxford and Southampton. What I need is someone to step forward from one of these places and suggest a date in early December (Thursdays seem good) when they can be certain of their availability to go to a suitable pub. Nothing taxing is required in terms of organising anything, I just want someone (or several people) to confirm their availability with some confidence. Alan. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
On Sun, 2011-09-25 at 10:02 +0100, Simon Watson wrote: Sounds good - should be able to make this one! Simon Hope I can make it too :) Paula -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
Sounds good - should be able to make this one! Simon On 24 September 2011 19:06, d...@fishms.org d...@fishms.org wrote: Can I suggest that the next ubuntu uk happy to hour (London branch) is on Thursday 10th November from 7pm. The Cask in pimlico for this one - who knows, with regular attendance may be able to negotiate some sort of deal re for discounted food etc Dan Sent from my HTC - Reply message - From: Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour Date: Sat, Sep 24, 2011 18:52 On 24/09/11 18:07, Liam Proven wrote: On 24 September 2011 17:40, Bruno Girinbrunogi...@gmail.com wrote: Absolutely. There are enough pubs around London that it should be possible to rotate around the different mainline stations. Here's a quick sample I'm sure we can improve on: I knew we could improve on the list :-) * Fenchurch Street: The Crosse Keys; Wetherspoons', isn't it? Fair enough. Yes but it's massive and it does a real ale festival every year, it's just a matter of timing it right. For the rest of it, I mostly agree with your comments. Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour - Nottingham for November?
On Sat, 24 Sep 2011, Alan Bell wrote: . . . and quite possibly in Nottingham on the 10th November. There's a public inquiry about the attempts to stop-up the footbridge over Nottingham midland railway station on 8/9 November 2011, so I'll quite possibly be around. -Paul -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour - Nottingham for November?
On 24/09/11 21:08, Liam Proven wrote: If there are enough numbers for regular monthly meets in any part of the country, do go for it! yes, I would love to see the Happy Hour tour leave regular meetups in its wake, and we will no doubt be revisiting the London area at some stage. I think a regular monthly meetup in London on a weekday as an after work social thing would be great. I think you need to decide if the focus should be Ubuntu, Linux distros, Free Software or general geekyness, not to exclude people but to define your target audience and work out how you are going to let them know the time and place. I am slightly torn. Whereas distro wars can be fun for a laugh, I'd not want to see acrimony break out in the pub. But OTOH, frankly, all FOSS users are in a bit of a minority. One could ask if running a FOSS CMS on Windows or something would qualify, but frankly, if you're interested enough to turn up then I personally would say that's enough. I reckon open it up to any and all Linux (BSD, etc.) users, try to find people via Lonix and GLLUG as well, and then hope that it spreads by word of mouth and on fora, IRC and so on. So what about we start simple with the ubuntu-uk mailing list and have a Ubuntu London Happy Hour using the Ubuntu UK wiki for planning? Then once we've done a couple and we got the basics right, invite Lonix, GLLUG and others to the party? If we're thinking the FOSS community, we could also send invite to the LibreOffice mailing list and other similar groups. Cheers, Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
On 24/09/11 21:04, Liam Proven wrote: On 24 September 2011 19:06, d...@fishms.orgd...@fishms.org wrote: Can I suggest that the next ubuntu uk happy to hour (London branch) is on Thursday 10th November from 7pm. The Cask in pimlico for this one - who knows, with regular attendance may be able to negotiate some sort of deal re for discounted food etc Sounds good to me. It's 2 days after my birthday, too, so I will have reason to celebrate. ;¬) Sounds like a plan. I'm happy to help organise. Who else? Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
I'd be interested in getting involved. Simon -Original Message- From: Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:18:13 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour On 24/09/11 21:04, Liam Proven wrote: On 24 September 2011 19:06, d...@fishms.orgd...@fishms.org wrote: Can I suggest that the next ubuntu uk happy to hour (London branch) is on Thursday 10th November from 7pm. The Cask in pimlico for this one - who knows, with regular attendance may be able to negotiate some sort of deal re for discounted food etc Sounds good to me. It's 2 days after my birthday, too, so I will have reason to celebrate. ;¬) Sounds like a plan. I'm happy to help organise. Who else? Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
I heartily agree! Good accessible location (for Londoners at least) and nice to see canonical folks there (and some most welcome Google folk) Dan Sent from my HTC - Reply message - From: Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour Date: Sat, Sep 24, 2011 11:25 Hi all, I just wanted to say thank you to Alan for organising the first Ubuntu UK Happy Hour on Thursday. I'm sure everybody who was there will agree that a good time was had by all! And it did last a wee bit more than an hour. So I'll raise my glass to a successful new Ubuntu UK venture! Cheers, Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
On 24 September 2011 13:18, d...@fishms.org d...@fishms.org wrote: I heartily agree! Good accessible location (for Londoners at least) and nice to see canonical folks there (and some most welcome Google folk) Definitely agree! I was wondering if there would be any interest in a monthly London meet for FOSS folk. I go to 3 monthly London science-fiction meets, one that's been running since 1946, and 2 monthly sceptical meets, one that's 11 or 12 years old now, so there are a few such functions that are already working well... -- Liam Proven • Info profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
A good idea but monthly might test my marriage! Regards Dan Sent from my HTC - Reply message - From: Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour Date: Sat, Sep 24, 2011 13:54 On 24 September 2011 13:18, d...@fishms.org d...@fishms.org wrote: I heartily agree! Good accessible location (for Londoners at least) and nice to see canonical folks there (and some most welcome Google folk) Definitely agree! I was wondering if there would be any interest in a monthly London meet for FOSS folk. I go to 3 monthly London science-fiction meets, one that's been running since 1946, and 2 monthly sceptical meets, one that's 11 or 12 years old now, so there are a few such functions that are already working well... -- Liam Proven • Info profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
Sounds good to me! Was away on a course in bournemouth otherwise would have attended. Simon --Original Message-- From: Bruno Girin Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com To: British Ubuntu Talk ReplyTo: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour Sent: 24 Sep 2011 11:25 Hi all, I just wanted to say thank you to Alan for organising the first Ubuntu UK Happy Hour on Thursday. I'm sure everybody who was there will agree that a good time was had by all! And it did last a wee bit more than an hour. So I'll raise my glass to a successful new Ubuntu UK venture! Cheers, Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
On 24/09/11 13:54, Liam Proven wrote: On 24 September 2011 13:18, d...@fishms.orgd...@fishms.org wrote: I heartily agree! Good accessible location (for Londoners at least) and nice to see canonical folks there (and some most welcome Google folk) Definitely agree! I was wondering if there would be any interest in a monthly London meet for FOSS folk. I go to 3 monthly London science-fiction meets, one that's been running since 1946, and 2 monthly sceptical meets, one that's 11 or 12 years old now, so there are a few such functions that are already working well... I'm sure that would work. Monthly is definitely manageable as it's just a case of finding a suitable pub 12 times a year. I've been helping to run a group that does weekly meets around London in a similar setting so I can fish out a list of likely watering holes. Thursdays are good to do such a thing as it's close to the weekend while not being the weekend quite yet. Now in terms of practicality, here are a few things we could do to make it easier: * vary the location so that a majority of people can make it at some point; * make sure that for each meet, at least 2 people commit to be there from the start (say 7pm): there's nothing worse than being on your own in a pub wondering whether you're too early and nobody's arrived yet or you're too late and everybody's gone home already; * mention the 2 people above on the meet's details, possibly with a link to their wiki pages so that people have an idea what they look like (assuming they've got a photograph). So if anybody's interested, I'm happy to organise the next London one either end of October or November. Cheers, Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
On 24 September 2011 15:03, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On 24/09/11 13:54, Liam Proven wrote: On 24 September 2011 13:18, d...@fishms.org d...@fishms.org wrote: I heartily agree! Good accessible location (for Londoners at least) and nice to see canonical folks there (and some most welcome Google folk) Definitely agree! I was wondering if there would be any interest in a monthly London meet for FOSS folk. I go to 3 monthly London science-fiction meets, one that's been running since 1946, and 2 monthly sceptical meets, one that's 11 or 12 years old now, so there are a few such functions that are already working well... I'm sure that would work. Monthly is definitely manageable as it's just a case of finding a suitable pub 12 times a year. I've been helping to run a group that does weekly meets around London in a similar setting so I can fish out a list of likely watering holes. Thursdays are good to do such a thing as it's close to the weekend while not being the weekend quite yet. Now in terms of practicality, here are a few things we could do to make it easier: vary the location so that a majority of people can make it at some point; make sure that for each meet, at least 2 people commit to be there from the start (say 7pm): there's nothing worse than being on your own in a pub wondering whether you're too early and nobody's arrived yet or you're too late and everybody's gone home already; mention the 2 people above on the meet's details, possibly with a link to their wiki pages so that people have an idea what they look like (assuming they've got a photograph). So if anybody's interested, I'm happy to organise the next London one either end of October or November. Sounds like a plan is forming! I'd suggest /not/ the First Thursday, as that's the Tun AKA the London Circle, the one that's been running since 1946. (If you read Arthur C Clarke's /Tales of the White Hart/ you get a pretty good clue as to what one of the early pubs was called...) (There's also a techie meet in the City which I sometimes go to on the First Thursday, but which is Top Secret so I will say no more. Those who know, know.) October will see the Ubuntu Oneiric release party, at Cask again, so that is sort of already covered. But from November? I'd suggest someone brings along a large, conspicuous Tux penguin as a recognition symbol: you're after the bunch of people with a large penguin on their table! :¬) ) As for where, well, it depends how big it grows, but Cask is pretty good. Free wifi, too. Others I like with decent beer and a fair amount of room: The Craft Beer Company, Leather Lane (same owners as Cask) The Penderel's Oak, Holborn (former Skeptics in the Pub London Perlmongers venue) Upstairs at The Old King's Head, London Bridge (former Skeptics in the Pub venue) The Cittie of Yorke, Holborn But I reckon picking one and sticking to it until it gets known is not a bad idea to start with. -- Liam Proven • Info profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
Can I suggest rotating them around different parts of london, so that it's easier for people from outside London to join? So, one meet somewhere near kings cross/victoria/paddington/euston etc. That way more people can attend from outside London. Cheers, Simon -Original Message- From: Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:22:46 To: UK Ubuntu Talkubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour On 24 September 2011 15:03, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On 24/09/11 13:54, Liam Proven wrote: On 24 September 2011 13:18, d...@fishms.org d...@fishms.org wrote: I heartily agree! Good accessible location (for Londoners at least) and nice to see canonical folks there (and some most welcome Google folk) Definitely agree! I was wondering if there would be any interest in a monthly London meet for FOSS folk. I go to 3 monthly London science-fiction meets, one that's been running since 1946, and 2 monthly sceptical meets, one that's 11 or 12 years old now, so there are a few such functions that are already working well... I'm sure that would work. Monthly is definitely manageable as it's just a case of finding a suitable pub 12 times a year. I've been helping to run a group that does weekly meets around London in a similar setting so I can fish out a list of likely watering holes. Thursdays are good to do such a thing as it's close to the weekend while not being the weekend quite yet. Now in terms of practicality, here are a few things we could do to make it easier: vary the location so that a majority of people can make it at some point; make sure that for each meet, at least 2 people commit to be there from the start (say 7pm): there's nothing worse than being on your own in a pub wondering whether you're too early and nobody's arrived yet or you're too late and everybody's gone home already; mention the 2 people above on the meet's details, possibly with a link to their wiki pages so that people have an idea what they look like (assuming they've got a photograph). So if anybody's interested, I'm happy to organise the next London one either end of October or November. Sounds like a plan is forming! I'd suggest /not/ the First Thursday, as that's the Tun AKA the London Circle, the one that's been running since 1946. (If you read Arthur C Clarke's /Tales of the White Hart/ you get a pretty good clue as to what one of the early pubs was called...) (There's also a techie meet in the City which I sometimes go to on the First Thursday, but which is Top Secret so I will say no more. Those who know, know.) October will see the Ubuntu Oneiric release party, at Cask again, so that is sort of already covered. But from November? I'd suggest someone brings along a large, conspicuous Tux penguin as a recognition symbol: you're after the bunch of people with a large penguin on their table! :¬) ) As for where, well, it depends how big it grows, but Cask is pretty good. Free wifi, too. Others I like with decent beer and a fair amount of room: The Craft Beer Company, Leather Lane (same owners as Cask) The Penderel's Oak, Holborn (former Skeptics in the Pub London Perlmongers venue) Upstairs at The Old King's Head, London Bridge (former Skeptics in the Pub venue) The Cittie of Yorke, Holborn But I reckon picking one and sticking to it until it gets known is not a bad idea to start with. -- Liam Proven • Info profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
On 24/09/11 15:22, Liam Proven wrote: I'd suggest someone brings along a large, conspicuous Tux penguin as a recognition symbol: you're after the bunch of people with a large penguin on their table! :¬) ) which makes it more of a broad Linux/FOSS kind of event, which is great, and I think that could work well on a monthly basis. Alan. -- Libertus Solutions http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
Hi Simon, On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 02:48:41PM +, Simon Watson wrote: Can I suggest rotating them around different parts of london, so that it's easier for people from outside London to join? As usual with these things they can be wherever they are organised. So if someone wants one that is convenient to them, they just need to organise it. :-) Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour - Nottingham for November?
thanks, and yes it was fun! lets do it again, in fact lets do it: in the same place on 13th October for the London release party of Ubuntu 11.10 http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1283/detail/ in Farnborough on 20th October http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1277/detail/ in Blackpool Pleasure beach for a big unconference http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1286/detail/ . . . and quite possibly in Nottingham on the 10th November. If you are in the Nottingham area and that date doesn't work for you then right now is the time to squeal! If there are no objections we will settle on a pub and put that up on the LoCo directory site during the week. Alan. -- Libertus Solutions http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour - Nottingham for November?
Might come down to Nottingham for that one :) Daniel On 24 September 2011 16:48, Alan Bell alan.b...@libertus.co.uk wrote: thanks, and yes it was fun! lets do it again, in fact lets do it: in the same place on 13th October for the London release party of Ubuntu 11.10 http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1283/detail/ in Farnborough on 20th October http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1277/detail/ in Blackpool Pleasure beach for a big unconference http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1286/detail/ . . . and quite possibly in Nottingham on the 10th November. If you are in the Nottingham area and that date doesn't work for you then right now is the time to squeal! If there are no objections we will settle on a pub and put that up on the LoCo directory site during the week. Alan. -- Libertus Solutions http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
On 24/09/11 15:48, Simon Watson wrote: Can I suggest rotating them around different parts of london, so that it's easier for people from outside London to join? So, one meet somewhere near kings cross/victoria/paddington/euston etc. That way more people can attend from outside London. Absolutely. There are enough pubs around London that it should be possible to rotate around the different mainline stations. Here's a quick sample I'm sure we can improve on: * Victoria: The Cask; * London Bridge: Upstairs at The Old King's Head as suggested by Liam; * King's Cross: The Big Chill House or Camino; * Paddington: The Union on Sheldon Square; * Liverpool Street: Dirty Dick; * Fenchurch Street: The Crosse Keys; * Charring Cross: The Porterhouse; * Waterloo: The Fire Station; * Blackfriars / City Thameslink: Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese (rebuilt 1667). Then there are the old classics like The Cittie of Yorke which is not close to a mainline station but is very easy to get to. Cheers, Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
or . . . do a slow tour round London visiting each location on the monopoly board! Alan. -- Libertus Solutions http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
On 24 September 2011 15:48, Simon Watson simon.m.wat...@gmail.com wrote: Can I suggest rotating them around different parts of london, so that it's easier for people from outside London to join? So, one meet somewhere near kings cross/victoria/paddington/euston etc. That way more people can attend from outside London. The snag with having it move around every month is that you have to plan out your trip for a particular venue - look up where it is and find that particular pub. Also, it means we can probably in time find a particular corner or area or table so that we'll always be in the same /part/ of the pub, again making it easier for new visitors to find us. If there is just one place, every month, then people can just turn up on spec on the relevant day without checking where they need to go to. This is *much* easier for a recurring event: you don't need to plan, or research, you just think ah, it's the third Thursday, I'll head for the pub and off you go. This approach has been working for the Tun for about the last 65 years. :¬) Also, I'd suggest making it a fairly large pub - so that there's space for the group to grow, without upsetting other non-group pub customers with a load of single-interest weirdos crowding them out. It's helpful if it does food. And for me, and I suspect quite a few other FOSS types, it's *extremely* important that the pub does real ale or at least good beer. I don't drink any other form of alcohol myself. On this basis, I quite like Sam Smiths pubs, especially if they are one of the small number still serving cask ale. It's good beer and it's very cheap. Some people dislike them as Sam Smiths do not and will not sell anyone else's products: so there are no brand-name drinks, no Foster's or Guinness or Coca-cola or Sprite or anything, *only* Sam Smiths' own lines. As for making it easier for people from outside London - well, come on, once you've reached a mainline terminus, you're inside Zone 1. It is then seldom more than about 20min on the Tube to get to any other point in Zone 1. So as long as the pub is fairly near /a/ mainline terminus, it's really pretty easy for anyone. London is big but /central/ London isn't that large. So I would vote /strongly/ against it moving every time; I think that in the long run this will inhibit its growth and prevent people from finding it. -- Liam Proven • Info profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
On 24 September 2011 17:40, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On 24/09/11 15:48, Simon Watson wrote: Can I suggest rotating them around different parts of london, so that it's easier for people from outside London to join? So, one meet somewhere near kings cross/victoria/paddington/euston etc. That way more people can attend from outside London. Absolutely. There are enough pubs around London that it should be possible to rotate around the different mainline stations. Here's a quick sample I'm sure we can improve on: * Victoria: The Cask; * London Bridge: Upstairs at The Old King's Head as suggested by Liam; It's good, but the function room needs to be booked - we might want to wait 'til we've got an idea of consistent numbers for this...? * King's Cross: The Big Chill House or Camino; Don't know either. From Google, the former looks to be a music/clubbing bar and the latter a Spanish restaurant? Neither appeals! :¬) * Paddington: The Union on Sheldon Square; Don't know it. Beerintheevening says it only has one ale, which means I would not be keen. * Liverpool Street: Dirty Dick; It's OK. I'd tend to favour places that didn't have TVs showing sport, as I think it does, or music, as venues for a talk-centred event. * Fenchurch Street: The Crosse Keys; Wetherspoons', isn't it? Fair enough. * Charring Cross: The Porterhouse; A great place, but huge, so hard to find anyone - as I discovered at the Natty Narwhal launch party - and tends to be very noisy. * Waterloo: The Fire Station; Never been in as it looks like an appalling expensive trendy place packed with braying idiots in suits. Am I wrong? * Blackfriars / City Thameslink: Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese (rebuilt 1667). Great pub, good suggestion. Venue for the London Xmas IT journo meet for many years now. Then there are the old classics like The Cittie of Yorke which is not close to a mainline station but is very easy to get to. Yup, /pace/ my earlier comments about Sam Smith's. I like the Cittie, though. -- Liam Proven • Info profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour - Nottingham for November?
On 24 September 2011 16:48, Alan Bell alan.b...@libertus.co.uk wrote: thanks, and yes it was fun! lets do it again, in fact lets do it: in the same place on 13th October for the London release party of Ubuntu 11.10 http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1283/detail/ in Farnborough on 20th October http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1277/detail/ in Blackpool Pleasure beach for a big unconference http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1286/detail/ . . . and quite possibly in Nottingham on the 10th November. If you are in the Nottingham area and that date doesn't work for you then right now is the time to squeal! If there are no objections we will settle on a pub and put that up on the LoCo directory site during the week. (... He said, subtly.) :¬) I am all for a roaming nationwide event, but I personally can't afford to just nip up to Nottingham for a drink. If there are enough numbers for regular monthly meets in any part of the country, do go for it! -- Liam Proven • Info profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
On 24 September 2011 17:40, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On 24/09/11 15:48, Simon Watson wrote: Can I suggest rotating them around different parts of london, so that it's easier for people from outside London to join? So, one meet somewhere near kings cross/victoria/paddington/euston etc. That way more people can attend from outside London. Absolutely. There are enough pubs around London that it should be possible to rotate around the different mainline stations. The other thing I meant to say earlier but omitted to was simply this: Cask seems to have worked quite well. It's accessible from Victoria, so from anywhere that passes through Clapham Junction. It's 5min from a Victoria Line station and 10min from the District and Circle as well. It's spacious, has great beer, decent food I believe, free wifi, and is clean and modern and welcoming for those who don't like old man's pubs - much as I personally love them. The only downside is, the beer, though good, is expensive. And mostly quite strong. :¬) I also wanted to say that we might want to see if there'd be any interest from Lonix and GLLUG in joining in a London-area regular recurring meet, maybe promoting it to their members. I've gone to a couple of events run by each, but in some cases, I could never find them as there's no recognition symbol, as it were, and I don't really know any of those folk by eye. Is it OK with folk if I mention this to them? Anyone know if there's a UK Fedora users' group or any other UK Linux mailing lists? http://www.lonix.org.uk/tnet-cgi/Lonix http://www.gllug.org.uk/ -- Liam Proven • Info profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
On 24/09/11 18:07, Liam Proven wrote: On 24 September 2011 17:40, Bruno Girinbrunogi...@gmail.com wrote: Absolutely. There are enough pubs around London that it should be possible to rotate around the different mainline stations. Here's a quick sample I'm sure we can improve on: I knew we could improve on the list :-) * Fenchurch Street: The Crosse Keys; Wetherspoons', isn't it? Fair enough. Yes but it's massive and it does a real ale festival every year, it's just a matter of timing it right. For the rest of it, I mostly agree with your comments. Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
Can I suggest that the next ubuntu uk happy to hour (London branch) is on Thursday 10th November from 7pm. The Cask in pimlico for this one - who knows, with regular attendance may be able to negotiate some sort of deal re for discounted food etc Dan Sent from my HTC - Reply message - From: Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour Date: Sat, Sep 24, 2011 18:52 On 24/09/11 18:07, Liam Proven wrote: On 24 September 2011 17:40, Bruno Girinbrunogi...@gmail.com wrote: Absolutely. There are enough pubs around London that it should be possible to rotate around the different mainline stations. Here's a quick sample I'm sure we can improve on: I knew we could improve on the list :-) * Fenchurch Street: The Crosse Keys; Wetherspoons', isn't it? Fair enough. Yes but it's massive and it does a real ale festival every year, it's just a matter of timing it right. For the rest of it, I mostly agree with your comments. Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour - Nottingham for November?
On 24/09/11 18:10, Liam Proven wrote: I am all for a roaming nationwide event, but I personally can't afford to just nip up to Nottingham for a drink. lack of commitment there Liam :) If there are enough numbers for regular monthly meets in any part of the country, do go for it! yes, I would love to see the Happy Hour tour leave regular meetups in its wake, and we will no doubt be revisiting the London area at some stage. I think a regular monthly meetup in London on a weekday as an after work social thing would be great. I think you need to decide if the focus should be Ubuntu, Linux distros, Free Software or general geekyness, not to exclude people but to define your target audience and work out how you are going to let them know the time and place. Alan. -- Libertus Solutions http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour
On 24 September 2011 19:06, d...@fishms.org d...@fishms.org wrote: Can I suggest that the next ubuntu uk happy to hour (London branch) is on Thursday 10th November from 7pm. The Cask in pimlico for this one - who knows, with regular attendance may be able to negotiate some sort of deal re for discounted food etc Sounds good to me. It's 2 days after my birthday, too, so I will have reason to celebrate. ;¬) -- Liam Proven • Info profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour - Nottingham for November?
On 24 September 2011 21:03, Alan Bell alan.b...@libertus.co.uk wrote: On 24/09/11 18:10, Liam Proven wrote: I am all for a roaming nationwide event, but I personally can't afford to just nip up to Nottingham for a drink. lack of commitment there Liam :) Sorry! :¬) If there are enough numbers for regular monthly meets in any part of the country, do go for it! yes, I would love to see the Happy Hour tour leave regular meetups in its wake, and we will no doubt be revisiting the London area at some stage. I think a regular monthly meetup in London on a weekday as an after work social thing would be great. I think you need to decide if the focus should be Ubuntu, Linux distros, Free Software or general geekyness, not to exclude people but to define your target audience and work out how you are going to let them know the time and place. I am slightly torn. Whereas distro wars can be fun for a laugh, I'd not want to see acrimony break out in the pub. But OTOH, frankly, all FOSS users are in a bit of a minority. One could ask if running a FOSS CMS on Windows or something would qualify, but frankly, if you're interested enough to turn up then I personally would say that's enough. I reckon open it up to any and all Linux (BSD, etc.) users, try to find people via Lonix and GLLUG as well, and then hope that it spreads by word of mouth and on fora, IRC and so on. -- Liam Proven • Info profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour 2
Hi all, it gives me great pleasure to announce that the second Ubuntu Happy Hour will be at the Prince of Wales in Farnborough. This nice country pub is within easy reach of the Farnborough and Farnborough North stations and is conveniently situated next to a road for ease of driving. If you have a private jet or helicopter then the airfield is only a short taxi ride away. http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1277/detail/ The next stop on the Happy Hour tour http://ubuntu-uk.org/happy-hour/ will be at a more northerly latitude. Alan. -- The Open Learning Centre is rebranding, find out about our new name and look at http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
Sent from my Asus Transformer on Android 3.2 On Sep 9, 2011 4:39 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/09/2011 10:21, Kris Douglas wrote: On 2 September 2011 10:12, Alan Bellalanb...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi all, We are kicking of a series of pub meetings around the UK, starting in three weeks in London. The list of venues we have proposed so far is here: http://ubuntu-uk.org/happy-hour/ Along with a nice map that will update with the route as we stagger from city to city. If there isn't a pub on the list near you then get back to me with a pub name and postcode to add to the list. The order is not set in stone, I want to rearrange it so they bounce about all over the place so everyone gets one within reach every few months. The first meeting is on the 22nd September, that is three weeks from now, at the Cask in Pimlico turn up any time from 7ish. You can optionally put your name down here so we have an idea of numbers (the pub tweeted that they would set some tables aside for us) http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1257/detail/ Is there going to be a meet in/around the Stoke area? The Black Lion at Consall.. The Black Lion is visible on google maps and OSM, it's not too bad to get to now, i think some of the roads have been re-paved. Not to say there arent other nice pubs in the area. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
On 2 September 2011 10:35, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: Will it have wi-fi there? or is it just to meet? Yes, Cask has wifi. I can't remember what the network is called - it's something fairly obvious - but the password is goodbeer. :¬) I think I'm its mayor on Foursquare. :¬) It's an excellent pub - one of London's very best specialist craft ale places. Does food too, although I've not eaten there. Be warned, though, proper beer is relatively expensive, and AFAIK they don't sell industrial waste like Foster's or other cooking lagers. -- Liam Proven • Info profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
On 7 September 2011 19:04, Andres andre...@gmail.com wrote: the white horse in richmond-upon-thames: http://www.thewhitehorserichmond.com if it is not too much out of the way. i think it needs booking in advance. Surely that is close enough to London for any Richmond inhabitants to simply attend the meet in Cask? -- Liam Proven • Info profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
Yes, OK. -- Sent from my Nokia N900 Please do not send me word documents plain txt or pdf are prefered. - Mensaje original - On 7 September 2011 19:04, Andres andre...@gmail.com wrote: the white horse in richmond-upon-thames: http://www.thewhitehorserichmond.com if it is not too much out of the way. i think it needs booking in advance. Surely that is close enough to London for any Richmond inhabitants to simply attend the meet in Cask? -- Liam Proven • Info profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
On 08/09/11 10:49, jim.came...@buhlergroup.com wrote: Admit it, you just want the itinerary to spell out a rude word if you look at it from the right angle, don't you?:) it had crossed my mind :) -- The Open Learning Centre is rebranding, find out about our new name and look at http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
On 02/09/2011 10:12, Alan Bell wrote: Hi all, We are kicking of a series of pub meetings around the UK, starting in three weeks in London. The list of venues we have proposed so far is here: http://ubuntu-uk.org/happy-hour/ Along with a nice map that will update with the route as we stagger from city to city. If there isn't a pub on the list near you then get back to me with a pub name and postcode to add to the list. The order is not set in stone, I want to rearrange it so they bounce about all over the place so everyone gets one within reach every few months. The first meeting is on the 22nd September, that is three weeks from now, at the Cask in Pimlico turn up any time from 7ish. You can optionally put your name down here so we have an idea of numbers (the pub tweeted that they would set some tables aside for us) http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1257/detail/ Alan What made you choose the Black Lion at Consall Forge? It's a nice pub but accessibility isn't one of it's best factors(I live just the other side of the valley from there...) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
On 02/09/2011 10:21, Kris Douglas wrote: On 2 September 2011 10:12, Alan Bellalanb...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi all, We are kicking of a series of pub meetings around the UK, starting in three weeks in London. The list of venues we have proposed so far is here: http://ubuntu-uk.org/happy-hour/ Along with a nice map that will update with the route as we stagger from city to city. If there isn't a pub on the list near you then get back to me with a pub name and postcode to add to the list. The order is not set in stone, I want to rearrange it so they bounce about all over the place so everyone gets one within reach every few months. The first meeting is on the 22nd September, that is three weeks from now, at the Cask in Pimlico turn up any time from 7ish. You can optionally put your name down here so we have an idea of numbers (the pub tweeted that they would set some tables aside for us) http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1257/detail/ Is there going to be a meet in/around the Stoke area? The Black Lion at Consall -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour (Bracknell SHP)
On 02/09/11 10:12, Alan Bell wrote: Hi all, We are kicking of a series of pub meetings around the UK, starting in three weeks in London. The list of venues we have proposed so far is here: http://ubuntu-uk.org/happy-hour/ Along with a nice map that will update with the route as we stagger from city to city. If there isn't a pub on the list near you then get back to me with a pub name and postcode to add to the list. The order is not set in stone, I want to rearrange it so they bounce about all over the place so everyone gets one within reach every few months. The first meeting is on the 22nd September, that is three weeks from now, at the Cask in Pimlico turn up any time from 7ish. You can optionally put your name down here so we have an idea of numbers (the pub tweeted that they would set some tables aside for us) http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1257/detail/ Alan May I offer the possibility of a location in Bracknell - South Hill Park Atrium Bar (formerly 'Terrace' Bar). (It has nominal wifi which is not good enough yet to advertise). My thoughts are that although the bar itself is ok, and the outside terrace is good too, the whole location - South Hill Park Arts Centre complex (SHP) - is a community resource, at the upper end of the culture scale. So future possibilities may include Ogg Camp or similar events?? The grounds are very pleasant, there is a small cinema (60 seats), the Wilde theatre, parking would normally be easy (builders clogging it up just now) and free. I recently really enjoyed an exceptionally good open air 'As You Like It' by the Globe company. SHP has recently used Lottery funding for work around the exterior, however, local funding past the next three years is in doubt, so there is much blue sky thinking about the future. Historically, SHP was a country house at one time owned I think, by the Ferranti family, and the BBC, and was part of the informal 'Nabobs of Berkshire' culture, where wealthy people with associations with India built grand properties around Berkshire. www.southhillpark.org.uk www.southhillpark.org.uk/478/hire-us/private-functions.html (see 'Gallery' photos) -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
On 06/09/11 19:56, Kris Douglas wrote: http://www.blacklionpub.co.uk/ Not the easiest to get to, but a wicked (steam railway line) setting incredible food and good local ale. it is now on the list. I am adding stuff to the end of the list, that doesn't mean it is the last one we get to, I am going to schedule them in such a way that people are available, and so that the route map bounces about all over the place. Alan. -- The Open Learning Centre is rebranding, find out about our new name and look at http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
-- Sent from my Nokia N900 Please do not send me word documents plain txt or pdf are prefered. - Mensaje original - On 06/09/11 19:56, Kris Douglas wrote: http://www.blacklionpub.co.uk/ Not the easiest to get to, but a wicked (steam railway line) setting incredible food and good local ale. it is now on the list. I am adding stuff to the end of the list, that doesn't mean it is the last one we get to, I am going to schedule them in such a way that people are available, and so that the route map bounces about all over the place. Alan. -- The Open Learning Centre is rebranding, find out about our new name and look at http://libertus.co.uk the white horse in richmond-upon-thames: http://www.thewhitehorserichmond.com if it is not too much out of the way. i think it needs booking in advance. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
On 05/09/11 01:20, Bruno Girin wrote: Maybe you can do a remote happy hour in Mallorca on the 22nd? What a splendid idea! If anyone wants to join me, the weather here is wonderful - perhaps just a trifle too hot - 29 deg today. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
On 2 September 2011 11:26, Alan Bell alanb...@ubuntu.com wrote: On 02/09/11 10:21, Kris Douglas wrote: Is there going to be a meet in/around the Stoke area? if you propose a pub and postcode then yes, there will be. http://www.blacklionpub.co.uk/ Not the easiest to get to, but a wicked (steam railway line) setting incredible food and good local ale. -- Regards, Kris Douglas. T. 0845 004 2066 | M. 07728574285 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
Hi Daniel where abouts in the North East I am in Newcastle. Mike On 3 September 2011 15:39, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: Mike, I'm from the North East as well...would be nice to see who else is up here! If there's enough interest we should suggest a pub :) Daniel On 2 September 2011 17:08, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: On 02/09/11 11:12, Alan Bell wrote: We are kicking of a series of pub meetings around the UK, starting in three weeks in London. The list of venues we have proposed so far is here: Oh dear - and here I am stuck in Mallorca till October. I'll be thinking about you, and hope to join you if the initiative is still going when I return to the UK. If enough folk want to come to Nottingham in or after October, I can contact Fellows Morton and Clayton, where the Nottingham LUG meets. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ukhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Mike Carter Managing Director Tyncan Ltd. tel:01912399022 mob: 07949293995 Twitter: tyncanltd Skype: tyncanltd -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
On 2 September 2011 17:08, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: On 02/09/11 11:12, Alan Bell wrote: We are kicking of a series of pub meetings around the UK, starting in three weeks in London. The list of venues we have proposed so far is here: Oh dear - and here I am stuck in Mallorca till October. I'll be thinking about you, and hope to join you if the initiative is still going when I return to the UK. If enough folk want to come to Nottingham in or after October, I can contact Fellows Morton and Clayton, where the Nottingham LUG meets. Maybe you can do a remote happy hour in Mallorca on the 22nd? Cheers, Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
Mike, I'm from the North East as well...would be nice to see who else is up here! If there's enough interest we should suggest a pub :) Daniel On 2 September 2011 17:08, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: On 02/09/11 11:12, Alan Bell wrote: We are kicking of a series of pub meetings around the UK, starting in three weeks in London. The list of venues we have proposed so far is here: Oh dear - and here I am stuck in Mallorca till October. I'll be thinking about you, and hope to join you if the initiative is still going when I return to the UK. If enough folk want to come to Nottingham in or after October, I can contact Fellows Morton and Clayton, where the Nottingham LUG meets. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ukhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
Hi all, We are kicking of a series of pub meetings around the UK, starting in three weeks in London. The list of venues we have proposed so far is here: http://ubuntu-uk.org/happy-hour/ Along with a nice map that will update with the route as we stagger from city to city. If there isn't a pub on the list near you then get back to me with a pub name and postcode to add to the list. The order is not set in stone, I want to rearrange it so they bounce about all over the place so everyone gets one within reach every few months. The first meeting is on the 22nd September, that is three weeks from now, at the Cask in Pimlico turn up any time from 7ish. You can optionally put your name down here so we have an idea of numbers (the pub tweeted that they would set some tables aside for us) http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1257/detail/ Alan -- The Open Learning Centre is rebranding, find out about our new name and look at http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
On 2 September 2011 10:12, Alan Bell alanb...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi all, We are kicking of a series of pub meetings around the UK, starting in three weeks in London. The list of venues we have proposed so far is here: http://ubuntu-uk.org/happy-hour/ Along with a nice map that will update with the route as we stagger from city to city. If there isn't a pub on the list near you then get back to me with a pub name and postcode to add to the list. The order is not set in stone, I want to rearrange it so they bounce about all over the place so everyone gets one within reach every few months. The first meeting is on the 22nd September, that is three weeks from now, at the Cask in Pimlico turn up any time from 7ish. You can optionally put your name down here so we have an idea of numbers (the pub tweeted that they would set some tables aside for us) http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1257/detail/ Is there going to be a meet in/around the Stoke area? -- Regards, Kris Douglas. T. 0845 004 2066 | M. 07728574285 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
Will it have wi-fi there? or is it just to meet? John On 02/09/11 10:21, Kris Douglas wrote: On 2 September 2011 10:12, Alan Bellalanb...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi all, We are kicking of a series of pub meetings around the UK, starting in three weeks in London. The list of venues we have proposed so far is here: http://ubuntu-uk.org/happy-hour/ Along with a nice map that will update with the route as we stagger from city to city. If there isn't a pub on the list near you then get back to me with a pub name and postcode to add to the list. The order is not set in stone, I want to rearrange it so they bounce about all over the place so everyone gets one within reach every few months. The first meeting is on the 22nd September, that is three weeks from now, at the Cask in Pimlico turn up any time from 7ish. You can optionally put your name down here so we have an idea of numbers (the pub tweeted that they would set some tables aside for us) http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1257/detail/ Is there going to be a meet in/around the Stoke area? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
No idea if it has wifi, but the idea is to chat to one another and put the faces to the names on irc and get to know one another in the community. If you would like one in the Stoke area, if you pick a pub, date and time we can add it to the loco directory and post on here. Laura On 02/09/11 10:35, scoundrel50a wrote: Will it have wi-fi there? or is it just to meet? John On 02/09/11 10:21, Kris Douglas wrote: On 2 September 2011 10:12, Alan Bellalanb...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi all, We are kicking of a series of pub meetings around the UK, starting in three weeks in London. The list of venues we have proposed so far is here: http://ubuntu-uk.org/happy-hour/ Along with a nice map that will update with the route as we stagger from city to city. If there isn't a pub on the list near you then get back to me with a pub name and postcode to add to the list. The order is not set in stone, I want to rearrange it so they bounce about all over the place so everyone gets one within reach every few months. The first meeting is on the 22nd September, that is three weeks from now, at the Cask in Pimlico turn up any time from 7ish. You can optionally put your name down here so we have an idea of numbers (the pub tweeted that they would set some tables aside for us) http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1257/detail/ Is there going to be a meet in/around the Stoke area? -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/czajkowski http://www.lczajkowski.com Skype: lauraczajkowski -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
Hi Alan are you interested in travelling to the North East? I am based in Newcastle, I don't know how many members are up here. Please let me know regards Mike On 2 September 2011 10:12, Alan Bell alanb...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi all, We are kicking of a series of pub meetings around the UK, starting in three weeks in London. The list of venues we have proposed so far is here: http://ubuntu-uk.org/happy-**hour/ http://ubuntu-uk.org/happy-hour/ Along with a nice map that will update with the route as we stagger from city to city. If there isn't a pub on the list near you then get back to me with a pub name and postcode to add to the list. The order is not set in stone, I want to rearrange it so they bounce about all over the place so everyone gets one within reach every few months. The first meeting is on the 22nd September, that is three weeks from now, at the Cask in Pimlico turn up any time from 7ish. You can optionally put your name down here so we have an idea of numbers (the pub tweeted that they would set some tables aside for us) http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/**ubuntu-uk/1257/detail/http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1257/detail/ Alan -- The Open Learning Centre is rebranding, find out about our new name and look at http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ukhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Mike Carter Managing Director Tyncan Ltd. tel:01912399022 mob: 07949293995 Twitter: tyncanltd Skype: tyncanltd -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
On 02/09/11 11:19, Mike Carter wrote: Hi Alan are you interested in travelling to the North East? I am based in Newcastle, I don't know how many members are up here. Please let me know regards Mike I won't be going to all of them personally (much as I would like to) but yes, I want it to go everywhere. Pick a pub, tell me the postcode and name and I will put it on the list. Also place your pin on http://ubuntu-uk.org/where-are-we/ so you can see who is in the area. Alan. -- The Open Learning Centre is rebranding, find out about our new name and look at http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
On 02/09/11 10:21, Kris Douglas wrote: Is there going to be a meet in/around the Stoke area? if you propose a pub and postcode then yes, there will be. -- The Open Learning Centre is rebranding, find out about our new name and look at http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour
On 02/09/11 11:12, Alan Bell wrote: We are kicking of a series of pub meetings around the UK, starting in three weeks in London. The list of venues we have proposed so far is here: Oh dear - and here I am stuck in Mallorca till October. I'll be thinking about you, and hope to join you if the initiative is still going when I return to the UK. If enough folk want to come to Nottingham in or after October, I can contact Fellows Morton and Clayton, where the Nottingham LUG meets. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
